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Major timber works occupied

    JOHANNESBURG

    About 40 armed Mugabe supporters occupied a major timber works in the eastern Zimbabwean town of Mutare, news reports said Wednesday. The Border Timbers company is the third largest timber company in southern Africa.

    According to the reports, the supporters demanded that all white managers be replaced, that workers supporting the opposition be identified and the company declare that it supported the ruling party. The reports said that the company immediately ceased all operations and sent estimated 3,500 workers home.

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