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Zimbabwe: Mugabe 'Tightens Screws' On Remaining White Farmers
[All Africa] Zim-bob-wean President Bob MuggsyMugabe  Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...'s government has reportedly continued to "tighten the screws" on the remaining white farmers as it came up with a somewhat "discriminatory policy" that "limits their leases to just five years while their black counterparts will enjoy 99-year-long leases". According to New Zim-bob-we.com, lands minister Douglas Mombeshora said over the weekend that resettled black farmers will be issued with the 99-year leases "which are immediately bankable" while the remaining white farmers would have theirs reviewed every five years. "There are white farmers who have been approved by provincial officers to continue farming after satisfying a number of requirements. "We will be giving such farmers five-year leases that are subject to renewal upon meeting certain conditions at the expiry of the documents. This will enable us to collect taxes from these farmers," Mombeshora wa quoted as saying. This came 17 years after Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF party launched a controversial land reform programme. Thousands of white commercial farmers and their employees were displaced and left without sources of income during the fast-tracked agrarian reforms in 2000. "Inmates running the prison." Posted by: Fred 2017-10-31 |
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