Apostles ignore farm order
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Members of the Johanne Masowe apostolic sect, who have been intimidating the
residents of Bollarnt Farm in Masvingo for the past few weeks, have refused
to accept the Zanu (PF) order to put an end to the invasion.
21.09.1101:39pm
by Zwanai Sithole Harare
The mapostori, who have been threatening the farm’s owners with knobkerries,
were told by the district administrator to leave the area, but are simply
defying the directive.
“We have heard nothing,” said Madzibaba Lameck. “We will remain here. We
have been promised land. We have been struggling for land for years.”
“We won the war of liberation,” he added. “Thirty years of independence and
we still haven’t got our land back. These white people colonised us. We are
landless, and we are tired of waiting for what is ours.”
James Mazvidza, the Masvingo District Administrator and the Zanu (PF)
Governor of Masvingo, Titus Maluleke, have told them that they must go
through normal land
allocation processes in order to lay claim to the farm. He said the
professional provincial lands committee team would have to assess the case,
and in the meantime the invaders must leave.
The fact that the present owners of Bollarnt legally bought their 4,000-acre
farm, with the approval of President Mugabe’s government, cuts little ice
with the mapostori.
“They bought stolen property,” said Madzibaba Lameck.