”It’s Friday afternoon, November 18 2005 on my farm at Chiredzi. At 3.15pm it’s still sweltering. That is why it is such a good place to grow sugar cane. I am alerted by the dogs barking. Filled with dread, I just know it’s the police/army group, which grandly calls itself the ‘Farm Material and Equipment Procurement Committee”’, writes Greig Henning.