When you ask Zimbabwean farmers how things in their country are going, their answer is always the same: “Things are tough, but this year we will see a big turnabout!”
It's been 23 years since Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF began to drive white farmers off their land. According to the party, it has admitted that it owes these farmers compensation and has committed itself to an instalment arrangement, which has yet to materialise.
When the land grab started in 2000, the average age of farmers in Zimbabwe was 63. Now the