Zimbabwe to Keep Seizing White-Owned Farms

Bloomberg -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will continue to seize all remaining white-owned farms, South Africa’s Times newspaper reported, citing a “closely-guarded” document in its possession.
At least 223 white farmers are being prosecuted for failing to vacate their farms, the Johannesburg-based newspaper said on its Web site. The farms include land owned by foreigners, the Times added. At least one farmer has been “savagely assaulted” by self-styled war veterans loyal to Mugabe, it reported.
Calls to Zimbabwe’s agriculture ministry and police headquarters weren’t picked up when Bloomberg News sought comment today.
To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Latham in Durban at blatham@bloomberg.net.