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Contents « Part 2 Part 4 » Part 3 « Part 3 index « Prev report Next report » Defiant war vets face arrestFinancial Gazette 03 August, 2000 The government this week moved to contain mounting lawlessness in the country by announcing that it will arrest all independence war veterans who are harassing commercial farmers or are parcelling out farms that they illegally occupy. New Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo told the Financial Gazette that police were now ready to deal forcefully with rogue elements within the independence war veterans fraternity flagrantly ignoring orders to vacate farms they have occupied since February. Past police inaction, said Nkomo, had been caused by different statements emanating from various government departments on the land invasions. "The police were faced with a difficult situation as to whether and how they should deal with this problem," said Nkomo whose Ministry is in charge of the ZRP. "Now there can be no one in doubt as to who is doing what," he said. TOP |