Minister vows to descend on land barons

NEWLY-APPOINTED Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Owen Ncube has threatened to name and shame suspected land barons and local authorities conniving to rip off desperate home-seekers through setting up dubious housing schemes.

Ncube said his office would soon probe suspicious land deals in both urban and rural councils to ensure transparency in the allocation of residential stands.

“We know councils with land that was given to land barons,” Ncube said recently at an interactive meeting with heads of local authorities in the province.

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