The 24th Anniversary of Zimbabwe's Independence

During the 24th Anniversary Zimbabwe's independence in April, President Robert Mugabe highlighted the fact that 4,500 white farmers used to own a third of the country's land, including 70 per cent of prime farmlands before the Government of Zimbabwe launched its land reform programme in February 2000 when the Government seized white-owned farms and distributed them to Blacks. Today fewer than 400 white farmers remain in the country and possess less than 30 per cent of the country's prime farmlands.