White farmer on murder charge

Johannesburg - A white Zimbabwean farmer who ran over a black squatter and dumped his body is to be charged with murder, writes…

Johannesburg - A white Zimbabwean farmer who ran over a black squatter and dumped his body is to be charged with murder, writes Chris McGreal.

Police allege Mr Phillip Bezuidenhout drove at Mr Febian Mapenzauswa at high speed in his pick-up truck because he was among a group trying to occupy his farm near the town of Mutare on Saturday.

Mr Jonathan Moyo, Zimbabwe's Information Minister, told the state-run Herald newspaper the farmer would face the "full wrath of the law".