chefs evicting white farmers and blacks resettled under a controversial land reform programme from their properties in the past few months.
It also came against the backdrop of some fissures beginning to emerge within the ruling Zanu (PF) party over how to finalise the land redistribution programme started in 2000.
Msika has been struggling to stamp his authority and enforce an order he issued to Lands and Land Reform Minister Didymus Mutasa last month to stop evictions of remaining white farmers.
Mutasa has openly ignored Msika by insisting that white farmers who have been ordered to leave should vacate the farms or risk arrest.
Chiwenga was non-committal, according to the sources, and only promised to “work on it”. – ZimOnline
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Msika orders ZNA to stop farm seizures
HARARE – Vice President Joseph Msika last week summoned Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Constantine Chiwengwa and ordered him to stop ongoing occupation of farms by senior army officials.
Sources said the meeting between Msika and Chiwengwa was prompted by numerous reports of top army