Well. That's a surprise
Mugabe orders party faithful to hand back excess farms Harare
31 July 2003 11:30
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has ordered top officials in his party to relinquish farms if they have acquired more than one under a controversial land reform programme, a newspaper said on Thursday.
The state-controlled Herald newspaper quoted a spokesperson for Mugabe's ruling Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) as saying Mugabe issued the directive at a politburo meeting on Wednesday.
"President Mugabe said he would not allow people to have more than one farm," Nathan Shamuyarira told the Herald.
"He advised those with multiple farms to choose one and give up the rest to the government for resettlement," he added. The paper reported that Mugabe wanted the farms to be relinquished within two weeks.
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