Little support for land seizure plan

Harare - A foreign poll showed yesterday that few Zimbabweans back President Robert Mugabe's plan for blacks to take over white…

Harare - A foreign poll showed yesterday that few Zimbabweans back President Robert Mugabe's plan for blacks to take over white-owned land and most want his government to go.

More than 400 white farms have been occupied over the past two weeks by independence war veterans demanding approval for swift official land seizures.

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