BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: Also in Africa, the land grab crisis which has claimed more than a dozen lives since February has put a former top politician back in the news. CNN's Stephanie Halaas (ph) has more.</s>STEPHANIE HALAAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The latest victim of the farm invasion sweeping this country is the last Rhodesian prime minister, Ian Smith, whose farm was occupied Saturday. Smith, who was in Harare when the intruders came onto his farm about 200 kilometers southwest of the capital, guessed the occupation had been friendly.</s>IAN SMITH, FMR. RHODESIAN PRIME MINISTER: I have more black friends in this country since Mugabe today, so what do they want to talk with me for.</s>HALAAS: But all is not well in this country of 12 million citizens. On Friday, the government announced that Zimbabweans who also hold British nationality would be stripped of their Zimbabwean passport, making them ineligible to vote in upcoming elections. Although Zimbabwean law has not allowed double nationality for years, the timing of this announcement, many say, is politically motivated. The number of whites holding two nationalities, about 86,000, is much too small to swing the election's outcome, but intimidation and pressure could be the aim, observers say. On Monday, the commonwealth's general secretary is arriving in Zimbabwe to make clear to President Robert Mugabe the concern the organization has over the situation here. Few, though, believe this will reverse the government's actions. Stephanie Halaas, CNN, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Tensions Heighten Over Land Crisis in Zimbabwe