Ruling ZANU-PF party supporters, led by veterans of the 1970s war against white minority rule, evicted many of Zimbabwe’s white farmers under an often violent land reform program led by Mugabe. Of the roughly 4,500 white farmers before the land reforms began in 2000, only a few hundred are left. During his inauguration last month, Mnangagwa described the land reform as “inevitable,” calling land management key to economic recovery. The Commercial Farmers Union, which represents mainly white farmers, said it plans to meet the lands minister. “He voluntarily gave up his estates to the community when the land reform program started.

Source: thestar December 22, 2017 13:41 UTC