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    JOHANNESBURG

    Supporters of land occupations in Zimbabwe have invaded a school farm, forcing pupils to stay away, news reports said on Wednesday.

    The squatters are demanding the use of half of the buildings at the Rydings primary school near Karoi, in the northwest of the country. Teachers were quoted as saying they feared for the safety of 300 children, all aged under 11. The Rydings school is on a 1,100-acre farm, run by a non-profit organisation which uses the farming activities to subsidise school fees for children from neighbouring Zambia and Malawi.

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