MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, (IPS) - Edious Murewa has for years boasted of owning a 10-hectare piece of land, but now the 52-year-old is full of regrets. He faces poverty years after he invaded part of a farm once owned by a white commercial farmer. He (Murewa) was 30 years old when he abandoned his ancestral home…
Edious Murewa was proud of his 10-hectare piece of land but now faces poverty 22 years after he invaded a farm once owned by a white commercial farmer.
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