Land occupiers to be moved

Harare - The Zimbabwe government will start moving war veterans and other landless blacks from hundreds of white-owned farms …

Harare - The Zimbabwe government will start moving war veterans and other landless blacks from hundreds of white-owned farms they are occupying to newly-acquired land tomorrow, press reports said yesterday.

The state-owned Herald newspaper quoted a ruling party official, Mr Nathan Shamuyarira, as saying the owners of 160 farms out of 804 designated for seizure last month had not objected to their acquisition.

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