New York Daily News

STRUGGLE’S OVER

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FOR YEARS, a group of Zimbabwean villagers resisted efforts by the wife of former President Robert Mugabe to force them off a farm near the capital, enduring police raids and the demolition of their homes. Now that Mugabe has resigned, the farmers say they are able to move more freely in a blow to Grace Mugabe’s efforts to expand her landholdin­gs. “God bless her, we suffered,” said 57-year-old Violet Mazvarira. Grace Mugabe, whose ambitions to succeed her husband as president triggered a military takeover, has attracted criticism in the past for lavish shopping trips. The Mazowe district is a centerpiec­e of assets likely to come under scrutiny as many Zimbabwean­s believe the Mugabe family exploited its power to improperly take control of land and other resources in a country where many struggle to get by.

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