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
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