By Jane Mlambo| President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s major move to compensate former white farmers is set to be challenged by Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Secretary General Raymond Majongwe who tweeted that the government was prioritizing colonizers at the expense of workers who are earning below the poverty datum line.

Majongwe posted after meeting University of Zimbabwe lecturer and socialist Munyaradzi Gwisai.

Majongwe accused the former white farmers of enjoying a century of exploiting Zimbabwe land and labour.

“Had a long meeting with Gwisai Munyaradzi yesterday preparing papers to challenge the gvt decision to pay $3,5B to white farmers who had an interrupted Century of exploiting our land and our Labour. They can’t pay workers a livingwage but can pay colonizers.”

Government of Zimbabwe signed a landmark agreement with former white farmers to pay US$3.5 Billion for ‘the developments made on the land which was eventually repossessed and handed to black peasants.

The move has attracted mixed feelings with some quarters accusing government of treating the west with gloved hands.