The battle for the farm belonging to human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his partners is intensifying as Matabeleland North provincial minister Richard Moyo and Zanu PF officials move in their cronies and invaders to the property amid intimidation and threats of violence. 
"So Richard Moyo, Provincial Minister for Matabeleland North sent Dumisani Matavanyati with whom he has a corrupt relationship to peg exactly where we are planting our 8 million onions," Malunga says.
Matavanyati is a Bulawayo businessman close to Moyo. He is one of the invaders.
Matavanyati is a Bulawayo businessman close to Moyo. He is one of the invaders.
"Lands officers say the instruction to peg specifically there came from Moyo not them. Matavanyika who also runs E68 Bar and Grill in Leeside (Bulawayo), whose car you can see parked inside the field attacked Zeph Dhlamini with a log.
"We hold Moyo and those he is working with criminally liable. We will now defend ourselves. We know that Richard Moyo, Obert Mpofu, Zanu PF chairman and Gatsha Mazithulela, Deputy Director-General of CIO have allocated our farm to CIO operatives and their relatives and cronies.
"They will have to kill us to take it. We are making a report to the Zimbabwe Republic Police for what it's worth."
Malunga and his partners bought the farm and it is highly productive. Moyo, Mpofu and Mazithulela are behind the farm seizure, which has sparked a fierce battle.
Malunga and his partners bought the farm and it is highly productive. Moyo, Mpofu and Mazithulela are behind the farm seizure, which has sparked a fierce battle.
The farm expropriation is illegal on mainly two accounts: the owners bought the land and besides the law doesn't allow confiscation of land from indigenous black people.
The farm owners are working on an application to seek a court interdict.
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