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Police should act on alleged sanctuary invasion
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
June 12, 2012

The Zimbabwe Republic Police should make investigations into the invasion of Ruware Ranch in the low-veld reported by the Newsday dated June 11, 2012.

The paper reported that a group of around 500 ZANU PF supporters invaded the area last week. It further reports that the invaders comprised of about 360 families mainly civil servants each of which got six hectares of land. It is also said that the group alleges that the land was acquired through proper means 12 years ago.

As human rights campaigners, we condemn the manner and occupation of land reserved for wildlife. Further, the occupied land happened to be one of the richest wildlife sanctuaries in the Lowveld. As rightfully stated in the report, Ruware Ranch is under the famous Chiredzi River Conservancy which boasts of almost all the fauna found in the country. What ZANU PF is doing is exactly a replication of the past years, a history of forcibly and unscrupulously acquiring wealth.

We therefore demand that the police make investigations and bring to book all perpetrators involved in the act. Political parties have to stop the use of state resources as rewards for sympathizing with them. National resources should benefit all and not a few.

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