EFF Zimbabwe is irreversibly shocked and appalled by the news coming from Chiredzi South where it is alleged that villagers are being forcibly removed from their ancestral land to pave way for a Chinese investor.

As EFF Zimbabwe, we categorically state that we strongly condemn this gross disregard of our people’s birth right to reside on the land of their forefathers. The brutal eviction of our people from the land which they connect with spiritually and physically is not only an attack on their fundamental rights but also an attack to human dignity.

We have for a long time known that Zanu PF sold out the soul and spirit of our people to the highest bidders and today Chiredzi South is yet another reminder of this grand betrayal of our people. This is not the first time that our people have been displaced without proper planning and due compensation.

The Tokwe-Mukosi project is a reminder of the government’s blunder. EFF Zimbabwe calls upon all stakeholders to convene and engage frankly for an amicable solution to this problem. We take this
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opportunity to promise the people of Chiredzi South that, EFF Zimbabwe will be with them in their struggle to remain on their land and promise to have all their grievances addressed before they are moved to a new place if they so wish.

EFF Zimbabwe will not allow a haphazard and dehumanizing dispossession of our people to proceed without following due processes. Our land will never be parcelled to the former coloniser or the new colonisers from the East. EFF Zimbabwe will stand guard against those who want to reverse the gains of the agrarian land reform program for selfish gains.

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Vimbai Mupunga (National Spokesperson)