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Zimbabwe Mulls Law to Tap Phones, Web Use

Zimbabwe's parliament on Tuesday began debating a law empowering authorities to monitor phones, mail and the Internet to protect national security, a move seen by critics as part of an official crackdown on the opposition.

Source: PC Magazine (online), June 13, 2007

Mugabe seizes black farms to drive his maize economy

For years, Zimbabwe's white farmers have felt the wrath of Robert Mugabe, as they have been thrown off their land to make way for soldiers and ruling party cronies. Now, black farmers have also become the focus of his unwelcome attentions.

Source: Telegraph (online), May 28, 2006

Mugabe to ask whites back in land grab U-turn

President Robert Mugabe has begun to reverse his "insane" land grab and offer some white farmers the chance to lease back their holdings in Zimbabwe.

Source: telegraph.co.uk, February 9, 2005

Zimbabwe to speed up land seizure

Zimbabwe's government has tabled a constitutional amendment bill to speed up the acquisition of white-owned land.

The proposals would nationalise all land and stop appeals to the courts.

Source: BBC News (online),