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Mon 12 Dec 2008Mugabe says land policies will not be reversed
A NEW UNITY government will not be allowed to reverse Zimbabwe's land-reform policy, in which nearly 4,000 white-owned farms were forcibly seized, President Robert Mugabe has told his party faithful.
Closing his Zanu-PF party's 10th annual conference on Saturday, the veteran leader said: "We will never allow regression in regard to our land policy . . . the land has already been given to the people, it will not be returned to whites."
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