Vote on 1700 Zimbabwe farms

10 February 2000



Vote on 1700 Zimbabwe farms

ZIMBABWE holds a referendum at the weekend (12-13 February) which will decide the fate of 1700 mostly white-owned farms.

The farms have been selected for compulsory purchase under the governments land resettlement programme.

The government has said that only land that was under-utilised or run by absentee landlords had been selected.

• Mugabe links gangster gays to land grab, FWi, 08 November, 1999
• Zimbabwe land reform benefits chosen few, FWi, 20 July, 1999
• Land battle intensifies in Zimbabwe, FWi, 20 November, 1998
  
• The Times 10/02/2000 page 24