SADC leaders were opposed to the chaotic "revolutionary" land grabs by President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF-sponsored war veterans which displaced thousands of white commercial farmers and workers, preferring an orderly reform process, former South African president Thabo Mbeki has revealed.
Addressing delegates to the Zimbabwe Diamond Conference in Victoria Falls on Monday, Mbeki said Sadc leaders argued at length with Mugabe over the violent land seizures which were "strategically and tactically ill-advised".
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