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ZIMBABWE'S ROBERT MUGABE TELLS WHITE FARMERS 'TO GO'

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3 July 2014

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Mr Mugabe has ruled since independence in 1980

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has called on the country's remaining white
farmers to cede land to black people.

"We say no to whites owning our land and they should go," Mr Mugabe told his
supporters at a rally.

The white farmers union said it was regrettable that racial tensions were
flaring up again.

The president's critics say his policy of seizing most of Zimbabwe's white-owned
farms caused the country's economic collapse from 2000-2009.

Mr Mugabe, 90, has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.

He was re-elected president last year with 61% of the vote, defeating his
long-standing rival Morgan Tsvangirai.



The president's Zanu-PF party also gained a parliamentary majority of more than
two-thirds, winning 160 of the 210 seats.

BBC Zimbabwe analyst Stanley Kwenda says Mr Mugabe's comments are surprising, as
the government officially ended its land reform programme about two years ago.

It appears that Mr Mugabe wants to deflect attention from Zimbabwe's economic
crisis, especially worsening unemployment and the closure of firms, our
correspondent says.


'ANXIETY'

"Don't be too kind to white farmers. Land is yours, not theirs," Mr Mugabe said
at a rally in Mashonaland West province, a stronghold of Zanu-PF .

"They should get into industries and leave the land to blacks," he added.

Mr Mugabe's comments had caused anxiety among white farmers, said Commercial
Farmers Union director Hendricks Olivier.



"We'd like to move forward and work with the government of the day," he told BBC
Focus on Africa.

There were only between 100 and 150 white farmers left in Zimbabwe, Mr Olivier
said.

Several thousand of them were forced to abandon farming after the government
launched a controversial land reform programme nearly 15 years ago.


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