{"id":39706,"date":"2021-05-04T18:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=39706"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:37:39","slug":"zanu-pf-youths-target-chinamasa-mades-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-youths-target-chinamasa-mades-farms","title":{"rendered":"Zanu PF Youths Target Chinamasa, Made\u2019s Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Staff Reporter<\/b> &#8211; ZANU PF youths in Manicaland province are reportedly eyeing Headlands farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made, which they claim are oversized.<\/p>\n<p>Chinamasa is now the Zanu PF national finance secretary while Made was ousted in 2017 following the removal of now late President Robert Mugabe in military assisted coup.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, Headlands (Zanu PF) MP Christopher Chingosho invited Headlands constituency\u2019s commercial farmers and A2 farmers for an emergency meeting over the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation letter main agenda was downsizing of farms and the formation of the Headlands development committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the A2 and commercial farm owners in Headlands constituency are required to attend the meeting in person and on time,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, sources in Headlands said Chingosho was targeting Chinamasa\u2019s farm as there were reports the former Finance minister had plans to become MP for the area in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chingosho is reportedly unleashing youths on those he believes to be his competitors in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meeting took place, but Chingosho did not mention Chinamasa and Made by name. The issue is about under-utilised farms owned by the big bosses, which are more than 400 hectares, and youths want some of the land that Made and Chinamasa are failing to utilise,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth Chinamasa and Made definitely have oversized farms and youths want that land. Chinamasa\u2019s farm in Headlands is called Tsukumai Farm and it is almost 3 000 hectares, while Made\u2019s farm is almost 1 500 hectares (Tara Farm),\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason Chingosho is also going after Chinamasa is that Chinamasa can\u2019t win Rusape Urban (Makoni Central), so he is also looking for rural Headlands constituency in the next election in order to protect his interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the 2018 elections, Chinamasa lost the Makoni Central seat to David Tekeshe of the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as youths are suffering. We don\u2019t have land, yet some of our big bosses have land which they are failing to fully utilise,\u201d one of the Zanu PF youth members said.<\/p>\n<p>Chingosho confirmed the meeting, adding that in their recommendations, there was the issue of giving land to the youths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a meeting on Friday and we recommended giving our youths land and other groups of people after the downsizing of the farms, which was another recommendation we did. The issue of downsizing is a government policy and the issue has been addressed in Parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut here in Headlands, I believe the youths are the most affected when it comes to getting land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chingosho, however, refuted the allegations that the downsizing of farms was targeting Chinamasa and Made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, they are not being targeted. We are just following what the government said we should do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Staff Reporter &#8211; ZANU PF youths in Manicaland province are reportedly eyeing Headlands farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made, which they claim are oversized. 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