Dumped in the wilderness of land reform

Kwekwe – About 15km outside Kwekwe lies what used to be the famous Sable Chemicals game farm and other safari lodges which used to earn Zimbabwe a lot of valuable foreign currency from tourists and game hunters.

Report by Blessed Mhlanga

Today these vast lands lie derelict with over 100 families resettled in this dry part of the Midlands region attempting to turn non-arable former game parks into farmland with little or no assistance from government.

Riversdale Farm is one story of families who were dumped in the wilderness of land reform with the hope that getting a piece of what used to be owned by white farmers would transform their lives.

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