{{Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday attacked resettled farmers, saying they were growing grass despite the fact that farmers raked in US$584 million in tobacco sales this year.}}<\/p>\n
Mr Tsvangirai, whose party has been against land reform, was addressing rallies in Hwedza, Chikomba and Mahusekwa where he also attacked women for easily being manipulated by \u201cfreebies\u201d ahead of harmonised elections set for next Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In Mahusekwa, Mr Tsvangirai said his party was not against land reform although he went on to attack resettled farmers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a lie that MDC is against the land reform . . . Makambopinda mumapurazi umu, mune rimwe zisora ririmo rinonzi mowa ndiro ravari kurima,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, 976 500 and 113 802 individuals have benefited from land reform under the A1 and A2 schemes creating 1,7 million jobs in the process from land that was monopolised by 4000 white farmers.<\/p>\n
Mr Tsvangirai said the resettled farmers were relying on food handouts from Government adding that his supporters were being denied food aid by Zanu-PF.<\/p>\n
He bragged that he had set up drip irrigation at his rural home in Buhera where he was producing more than 20 tonnes of maize.<\/p>\n
Mr Tsvangirai said with his two acres of drip irrigation, he was surpassing the harvests of about six villages in his rural home.<\/p>\n
He insisted that Zanu-PF was planning to rig the elections.<\/p>\n
Mr Tsvangirai also claimed that he won elections in 2002 and 2008 but Zanu-PF rigged the results.<\/p>\n
Turning to Government, Mr Tsvangirai took time promising to introduce free education in primary schools \u2014 a policy that was introduced by Zanu-PF in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n
As a result of Zanu-PF education policies, Zimbabwe is now the highest literate country in Africa.<\/p>\n
Mr Tsvangirai claimed that his party would work to improve lives of rural people through the provision of decent houses.<\/p>\n
He said MDC-T had policies such as JUICE which it wanted to implement once it gets into power.<\/p>\n
Addressing another rally at Masasa Business Centre in Chikomba, Mr Tsvangirai said women had a tendency of accepting anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cMadzimai ndimi mune weakness yekuti chauya chese munongouchirira muchipuwa mafreebies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cVamwe vacho ndimi munototi ngatiende tinoona kuti zviri kubva kupi?\u201d<\/p>\n
At Zaire Business Centre in Hwedza, Mr Tsvangirai threatened people that they risk plunging back to the 2008 era if they voted Zanu-PF into power.<\/p>\n
He displayed a bunch of Zimbabwean dollars claiming that Zanu-PF wanted to return them soon.<\/p>\n
He angrily said Zanu-PF was dishing its regalia to everyone even to members of other political parties.<\/p>\n
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