“We say no to whites owning our land and they should go,” Mugabe told his supporters at a rally. Mugabe, 90, has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. He was re-elected president last year with 61% of the vote, defeating his long-standing rival Morgan Tsvangirai.
The president’s Zanu-PF party also gained a parliamentary majority of more than two-thirds, winning 160 of the 210 seats.
Meanwhile, white farmers union has reacted to the statement describing his utterance as regrettable most especially coming at a time that racial tensions were flaring up again.
The president’s critics say his policy of seizing most of Zimbabwe’s white-owned farms caused the country’s economic collapse from 2000-2009.
