Mbeki defends Zimbabwe's controversial land reform
Posted: Friday, April 6, 2007

South Africa's Mbeki defends Zimbabwe's controversial land reform

Apr 6, 2007, 16:39 GMT

Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday defended the controversial land reform policies of neighbouring Zimbabwe as necessary measures to correct the effects of colonialism, reports said.

The government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in following the 2001 reform removed thousands of white farmers from farmland in his country in an often chaotic fashion. The action is considered one of the triggers of the collapse of the economy of the once prosperous country.

Mbeki, who has been appointed the point man of the regional Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Zimbabwe, said further that it was urgent that new black African farmers in Zimbabwe be provided with agricultural supplies.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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