Families to be Relocated

Trisha Butterworth
5-1-09

There are 700 Chitsa families located at Zimbabwes Gonarezhou National Park, and authorities want them moved out so they can start their Transfrontier park. Most of the families have valid letters from the government to stay there, but the transfrontier park will be one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries. The director of the park said that they would help find relocation for theses families. They had plans to relocate the families from the beginning, but did not realize that the government gave them letters saying they were to stay there. Apparently they are going to find a way to work through that. They need to get the park finished by soccer finals next year, because South America is the host and there will be lots of tourism. The families are fighting to stay because many of their ancestors owned the land that the park is on.
I am confused on how the government allowed people to stay on a park site, but the park is going to fight them staying there. I wonder if the park will win over the government. It seems like a big deal for the families to stay on the land their ancestors belonged to. But the park wants tourism, and I could see them convincing the government that tourism will only help, and expansion will improve it. It seems like a bad situation for the families. I wonder what will happen to them, and where they will go.