Mike Campbell has fought efforts to seize his farm. Though shaken by a brutal attack on his family by Mugabe's militiamen, he remains undeterred.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has vowed to continue seizing land from white farmers after a spate of "farm invasions" over the past month.
"Land distribution will continue. It will not stop.The few remaining white farmers should quickly vacate their farms as they have no place there," he said at the celebration in Chinhoyi, north of the capital Harare, on Saturday.
"Let not the original owners of the farm refuse to vacate those farms," he added.
Mr Mugabe told the rally in Chinhoyi there would be "no going back" on planned and already executed seizures of land owned by white farmers.
"Some farmers went to The Southern African Development Comm
unity (SADC) tribunal in Namibia". But that's nonsense, absolute nonsense, no-one will follow that.The SADC had no right to intervene on the farmers' behalf, he said.
"Farms will not be returned back to former farmers," he told the audience.
"We have courts here in this country, that can determine the rights of people. Our land issues are not subject to the SADC tribunal."
In November, the tribunal ruled that Zimbabwe's plans to seize dozens of white-owned farms were illegal under international rule and should be halted immediately.
Zimbabwe's Commercial Farmers Union says that, in the past month, operations at about 150 farms have been disrupted. Some farmers have been evicted.
Mr Mugabe said the new government would continue to push for a majority stake in companies operating in Zimbabwe.
"We would want to see a greater participation of our people in them, not less than 51%, in certain companies we would have designated," he said.
Courtesy: BBC NEWS and Al Jazeera
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"Land distribution will continue. It will not stop.The few remaining white farmers should quickly vacate their farms as they have no place there," he said at the celebration in Chinhoyi, north of the capital Harare, on Saturday.
"Let not the original owners of the farm refuse to vacate those farms," he added.
Mr Mugabe told the rally in Chinhoyi there would be "no going back" on planned and already executed seizures of land owned by white farmers.
"Some farmers went to The Southern African Development Comm
unity (SADC) tribunal in Namibia". But that's nonsense, absolute nonsense, no-one will follow that.The SADC had no right to intervene on the farmers' behalf, he said."Farms will not be returned back to former farmers," he told the audience.
"We have courts here in this country, that can determine the rights of people. Our land issues are not subject to the SADC tribunal."
In November, the tribunal ruled that Zimbabwe's plans to seize dozens of white-owned farms were illegal under international rule and should be halted immediately.
Zimbabwe's Commercial Farmers Union says that, in the past month, operations at about 150 farms have been disrupted. Some farmers have been evicted.
Mr Mugabe said the new government would continue to push for a majority stake in companies operating in Zimbabwe.
"We would want to see a greater participation of our people in them, not less than 51%, in certain companies we would have designated," he said.
Courtesy: BBC NEWS and Al Jazeera
Related Story : Zimbabwe's last white farmer forced to quit
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