Sentence examples for farm occupation from inspiring English sources

But before he could finish speaking, workers were moving in, swinging crowbars, leveling shacks and dismantling what had become South Africa's most publicized illegal farm occupation.

So far, the Andalusian authorities have hesitated to clamp down on the farm occupations.

The farm occupations have been led by Chenjerai Hunzvi, head of an organization representing veterans of Zimbabwe's seven-year guerrilla war against white minority rule.

Despite Mr. Hunzvi's talk of stopping violence during the farm occupations, there is no sign that the land seizures will end.

With the killings, international pressure has mounted on Mr. Mugabe to take strong action to stop the violence, end the farm occupations and restore stability.

Violence associated with the farm occupations and a campaign of political intimidation by Mr. Mugabe's supporters have claimed 14 lives in the last two months.

Farm occupations continue (more than 5,000 farms, representing over 90% of all white-owned farms, have now been designated for seizure), and farm owners and their workers continue to be attacked.

The leader, Chenjerai Hunzvi, who heads a group of independence war veterans who have spearheaded the farm occupations, and the Commercial Farmers Union announced Friday that they had reached an agreement that would stop violence and allow farming to continue.

The police have mostly stood by since the farm occupations began in February after President Robert Mugabe lost a constitutional referendum that would have allowed the government to seize farms without paying compensation.

By contrast, Mr. Cook said in London that he had a "clear impression" that the government negotiators in today's talks wanted to see an end to the farm occupations.

Zimbabwe finally said what the world wanted to hear, announcing that it would end the farm occupations that have caused chaos in the countryside for more than a year.