New legal battle to keep White Zimbabwe farming
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2002

(Guardian UK) Two white Zimbabwean farmers took the government to court yesterday in an effort to block its order that they abandon their farms. It was a test case closely watched by 3,000 others also facing eviction.

A 45-day countdown for the white farmers to leave their land began yesterday, but many vowed to stay put rather than watch crops rot in a country short of food.

Zimbabwe's Commercial Farmers' Union has not joined the action, but is keenly awaiting the outcome, which is expected on Friday.

The order was the latest shot in the government's battle to redistribute farms to landless black Zimbabweans. MORE 

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