Latest articles on Farm Invasions

Land grabs rattle Zim farmers

Africa Staff Reporter - 28 Feb 2014

Recent threats of farm invasion in Zimbabwe are making both new and old farmers nervous, and have resulted in disruptions to farming activity.

ANCYL warns of Zim-style land invasions in South Africa

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2012

Farm invasions are "inevitable" should white South Africans not voluntarily hand over land to the government, says the ANC Youth League.

Farm invasion spat pits SA against Zim

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Oct 2011

Vusi Mavimbela, South Africa's ambassador to Zimbabwe, has attacked Zanu-PF over its continued invasion of South African-owned farms.

‘Sell-out’ minister may be next victim of skewed land policy

Article Jason Moyo - 15 Jul 2011

President Robert Mugabe's use of farmland to stifle dissent among his followers has been laid bare.

‘Only elite got rich in Bob’s land grab’

Africa Staff Reporter - 6 Dec 2010

Mugabe and his allies have seized nearly half Zimbabwe's commercial farms in a land grab widely blamed for the economic collapse.

Fresh farm raids in Zim, says farmers’ union

Africa Staff Reporter - 9 Jun 2010

At least 16 white farmers in Zimbabwe have come under attack over the last week, a farmers' union said on Wednesday.

AfriForum wins bid to sue Zim over land reform

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2010

Civil rights group AfriForum has won a court bid to sue Zimbabwe's government over its "cruel" and revengeful" expropriation of SA-owned farms.

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