OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday 11.30am.
ZIMBABWE’s white farmers will not be intimidated by President Robert Mugabe’s threats against them, a union farming official said on Friday, after Mugabe warned white farmers that they will die if they try to resist land invasions.
At the same time political opponents say the president’s fighting talk will earn him stiff international sanction.
“We are absolutely committed to following the legal processes of this country and not to be intimidated by these statements,” David Hasluck, the director of the country’s predominantly white Commercial Farmers Union said.
“If they try and resist them they will die,” Mugabe told a campaign rally in Mpanawanda, 220km southeast of Harare.
“The statement is extremely unhelpful and not conducive to having a credible election in this country,” said Hasluck. General elections are due June 24-25. — AFP
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