Assuming a minimum of 5 persons per family, this represents about 7,000 people, but is likely to be an underestimate, given that the families are likely to be larger, and that the households may have had other people residing within the accommodation. A figure of 10,000 is thus more probable. Some of the displaced people are camped by the roadside on the Bindura–Mt Darwin road. Their number has not yet been ascertained. In Mashonaland Central, it appears as if the exercise is now moving onto commercial farms as reports indicate that Thrums Farm that was invaded by War Veterans around 2000 has been forcibly taken by Government, which appears to be in the processes of inviting the former owner back onto the farm. Jack Fero, which is indicated above, is also a commercial farm, which was invaded by Minister Goche around 2001. At the moment, it is unclear whether the people who have been evicted at this farm are people who had also been given land under the fast track exercise, or are part of the workforce that has been chased away.

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