Zimbabwe white farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit White Zimbabwean Deon Theron is one of thousands of white farmers were forced off their land by violent Mugabe-backed mobs or evicted in dubious legal judgements, supposedly to help black people marginalised under British colonial rule. Though he knows he will never get his land back, he does believe that Robert Mugabe's fall after almost 40 years in power could lead the new government to encourage white farmers to play a part in reviving the country's key agricultural sector. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES