Zimbabwe’s most powerful female politician Oppah Muchinguri has blocked a minister’s son from taking over a white owned farm.

The Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Ellen Gwaradzimba’s son Remembrance Mbudzana, was blocked from taking over part of a white farmer’s coffee estate.

Sometime in January this year, the Ministry of Lands offered Mbudzana a portion of the estate (Lot 1) under Farfell Coffee Estates which is owned by Chipinge farmer Richard Le Vieux.

While the dispute between Mbudzana and Le Vieux has spilt to the courts, the government through acting Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Oppah Muchinguri announced that Mbudzana’s offer letter has been revoked. Moreover, Le Vieux has been guaranteed of continued tenure of the farm.

Muchinguri anmounced saying, “after taking all factors into consideration, Cabinet resolved and directed as follows (a) that Mr Le Vieux be issued with an offer letter for his portion of Farfell Coffee Estates, that is Lot 2 (220 hectares) in keeping with the Government framework of maximum farm sizes

(b) that if he so wishes, Mr Le Vieux be issued with an appropriate lease agreement with respect to Lot 1, so as to guarantee continuity of the very productive and strategic commercial operations currently taking place at Lot 1;

(c) that the offer letter of Lot 1 (229 hectares) to Mr Mbudzana be consequently revoked; and (d) that as, any Zimbabwean, Mr Mbudzana can be considered for land allocation in other available areas in Chipinge District. – READ MORE – State Media