The future of one of Zimbabwe’s
few remaining export horticulture enterprises, Odzi Drift
Estate, looks bleak following a takeover by a top Lands
Ministry official.
Resettlement Director Christopher Mushambi of the Ministry
of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement invaded the farm
in February bearing an offer letter from his ministry and
has ignored a court order to leave the farm some 40 kilometers
from Mutare.
Sources familiar with the situation said ruling ZANU-PF
party youths are guarding the farm for Mushambi, and there
were reports of looting of equipment, livestock and food.
Mushambi himself could not be reached for comment.
Odzi Drift Estate exported flowers to the Netherlands,
bringing foreign exchange that Zimbabwe desperately needs,
but exports have been halted by the invasion.
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