Farmer vows to push Mugabe aide out

David Connolly a commercial farmer from Matabeleland South has vowed to continue piling pressure on President Robert Mugabe's aide Ray Ndhlukula to force him out of his Centenary Farm in Figtree.

Connolly yesterday said that he would not give up on the farm although Ndhlukula had defied several court orders to vacate property.

Ndhlukula, who is the deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President, has been trying to wrest control of the farm since last year claiming to have been given an offer letter for it.

"While the court system has been frustrating, we certainly haven't given up.

"I will not give up," Connolly said.

"He (Ndhlukula) has been trying to frustrate the system, but we are not giving up. Instead, we are increasing pressure on him until he vacates the farm."