Bloomberg, Reuters | 10 March, 2016
Zimbabwe plans to start compensating mainly white farmers who lost their land and livelihoods during state-backed farm invasions that began in 2000 and triggered a near decade-long recession, the finance ministry has told MPs in a circular.
Farmers may be compensated for “both land and improvements”, as well as for equipment taken by the state during the often violent seizure of property, according to the document that was submitted to parliament on Tuesday.
If approved by the government, it would mark a major policy shift. President Robert Mugabe previously said payments would be made only for infrastructure investment such as dams, roads and buildings on seized farms.
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