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When does seizure become theft?
Jun 10 2008, Robb

In 2000, following the rejection of the referendum by the population for a new Constitution in Zimbabwe, the ‘land grab’ began.

It was vicious and deadly, and left numerous people - both farmers and workers – dead, at the hands of the marauding..

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