November 07, 2007

From the News: stopping farm seizures?

From The Zimbabwe Independent, 3 November: Politburo shocks Mugabe, rejects further land grabs

Zanu PF’s decision-making body, the politburo, last week rejected a land reform report that proposed a further purging of the few remaining white farmers. (...). Politburo members argued that the eviction of more farmers would bring the economy to its knees because they were the ones providing the little supplies that were still trickling onto the market. They further argued that the report was driven by nothing other than racism since swathes of land were lying idle following the emotive fast-track land reform programme. ...

From Zim Online (SA), 7 November: Zanu PF leaders want farm seizures halted

Chinhoyi - Ruling Zanu PF party leaders in Mashonaland West province have asked the government to halt fresh farm seizures, saying the few white farmers still in the province must be allowed to "remain and continue farming." ....

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