White and Black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs | Poverty and Development News
Harare, Zimbabwe – Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East province, was violently invaded by three armed men in the early 2000s. The then-51-year-old white commercial farmer was not just losing his land; he was leaving behind hundreds of workers and their families, many of