THE Zimbabwean government has struck 90 white-owned farms off a list of hundreds targeted for seizure under a controversial land redistribution programme, the official Sunday Mail newspaper reported. It said President Robert Mugabe’s administration had delisted the farms – among the first 804 designated for seizure earlier this year – in an extraordinary government notice on Friday. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), which represents 4 500 white farmers, said it would remain cautious about government’s commitment to a fair and transparent land reform programme until it had studied the list. – Reuters
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