Sources said this form of extortion had been fuelled by the government’s failure to provide adequate farm inputs to the resettled farmers, many of who cannot afford to buy the materials themselves.
White commercial farmers have also been forced to include war veterans as directors on their properties in a bid to spare their properties from occupation, the sources said.
War veterans were last year implicated in extorting millions of dollars from Zimbabwean companies on the pretext of resolving labour disputes.
Their seizure of farms and their brief invasion of companies have worsened the country’s already tarnished image and contributed towards its alienation from the international community at a time Zimbabwe needs crucial foreign support.
By Sydney Masamvu Political Editor of The Financial Gazette.
Article reprinted, courtesy of The Financial Gazette, Southern Africa’s Leading Business and Financial Newspaper. http://www.fingaz.co.zw
White commercial farmers have also been forced to include war veterans as directors on their properties in a bid to spare their properties from occupation, the sources said.
War veterans were last year implicated in extorting millions of dollars from Zimbabwean companies on the pretext of resolving labour disputes.
Their seizure of farms and their brief invasion of companies have worsened the country’s already tarnished image and contributed towards its alienation from the international community at a time Zimbabwe needs crucial foreign support.
By Sydney Masamvu Political Editor of The Financial Gazette.
Article reprinted, courtesy of The Financial Gazette, Southern Africa’s Leading Business and Financial Newspaper. http://www.fingaz.co.zw