Zimbabwe's white commercial farmers have reported an increase in invasions on their farms ahead of a deadline for them to leave land due to be taken by President Robert Mugabe's government.

According to a report on the News24 site, Mugabe's government, which went on a drive to acquire white-held land to resettle landless blacks in 2000, has given hundreds of white farmers until August to vacate the farms. White commercial farmers and blacks illegally occupying some farms were given deadlines between July and August to leave. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), which represents the interests of most of Zimbabwe's remaining white farmers, says its members had reported new invasions ahead of the deadline.
Full report on the News24 site