His farm , " Porta Farm " situated from Harare on Bulawayo Road , was legally purchased in 1992 under " willing buyer – willing seller " arrangements . It was later confiscated by Robert Mugabe 's government , on the grounds that it harboured the " undesirables " of Harare . These were people who had been left homeless after being summarily evicted from shanties in Harare before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991 . Sithole had felt compassion for them , and what he felt was the breach of their human rights ; he therefore had invited some of them to stay on the farm . This incensed the government , which then carried out an eviction operation . This was co-ordinated by the Ministry of Local Government and National Housing as well as the City of Harare . Pre-dawn raids were carried out and , in the aftermath , Porta Farm was confiscated
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991
Ndabaningi Sithole