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06/09/2004:

"Zimbabwe to nationalize land"

by Stella Mapenzauswa
Reuters News Agency

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe plans to nationalize all the country's farmland and issue farmers with 99-year leases, Land Reform and Resettlement Minister John Nkomo was quoted as saying yesterday.

A leading commercial farming group said the move was effectively a continuation of the government's drive to seize white-owned farms and could further alienate bank funding for commercial agriculture after several years of food shortages. More: www.thestar.com