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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Renowned Harare-based constitutional law expert, Professor Lovemore Madhuku said that Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021, gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government last week, is unlawful, unconstitutional and reflect a \u201ccolonial mentality\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statutory instrument ordered more than 1 000 mainly Shangaan\/Tsonga families in Chilonga, Chiredzi District, to \u201cdepart permanently\u201d from the gazetted 6 000 land hectarage that would be used to farm lucerne grass for stock feed. Said Madhuku:<\/p>\n

That statutory instrument is unconstitutional; it is based on an unconstitutional understanding of the powers of government over communal land.<\/p>\n

The colonial mentality which is still reflected in the statute is that communal land belongs to the State, and is owned by the president.<\/p>\n

But that right which is given to the president is not equivalent to the ordinary right of ownership, which other people use.<\/p>\n

If you are an owner of land you can easily displace anyone or remove anyone, that is not the case.<\/p>\n

Communal land rights are somewhat special rights, communal people cannot be displaced merely at the whims of government.<\/p>\n

Madhuku added that the government should have approached the High Court and state its reasons and then getting an appropriate order for those people to be moved to a different place.<\/p>\n

Dendairy, a dairy company owned by a white farmer, Neville Coetzee, who has links with President Emmerson Mnangagwa was allotted the land for its lucerne grass project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Renowned Harare-based constitutional law expert, Professor Lovemore Madhuku said that Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021, gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government last week, is unlawful, unconstitutional and reflect a \u201ccolonial mentality\u201d. The statutory instrument ordered more than 1 000 mainly Shangaan\/Tsonga families in Chilonga, Chiredzi District, to \u201cdepart permanently\u201d from the gazetted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3368,3404,558,3370,3111,19],"class_list":["post-36080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-chilonga","tag-chilonga-villagers","tag-chiredzi","tag-dendairy","tag-lovemore-madhuku","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nMadhuku Tells Mnangagwa To Abandon Colonial Mentality - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Renowned Harare-based constitutional law expert, Professor Lovemore Madhuku said that Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021, g ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madhuku Tells Mnangagwa To Abandon Colonial Mentality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Renowned Harare-based constitutional law expert, Professor Lovemore Madhuku said that Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021, g ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-06T18:44:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/03\/img-6043ab6f0e011.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Madhuku Tells Mnangagwa To Abandon Colonial Mentality\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-06T18:44:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/03\/img-6043ab6f0e011.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Chilonga\",\"Chilonga Villagers\",\"Chiredzi\",\"Dendairy\",\"Lovemore Madhuku\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/madhuku-tells-mnangagwa-to-abandon-colonial-mentality\",\"name\":\"Madhuku Tells Mnangagwa To Abandon Colonial Mentality - 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