Thread by @weldon_dott

1/9 Land is an emotive issue. Ur thoughts on Section 295 of the Constitution “Compensation for aquisition of previously-acquired agricultural land”

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2/9 The Tangwena people also have a documented history of friction with colonial authorities in which at one point they had 473 cattle impounded by the Ian Smith Regime
Tangwena's rift with the colonial authorities started as soon as he was made chief,

3/9 he went to the District Office to inform the Native Commissioner that he was now the Chief of the Tangwena people but he was informed that it was not possible since the Tangwena people were squatters on a farm owned by William Hanmer,

4/9 he was also informed that the Tangwena people were actually registered labourers.
On several occasions Tangwena refused to be evicted from his ancestral lands even in light of an eviction order from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

5/9 After having been taken to court for refusing to be moved off the land, Tangwena won the ruling and was allowed to live on the land but the Rhodesians resorted to intimidatory tactics.

6/9 The authorities crafted a dubious piece of legislation which allowed them to evict Tangwena and his people from their land

8/9 . It was on the September 18, 1969 that the Tangwena were evicted from the land in a violent manner in which some of the Tangwena people were beaten up and killed by the Rhodesian Police.
Rekayi Tangwena also led a demonstration against the colonial authorities at Nyanga

9/9 Police station despite the brutality that had earlier on been exhibited by the police when they evicted the Tangwena people from their lands. Eventually, Rekayi Tangwena joined the trek into Mozambique to join the liberation struggle.
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