GRASS VERSUS HUMANITY: PERSPECTIVES UPON THE PERPETUAL CHILONGA (VATSONGA) VICTIMISATION, ZIMBABWE

Abstract

The land has been an issue for concern, battle, and sundry misunderstandings amongst nations, communities and individuals since times unpleasant to recall. Land issues are the major causes of enmity, divisions, racism and tribalism. The Europeans have come all the way to Africa because of an insatiate desire to possess and own land. African nations have fought back and displaced many whites because they have been displaced and ill-treated by having their land taken away by aliens. The paper is an attempt to unpack the heart-rending and inglorious trends enshrined in Zimbabwean land legalities and the politics of its exploitation, apportionment as well as the state of the powers that be. It aims to unveil how the Zimbabwean government, if there is any prevailing, administers the issue of land and its apportionment amongst its citizens across ethnicities.