1/ Ah! This is a treacherous document! @ZANUPF_Official must comment. Thanks @Wamagaisa I’ve read the key points as highlighted. It’s treacherous to the people who fought for this country, the WarVets etc. Those who fought & died for this country will turn in their graves
2/ Govt must be clear, who are they trying to appease? It’s a dangerous weapon for the opposition if it’s not addressed. The wording supports a removal of people from the farms they were given, as the ruling party, @ZANUPF_Official can you elucidate?
3/I don’t understand why Govt would talk of production failure when resources are scarce. Hence the introduction of schemes like Command Agriculture. When resources were available, farmers produced more&delivered to national reserves&food security, rainfall patterns were poor too
4/ For Govt to issue a blanket statement saying farmers have failed is incorrect. Have you resourced them, has the weather been kind? @AgritexS officers have too suffered from lack of resources. It needs a multi-pronged approach.
5/ The land bank is just being launched, let’s give it & the farmers a chance. Why shouldn’t farmers have title deeds to enable them to use them as collateral for funding? If it’s State land, then the State must fund the farmers. We need to be clear on this.
6/ You can’t sacrifice the majority to appease a few. This is a debate that has to be brought before Parly as provided for in section 295 of the Constitution
7/ @ZimTreasury is the same Ministry which removed Indigenisation, another great empowerment initiative. Land reform& Indigenisation were broad based programmes aimed at majority empowerment. WarVets should have an Indaba on this for greater understanding they deserve to be heard
