By Staff Reporter | The late top Deputy Director General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Nickson Chirinda, who died in a freak car accident near Chinhoyi on Saturday was a top ally of former president Robert Mugabe’s G40 faction.
According to Zanu PF sources, the late Chirinda was supportive of the G40 faction that was pushing for former first lady Grace Mugabe to be Vice President in the vicious Zanu PF faction wars.
Grace lost out after the military forced Mugabe to resign under “Operation Restore Order”.
‘He was part of G40 and was well known as a Grace Mugabe supporter. He was also among those who played double standards in land reform,’ said a Zanu PF insider told ZimEye.com speaking on condition that he is not named.
Chirinda aged 57 years was farming part of Renfield farm situated about 35 kilometers from Chinhoyi along Harare- Chirundu road.
His farm measuring 5000 hectares was under a white manager.
‘Chirinda had 100 farm workers where he was a successful farmer because of a white farmer while his former boss Mugabe did not want them at farms.’ added another sources.
He specialized in wheat maize production as well as cattle ranching.
Mashonaland West resident minister Webster Shamu was among top Government officials who paid their last respect at Chirinda’s home at Angel King Muzari in Chinhoyi the Mashonaland West provincial capital.
In 2013 after he was allocated the farm former workers approached magistrate court approached the Chinhoyi Magistrate Court to block Chirinda who was the new owner of Rainfeild Farm which was acquired by government in 2007.
He was pushing to evict the workers who said they had nowhere to go.
Their lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu challenged government to provide alternative homes for the ex-workers.
Mpofu wanted the Supreme Court to reconsider the law on land reform so that it addresses the plight of farm workers.
Burial arrangements had not been announced at the time of writing.
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As much as we will not celebrate the death of someone let also people speak out about the good and the bad as it is known be said. What is known so far is the cruel manner in which the deceased treated the farm workers he found at the farm he grabbed. We all know how the farm workers used to survive with their white masters. Now you have someone taking over the farm and try to chase the workers. Why not just take them on board as your workers. This is where the unforgivable evil and cruel part come. The good things he did is only known to his close associates and family members. But this is a national issue not personal. As far as we know he was cruel. Burn in hell
But if he killed people now he must be in hell..licking the flames, but if he was a good man then he is in heaven licking honey
Bro Chirinda rest in peace. You were a wonderful human being. You will be missed. Bro Chirinda was one of Mash West’s successful farmers. He excelled in maize and wheat production.There was no WHITE person helping him. Only his son. He started small and grew. We should learn to accept that there are successful black farmers out there. There are other black successful farmers that dont seek publicity. Oliver Mutukudzi has a song that says that there are those who are gifted, those that dont celebrate and show off their sucess ” hanzi vanodya vanyerere”
Wonder what was the so-called “freak car accident”?
One can’t be said, by the wise, to be a thief of his own property.
However, the envious may go right ahead and project their own thieving hearts. It is to be expected.
Those who invested their all to repatriate THEIR African Ancestral Lands from the invading white thieves (THE REAL THIEVES) ARE ENTITLED to hold onto said lands and defend said lands against envious sell-outs, who would love nothing better than to turn over things Africans to the invading white THIEVES!
Biggest thieves in Zim and in Africa have always been the evil invaders and criminal colonizers.
However, you self-hating kind are always too happy to ignore and give the white thieves a pass, while exhibiting nothing but ignorant envy towards Africans WHO ARE ENTITLED to their Ancestral Birthright, their African Lands!
Be gone!
And go grow a brain, a self-loving brain.
Where they ever sensitive to the plight of the farm workers and Zimbabweans who where against the chaotic land reform
This is the only time that u have said something that makes sense. Well done
even a thief has a mother and loved ones who will weep. Be sensitive
So that you know a thief is DEAD!!!
Vachapedzana zvavo. Tsananguro dziripo. Achauya zvake musarudzwa waMwari. Kugezwa kwevaneropa mumaoko. Ndinonzwira Tsitsi vana vevatungamiri pamberi apo. Ndanzwa tsitsi zvakanyanya.
Good riddance
RIP . Not sure why we needed to be told his land reform story