Govt fails to raise US$1.75bn for farmers

LIVINGSTONE MARUFU   Government could miss payment of the initial US$1.75bn compensation  installment  due in July this year to  ex-farmers that lost land during the land reform programme amid revelations the administration has failed to raise the required amount, Business Times can report. Two years ago, the government tabled a US$3.5bn offer to former commercial white farmers for assets expropriated…