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Parents are somber too.
The future is fraught with worries. Many live on farms illegally occupied by ruling party militants. The farm where their school is located is among the more than 3,000 the government has named for nationalization and distribution to landless blacks. Sue Parry, head of the Farm Orphans Support Trust, a body backed by landowners and businesses, said since illegal land occupations began across the country in February, children and teachers were harassed by occupiers and some farm schools were forced to close. Many farm workers' children dropped out because they were afraid of strangers on the road to school, she said.