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Villagers Block Discosteel Trucks In Protest Over "Degrading Treatment"

9 months agoFri, 14 Jun 2024 12:46:16 GMT
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Villagers Block Discosteel Trucks In Protest Over "Degrading Treatment"

Villagers in Manhize, Mvuma, reportedly staged a protest against Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Discosteel), on Friday, 14 June, over alleged degrading treatment including the arbitrary acquisition of their farmland without compensation.

As reported by The NewsHawks, the villagers blocked Dinson trucks on Friday afternoon. They were also complaining of hunger and dust pollution.

According to the report, villagers from the Mushenjere area of Manhize, who are settled at Inhoek Farm in Mvuma, say they are facing displacement from land they have occupied for more than 40 years.

Communities in Chivhu and Mvuma, particularly those relocated to pave the way for the establishment of Disco’s US$1.5 billion steel plant, claim their standards of living have deteriorated.

According to a governance watchdog, the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), since 2021, more than 100 families from Manhize’s Mushenjere Village have lost their land to Disco’s operations, with the villagers, once self-sufficient, now unable to produce enough food. It said:

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The conditions of living on the land outlined in their permits rest solely at the discretion of the minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement.

Thus the minister ‘may for any public purpose reverse this permit at any time and under such conditions as he thinks fit on payment of the holder of such compensation the minister may decide.

On Wednesday, 12 June, Discosteel fired up its blast furnace at Manhize, marking the start of pig iron production at the plant.

The company expects to produce 600,000 tonnes of steel products annually at the peak of its first phase of production.

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14 Comments

Richie · 9 months ago
Zviriko fti
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 9 months ago
Brick by brick
Augs · 9 months ago
hatidi vanhu vano complainer too much
Citizen · 9 months ago
That's Zanu for u d u l l rural people. It will use you during election time and dump you afterwards ichikusiya usina kana underwear chaiyo kkkk
ChaosChiz · 9 months ago
Even us, poor rural commoners, deserve some respect. Consultations, notices, and and seeking their input into decisions that affect them, would be some show of respect. Yes, the investment is a great thing for Zimbabwe but that can be no license to trample rough shod over people. The company needs to also invest in some PR exercise.
Anonymous · 9 months ago
Kana pane maminerals hamuna right, mashurugwi anokubvisai wani
Proudly Zimbabwean · 9 months ago
@chi baby che Zanu usazodaro hongu nyika inotongwa nevene vayo asika vageremo tiri vene vayo zvekare tinodawo kubatwa mushe munyika yemadzibaba
Anonymous · 9 months ago
How did a Zambian end up a Vene vayo?
zozo · 9 months ago
the land belong to the state saka hapana hapana.dayi vano demostreta ku min of lands kuti vaitwe reseteredwe kkk
apes · 9 months ago
saka kugara kumusha hakusi safe zvee anytime unogona kudzingwa what's the point of rural areas
chapwititi · 9 months ago
where was the state when mbuya nehanda was hanged.who is the state anyway.

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