Germany’s government says it will cut off aid to Zimbabwe unless illegal and violent occupiers leave a farm owned by a German national.
In a Friday protest note to the Zimbabwe Foreign Ministry, Germany noted the occupation of the eastern Zimbabwe property owned by German investor Heinrich von Pezold violated a decade-old investment agreement between the two countries.
Germany said the farm seizure and looting of the property could imperil aid. Last year, Germany gave US50-million to the Southern African country.
A South African farmers’ support group also protested the arrest on Thursday of South African Mike Odendaal for allegedly not vacating his farm in south-eastern Zimbabwe. — Sapa-AP