Zimbabwe farm invasions continue unabated: farmer

By Ed Cropley

JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's farming sector is in "dire straits" despite the new power-sharing government, with invasions of white-run farms continuing unabated and major food shortages inevitable, a leading farmer said on Friday.

Deon Theron, vice-president of the Commercial Farmers Union, which represents the few white farmers left, also poured scorn on official predictions of large jumps in output of key cr