By Own Correspondent| More than 500 communal farmers in Mberengwa face a bleak future after the government ordered them off their land.

The farmers occupied Chivhunze farm under Chief Bvute’s jurisdiction in 2009 and paid US$20 to the local authority which issued them with permits under the settlement permits by-laws of 2006.

The concerned farmers have since petitioned Mberengwa North Member of Parliament, Tafanana Zhou to air out their grievances.

Said Zhou:

“The farmers approached me to register their grievances. They hold permits that they were issued with in 2009.

They have been at the farm for close to a decade now. They said they were being told to vacate the farm as they are being classified as illegal settlers.

So we have approached the Government and the party (Zanu-PF) leadership to assist these farmers because in my view they were legally settled and cannot be classified as illegal settlers.”-StateMedia