It didn’t take long for Zimbabwe
opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to
voice his displeasure at President
Emmerson Mnnagagwa’s plan to
offer some of Zimbabwe’s prime
real estate to U.S. President Donald
Trump.

Not only did Chamisa say the offer is illegal but he also described it as an attempt by Mr Mnangagwa’ s desperate attempt to ‘”buy legitimacy” after winning a disputed election on July 30.

“Since the US is a law-abiding
country, what the offer now means
is that the US President will, as a
result of Mr. Mnangagwa’s ill-
advised move, have to be extremely
careful when making policy on
Zimbabwe to prevent being
construed as reacting positively
because of a private business
offer,” said Chamisa’s spokesperson, Nkululeko Sibanda.
Sibanda, went on to say Chamisa
was “concerned and shocked” over
“illegitimate Mnangagwa’s
unsophisticated, amateurish PR
inspired and on the fly policy
approach” and that his actions are
costing Zimbabwe’s economy at the
worst time imaginable.

President Mnangagwa said he made
the offer to Trump staffers earlier
this year at the World Economic
Forum in Switzerland. The land
under consideration is near Victoria
Falls. Mr. Mnangagwa has often
spoken of the desire to build a world-
class golf course and resort in the
region. The land offer is also viewed
as part of the Mnangagwa
administration’s bid to normalise
relations between the two countries.
The Trump administration wants
Mnanagawa to change laws
restricting media freedom and anti-
government protests.
Mr. Mnanagwa is calling on the U.S.
to lift the economic sanctions that
are currently in place against
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