Farmer’s son brutally killed over pastures

and attacked Collen accusing him of letting his cattle stray into their grazing area. Collen suffered deep cuts on his head,” said Mr Tutani.

He said the suspected murderers were once taken to court by Mr Klasi for invading his farm but were refusing to leave the farm.

Gokwe South District Administrator Mr Steward Gwatiringa confirmed the incident but said he was still to get facts.

He said Government which is in the process of working on evicting illegal settlers has to date issued over 200 eviction letters to flush them out of Chemagora farms.

Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende referred this publication to the national police spokesperson, Senior Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi who was not reachable.

The illegal settlers have been occupying about 54 000 hectares of black-owned farms and have been caught up in a land row which at times saw their houses being torched by the deputy sheriff after the land owners were granted eviction orders by the courts.

Government at one time earmarked 35 000 hectares of land in Chirisa Game Reserve for the resettlement of Chemagora families and other families from Gokwe South and Gokwe North. However, chiefs in Gokwe successfully objected, demanding that their subjects should be given first priority.