Top citrus farmer given 24 hrs to leave his farm

One of the top citrus farmers in Beitbridge, Ian Ferguson, has been given 24 hours to leave his farm by a government official as the onslaught against white farmers in Matebeleland South intensifies.

Ferguson who has been battling attempts to seize his Denlynian game sanctuary in the same district by suspected civil servants, said Darlington Muleya believed to be a soldier, visited Benfer Estate on Tuesday and declared he was the new owner.

Muleya reportedly claimed he had been allocated the farm by the Lands ministry together with a man only identified as Nyathi from the Zezani area in Beitbridge.