Zimbabwe: High court throw settlers life-line

Hundreds of families evicted last month from a farm outside the Zimbabwean capital Harare, occupied under the land reform programme in 2000, have been granted a reprieve. High Court Judge Rita Makarau ruled in favour of Percy Masendu and 429 other settlers who had filed an urgent court application to have their eviction nullified. Brian Zindi, one of those returning to the farm, said although they were excited by the court order, the evictions had traumatised them and depleted their resources.