Well, who didn’t see this coming? Whether out of plain opportunistic avarice, fear that their window for self-gain was closing, or a desire to destabilize the unity government, Mugabe’s ZANU-PF cronies, especially the so-called war veterans (many of whom were not even born during the war against Ian Smith’s regime) have started trying to grab as much of the land remaining in the hands of white farmers as possible. The new regime is fragile, and those who hope to see it fail and for Mugabe to seize control again will assuredly test that fragility at every turn until stopped. This is why re-installing rule of law and the institutions to buttress it is so vital in the days, weeks, and months to come.
