Khaya-Moyo Denies Riches
HARARE, October 17, 2011 – Zanu (PF) national chairperson Simon Khaya-Moyo
has denied claims that he is among senior party officials who are making a
killing through their take-over of conservancies formerly owned by white
farmers.
Last week, The Financial Gazette quoted leaked United States (US) classified
cables the former country’s ambassador to South Africa was among Zanu (PF)
members and ministers who owned conservancies.
In a statement at the weekend, Khaya-Moyo said: “In your newspaper’s front
page article dated 6-12 October 2011 titled Ministers strike it rich in
conservancies: Wikileaks, my name appears as one senior party official
owning a hunting conservancy in the Gwaai Valley Conservancy area. I neither
own a conservancy in the said area nor in any part of Zimbabwe, period. The
Ministry responsible or national parks can vouch that my name does not
appear in their records relative to this matter.”
Zimbabwe’s war veterans violently took farms from white commercial farmers
in 2001. It has been alleged that most of the farms have been grabbed by
Zanu (PF) government ministers and party officials.