First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is reportedly in the middle of converting a refugee camp in Chilonga into an orphanage despite the fact that the camp is sitting on land that has been designated to be used by Dendairy to grown Lucerne grass, The NewsHawks exclusively reports.
The first lady’s charity foundation Angel of Hope is reportedly leading the renovation of Chambuta Refugee Camp to turn it into an orphanage that will be named after her.
A village head from Makhosiya area who spoke to the NewsHawks on condition of anonymity said the Lucerne grass project was just a cover story as he speculated that the government wants to mine minerals in the area:
More curiously, what is the connection between the grass project by the President’s associates and the orphanage by his wife here? We are not against investment and development, but we are worried about their real intentions and our fate.
We were never consulted or given any details about these things. We know there are minerals in this area first detected during the colonial era, in 1956, and there are various pegs which point to that
A government official based in Masvingo told the publication that the first lady first started showing interests in Chiredzi after the 2019/2020 survey that discovered minerals in the area.
The official also said if the government is sincere about the project why did it not give Dendairy Central Estate in Midlands which is reportedly currently underutilized.
On another note, her predecessor Grace Mugabe at one point also evicted villagers in Mazowe in order to pave way for her own projects in the area in which she subsequently established an orphanage.
Source: NewsHawks