Jump to full article: News24 (za), 2002-06-21
Intro: Authorities in Mozambique and Zimbabwe have launched a probe into claims by provincial authorities that Zimbabwean commercial and peasant farmers are seizing arable land along the Mozambican side of the border.
"We have had reports of illegal land occupations from the Manica provincial authorities, the most serious case of which involves a major Zimbabwean tobacco grower, " said national director of land mapping and planning José Mucombo .
Mucombo said authorities in one district of Mussorize had reported that Zimbabweans had been extending their farms across the border into the fertile lands of the central Manica province.
"There have also been persistent reports of Zimbabwean peasants violating the border in different locations..." he said. [This graph only]
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