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Zimbabwe's evicted farmers win symbolic victory in South Africa

White farmers evicted from their land in Zimbabwe won a symbolic victory Monday when a government-owned house in Cape Town was sold to pay compensation, a lawyer involved in the case said.

The auction of the house, which went for 3.76 million rand ($282,000), was the final step in a complicated case that has been fought through the South African courts for years by a group of Zimbabwean farmers.

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