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    JOHANNESBURG

    Four commercial farmers have been formally charged with disobeying a ban on farming activity on land targeted for redistribution.

    On Thursday, Commercial Farmers Union spokeswoman Jenni Williams confirmed to IRIN that four farmers had been formally charged while another 11 had been asked to report to the police station.

    AFP reported that all 15 farmers in Chiredzi, in southern Zimbabwe, had been ordered to make warned and cautioned statements at their local police station. Nearly 2,900 farmers had been served with notices informing them that their land was targeted for acquisition by the state and ordering them to cease farming.

    The 15 are the first to be acted against in terms of the order.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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