Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe
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30 Sep 2019
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Zimbabwe war veterans seized thousands of white-owned farms in 2000 Image source
In February 2000, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe spearheaded the Fast-Track Resettlement Program. The campaign meant that White owned farms would be acquired by the government by forcing the owners and sometimes their workers off the land. The militant and sometimes violent forced removals were carried out by pro-Mugabe war veterans.
The Fast-Track Resettlement Program has remained controversial and has had dire economical consequences for Zimbabwe. There have also been claims that the programme has only benefited Zimbabwe's elite rather than ordinary citizens.
South African History Online. (2014, February 20). Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097084
South African History Online (2014) 'Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe', South African History Online, 20 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097084 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
South African History Online, Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097084, (accessed 12 October 2026).
"Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe." South African History Online, 20 Feb. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097084. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Hundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe." South African History Online. February 20, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097084.
