Zimbabwe says "protesting farmers" were masquerading activists

August 23, 2011 |

In Zimbabwe, the Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development secretary says pressure groups allegedly planted emissaries masquerading as villagers during Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s recent visit to the Chisumbanje ethanol plant under development, claiming they had lost their agricultural land due to the project.

“We were shocked to hear that villagers in Chisumbanje woke up without their homes and farming land because of this project. That is false,” he said. The Chipinge district administrator said very few families were relocated due to the project, rather than the 300,000 families that were claimed in media reports.

Category: Fuels

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