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Zimbabwe's government accepted an offer of nearly one million hectares (2.4 million acres) of farmland from white commercial farmers to help resolve a raging land dispute that has cost several lives. "Government looked at the spirit behind the offer, and welcomes the fact that some white commercial farmers appear to have turned a new leaf in their attitude towards the government land reform programme," said Vice President Joseph Msika, who is acting as president while President Robert Mugabe is away in Libya.
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