Zimbabwe – JUSTICE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has vigorously denied President Robert Mugabe demanded the expulsion of the few white farmers who remain on the country’s prime agricultural land.
More than 3,000 whites were forced off their lands when the Zanu PF politburo unleashed veterans of the liberation struggle on the white commercial farming community, apparently angered by Britain’s refusal to fund land reforms.
A few hundred remained and it was these Mugabe was thought to be targeting when he declared: “We say no to whites owning our land, and they should go.
“They can own companies and apartments … but not the soil. It is ours and that message should ring loud and clear in Britain and the United States.”
The 90 year-old leader was addressing party loyalists at a recent meeting in his Mashonaland West home province, also the country’s agricultural hub.
The remarks drew widespread condemnation with ordinary Zimbabweans saying their aging leader’s racist tirades were unhelpful at a time the country was trying to re-engage the West to help mend its failing economy…
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