letter was given to a company and not an individual and therefore he could not provide details regarding the persons behind the company. 6.5.4. He also highlighted that this necessitated the relocation of 208 people who cooperated with the relocation exercise. Those who remained at the farm were not the original occupiers of the farm as these had been relocated to Nyandirwe, Rivers and Lazy farms. Lazy farm was offered for resettlement by a local Member of Parliament, Honourable Chasi, to whom the farm had been allocated. He highlighted that recently 8 people were relocated to Rivers of Wengi farm an A1 established farm. He hinted that those who were interested in being relocated had been relocated and those that remain resisted the relocations since they were mostly illegal gold panners who did not want to leave the gold deposits. 6.5.5. He highlighted that the relocations had been made to planned areas with established services such as shops, schools, clinics and domestic water supply. He gave examples of the schools to be Wengi Primary School, Tsatsi Secondary School and Masasa School. He further highlighted that those who had accepted the relocations were happy. 6.5.6. Letters have since been written to the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority for their comments on the allegations raised. The letters have not yet been responded to. 6.5.7 A letter was written to the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe requesting for information pertaining to Arnold Farm’s classification as a National Monument. The response advised that the Upper Mazowe valley was through a General Notice 82/2007 of Section 20 of the National Museums and Monuments Act Chapter 25:11 defined as a protected cultural landscape. It was highlighted that the area is thus a national monument which derives its Page 14 of 22

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