The Mugabe government says it is trying to right a historical wrong.
Western governments have accused the Mugabe government of punishing opposition supporters by denying them grain.
When his firm's contract with the government ended, he went to work for the Mugabe government of Zimbabwe.
By 2008, Williams had been arrested 33 times by the Mugabe government for her actions with the group.
In 1999, ownership of the farm was transferred into a family company by a "certificate of no interest" from the Mugabe government.
As of 2008, Mahlangu had been arrested more than 25 times by the Mugabe government.
Political analysts speculate that the current Mugabe government needs international recognition in order to shield the president from future prosecution for human rights violations.
The Mugabe government of Zimbabwe came to power in 1980 after a prolonged liberation struggle.
Many of its ordinary citizens, black and white, who are having to endure the excesses of the Mugabe government, feel we should.
In 2002 his family were evicted from their farm by the Mugabe government.