Mashonaland Central Minister of State for Provoincial Affairs Martin Dinha has criticised NewsDay for publishing the story that First Lady Grace Mugabe was evicting the inhabitants of Arnold Farm to expand her business empire. Dinha had been asked by NewsDay to comment on the issue but allegedly failed to give a comment at the time the paper went to print.
Dinha said that the land had been given to Grace Mugabe as a way of attracting investors into the province. He said that the 600 families that were around the area where relocated to Nyandirwi Farm in Mazowe and Lot One of lazy 7. He said that the only people that were there were illegal gold panners who have been since told to move.
Said Dinha:
That NewsDay story is false and phony calculated politically and maliciously to defame the good name and dignity of Her Excellency, the First Lady. The whole story depicts the height of gutter journalism by the so called independent press, who in fact are opposition tabloids sponsored by Western countries.
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