Land barons must be stopped

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

The campaign, which ran under the theme, Campaign Against Illegal Parcelling out of State and Communal Land, began in Seke district as the anti-graft body prioritised public education, which it sees as a bulwark against land corruption.

Land barons have been causing havoc in urban areas, fleecing desperate home-seekers amid claims that most of the perpetrators of land theft are riding on the coattails of senior Zanu PF politicians.

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