The ongoing seizures of land from indigenous black Zimbabweans by government and companies across the country is further tainting an otherwise "glorious revolution" in the form of land reform that was a necessity, but then mishandled by a greedy and corrupt political elite. 
The land grievance in Zimbabwe dates back to the 1890s when British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes' Pioneer Column invaded the country from South Africa via Botswana.
The Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893 and then the First Chimurenga/Umvukela in 1896 were about land and dispossession.
The Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893 and then the First Chimurenga/Umvukela in 1896 were about land and dispossession.
The liberation struggle of the 1960s and 1970s which culminated in Independence from Britain in 1980 were about land and attendant dispossession, among other rights and issues, including freedom, human rights and democracy.
When the land reform programme came, the late former president Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF reduced it to a party political agenda - instead of a national issue - and started distributing land on political lines characterised by favoritism, nepotism, cronyism and corruption.
Yet the truth is every Zimbabwean who needs land deserves to get it, whatever their political ideology, views and affiliation, whether their religion, gender, race or ethnicity.
Corruption is now seeing Zanu PF leaders and members seizing land from others blacks everywhere.
Corruption is now seeing Zanu PF leaders and members seizing land from others blacks everywhere.
This is why land reform needs to be urgently revisited, structured and rationalised from a paradigm, policy and utility perspective to benefit all Zimbabweans without discrimination in any form, greed and corruption.
Land seizures from indigenous blacks in their areas must stop.
Land seizures from indigenous blacks in their areas must stop.
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