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05/18/2004:

"Namibia tells farmers to sell"

14/05/2004 14:10 - (SA)

Windhoek - The Namibian government has told a first group of farmers they must sell their property under land reforms that some fear could wreak as much havoc with agriculture as a similar programme did in Zimbabwe.

Land Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba this week sent letters to about 10 white farm owners. The letter were hand-delivered by ministry officials accompanied by police, The Namibian newspaper reported on Friday.

In the letters, Pohamba told the farmers they were "cordially invited to make an offer to sell their property to the state and to enter into further negotiations in that regard," according to the report. www.news24.com