Twenty years after violent farm invasions, Zimbabwe wants to settle farmers’ claims
Almost 4,500 white-owned properties and others protected under government-to-government agreements were affected by the programme
13 March 2020 - 17:25
Harare/Johannesburg — Two decades after President Robert Mugabe wrecked Zimbabwe’s economy by urging black subsistence farmers to violently force white commercial farmers and their workers off their land, his successor has thrown in the towel.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has proposed settling all outstanding claims against it by farmers by offering them land...
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