Zimbabwe’s Council of Chiefs President, Fortune Charumbira, has threatened president Robert Mugabe’s estate as he called for a new wave of farm invasions on privately owned farms, describing it as way of sharing wealth.
 
President Mugabe who started the farm invasions in the year 2000, has a large pool of hidden wealth resource in the country after discriminately targeting white farmers with small properties while corruptly leaving for instance one white farmer who owns a property larger than the entire country land mass of Belgium within Zimbabwe here. That farmer is a direct descendant of the colonial farm settler Oppenheimer family.
 
In his address during the Zimbabwe International Mine-Entra exhibition yesterday, the chiefs’ boss told the delegates that taking over farms and mines from multiple owners was normal, and that it was long overdue.
 
 
“We asked one white farmer, Erasmus, who owned 21 farms, to give us only six and he ignored us. We again requested him to give answers as to why he could not hand over six of his 21, and again he failed to come up with a response, leading us with no option, but to take 20 and left him with one,” he said while carefully omitting Mugabe’s name and amid a roaring laughter from delegates.
He was referring to a white farmer, one only called Erasmus, from Masvingo province, whose farms were forcibly taken away from them, causing the family to squat in a small area, after losing their hard earned properties.
 
 
Farm invasion has become a hindrance to Zimbabwe’s investment environs, as many possible rescuers to the ailing industry are afraid of the lack of rule of law. Currently, Anglican Missions’ properties have been invaded by war veterans, causing fear amongst the Christian community whose children are being assisted with education.
Charumbira also took a swipe at Bikita Minerals and Renco mine proprietors for failing to implement the community social scheme, as agreed in the contract. He also warned the two Mining companies to honour their promises or faces the wrath of the Chiefs and the community.