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Nkomo, who is the national chairman of the ruling Zanu (PF) party and is considered among moderates in President Robert Mugabe’s government, has had a long-running feud with black empowerment activist Langton Masunda over the ownership of Jijima Safari lodge.
But Nkomo, who is also seen as a possible future vice-president of Zimbabwe in a post-Mugabe government, three weeks ago withdrew a lawsuit against Masunda in which he had demanded Z$5 billion from the empowerment activist for illegally occupying the lodge.
An irate Masunda said: “Nkomo should not interfere with my businesses. I am a black Zimbabwean and I am entitled to own a business like every Zimbabwean in this country. If Nkomo felt that I was on the property illegally then why did he withdraw the case from the courts? His threats of using the army to force me out of Jijima will not work.”
According to eyewitnesses interviewed by ZimOnline, Nkomo, who was accompanied by six other unidentified people, stormed the safari farm and told workers there that they should vacate the place by the end of the week so he could take over the lucrative business.
Nkomo refused to discuss the farm wrangle. “Please can you just leave me alone and just leave these things,” was all the parliamentary speaker would say before switching off his mobile phone. – ZimOnline
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