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"Why Mugabe is right....and these are the facts".
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Zimbabwe and The Struggle over Land

Thousands Join In Easter March Calling for Resolution to Crisis (BBC)
Wealthy Landowner Dismisses Threat and Defends Squatters. (BBC)
Matabelaland Farmers Ordered to Evacuate Farms (The Zimbabwe Independent)
Government Deploys Army to Direct Farm Invasions Says Zimbabwe Independent (The Zimbabwe Independent)
Slain Zimbabwe Farmer Buried. (BBC)


The Players


Mugabe

Robert Mugabe. A BBC Profile. (BBC)


Hunzvi

War Veterans Leader: "Hitler" Hunzvi. (BBC)


Tsvangirai

The Opposition: Morgan Tsvangirai. (BBC)


The Neighborhood


South Africa

mBeki Jets to Harare for Crisis Talks. (The Mail & Guardian of South Africa)
South Africa Braces for Zimbabwean Refugees. (Pan African News Agency)
"Donors Should Fund Zim land Redistribution." (The Mail & Guardian)


Mozambique

African Heads of State Stand by Mugabe. (The Guardian of Great Britain)


Zambia

Mungale's Headmen Give Government Ultimatum over Land. (The Post of Zambia)


The Market Reaction

Foreign Currency Mayhem Set to Intensify. (Africa News Online)
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers To Invest in Mozambique. (Pan African News Agency)
"The State of the Market in Zimbabwe". (The Zimbabwe Independent)


The Reactions

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was linked to a plot to de-stabilize the government in cooperation with the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, Erich Boch, and the US and British Governments by The Herald. The Independent calls it a Fake. (The Zimbabwe Standard)
"Don't make Mugabe a Martyr". (The Zimbabwe Independent)
"This is not Racism, This is Politics." A South African Reaction (The Mail & Guardian)
"Land Distribution Long Overdue." A South African Reaction (The Mail & Guardian)
And While You're At It, Please Give Us Back Our Platinum Farms. From South Africa. (The Mail & Guardian)



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