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Farm Evictions in Masvingo Anger Zim War Veterans

2006-12-28

More than 1,500 people face eviction in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province from farms they occupied by force in the country's chaotic land reform starting in 2000. Most of those facing eviction are said to be war veterans who took part in Zimbabwe's independence struggle in the 1970s and subsequently served as shock troops for the government-led land invasions that displaced thousands of white farmers.

Occupancy of such farms in Masvingo is being challenged by senior officials, sources said. Land reform has left many farms in the hands of top government officials. Sources close to the situation said officials pressing ahead with the evictions include Higher Education Minister Stan Mudenge, Masvingo Provincial Governor Willard Chiwewe and traditional chief Fortune Charumbira.

Posted by:Fred

#6 Looks more like the area south and east of the Urals, around the Aral Sea. Could also be part of the Ukraine, but I'd bet it's my first guess.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-12-28 23:36

#5 pic

them be ruskies from plains before the Urals No?

Posted by: RD 2006-12-28 20:56

#4 We aint workin. Me and my brothers Plantin B. and Workin B. be drivin the quipment down to da pawn shop why it still be workin. Figgered we not be needin it with all da whiteys Bob be sending ovah to do our plantin.
Got a carton of Marlboros fa it. Still aint seen the whiteys tho.

Posted by: Farmin B. Hard 2006-12-28 20:51

#3 Farmin doesn't actually do any work, he's a waiting for help

Posted by: Frank G 2006-12-28 20:32

#2 Is that a picture of our good pal Farmin'?

Posted by: Jackal 2006-12-28 20:24

#1 subsequently served as shock troops for the government-led land invasions that displaced thousands of white farmers.

Mr Martin Olds, aged 43, was killed on his farm, Compensation Farm, on the morning of Tuesday, 18 April 2000. A large group of war veterans surrounded Olds farmhouse. They had come to the farm in a convoy of about twelve motor vehicles and some allegedly were armed with AK47 automatic rifles. Olds was alone in the farmhouse when they arrived. at the time. Apparently when Olds came out to speak to the invaders, he was shot and wounded. He then went inside the house and grabbed a shotgun. A three hour gun battle ensued between the war veterans, some of whom were armed with automatic weapons, and Olds. Olds was wounded in the shoulder, chest and legs. According to one report the stand-off ended when squatters threw molotov cocktails into the house. Olds' home started to burn and when the heat became too intense inside he stumbled out into the hands of the veterans. They beat him severely with iron bars and then shot him twice in the face at close range. When the police found Olds body it was riddled with bullets. He had bullet wounds in the face and both legs. His head had been severely battered with blunt objects. According to homicide officers of the CID who collected his body three hours after his death, the veterans had riddled Olds with bullets and then finished him off with iron bars and other weapons such as axes.. "They killed my son," said Gloria Olds, Martin's mother. "They beat him to a pulp."

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-12-28 06:18

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