Honeymoon over for land barons…as the govt unveils a plan to end the scourge

THE government is set to swoop on space and land barons who have been allocating stands on State land in urban and peri-urban areas across the country after unveiling a new policy to tackle the scourge.

A 2019 commission of inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas unearthed massive fraud and theft of State land valued at US$3 billion by top politicians and individuals in Zanu PF.

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission last week launched a five-day campaign targeting illegal parcelling out of urban and communal State land by land barons.

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