There are claims of another attempted abduction of a high-profile rights activist in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.

Gertrude Hambira’s flight from Johannesburg was delayed on Tuesday and was not home when her would-be abductors allegedly ransacked the house on Wednesday morning.

Hambira is known for her work in assisting around 400 000 farm workers displaced during massive land grabs in Zimbabwe.

She is also the Secretary General of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union.

It is alleged three men, one armed with a pistol, broke into her Harare house on Wednesday morning.

Her husband, George said the men confronted him in the main bedroom demanding to know where his wife was.

He said his wife was on her way back from a trip to Johannesburg and was not home.

The men then ransacked the house and fled when the alarm went off.