Beneficiaries of the land grabs that started in 2000, were mostly President Robert Mugabe’s officials and allies.
More than 4,000 white farmers lost their land after Mugabe lost a referendum to the new Movement for Democratic Change party and, in a bid to regain popularity, authorised land grabs by disaffected war veterans.
Today, fewer than 300 white farmers remain on portions of their original land holdings in Zimbabwe and many of the seized farms lie fallow, meaning the former breadbasket of Africa has to import food to feed its population.
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