Zim government grabs Mthwakazi leader ‘John Gazi’ farm

Mthwakazi leader and top Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi, has been evicted from his 1 400 hectare Honey Bird Kop Farm ostensibly because he does not deserve land from a government he wished to topple.

Gazi, Paul Siwela and Charles Gumbo — all members of the Mthwakazi Liberation Front, a secessionist Matabeleland pressure group — were facing treason charges arising from designing and planning the distribution of pamphlets viewed by the State as agitating for a public uprising against President Robert Mugabe’s government.
Gazi’s farm, about 40km along the Bulawayo-Plumtree road, has been grabbed by the ministry of Lands.

He claims he was acquitted of the treason charges. According to a letter dated April 19 signed by Matabeleland North acting chief lands officer one P Nkiwane, Gazi was ordered to move out of the farm.

Zimbabwe government has sent a strong message that those who burn flags and plot against it should not expect any help or mercy.

There are many other people who have been targeted for similar plots and many have been forced out of the country.