Revisiting Zimbabwe’s land reform exercise

Revisiting Zimbabwe’s land reform exercise http://nehandaradio.com/ February 16, 2012 12:20 am By Dr Raymond Chamba The land reform process was borne out of legitimate historical injustices, but the chaotic manner of its enactment has no place in the quest to re-establish Zimbabwe’s vaunted place as a breadbasket of Africa.Dr Raymond Chamba Agricultural paedophiles and land speculation perverts …

Land: Africa’s greatest but still dead asset

Land: Africa’s greatest but still dead asset http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:51 By Eddie Cross IN THE pre-colonial era of African culture, both in respect of those tribes that cultivated and those that were nomadic in character or even the Nguni tribes that pursued a militaristic form of life and culture, all regarded land as God-given and …

Zimbabwe Land Distribution by Sector as at 17 April 2002

INFORMATIONAL RELEASE (On behalf of the Commercial Farmers’ Union) Herewith an update as at 17 April 2002 of the current status as regards listing of farms prepared as a community service. ZIMBABWE LAND DISTRIBUTION BY SECTOR AS AT SEPT 2001 1. Large Scale Commercial Sector (6 000 farms) on 11 020 000 hectares which is …

Continued Farm Disruptions

CONTINUED FARM DISRUPTIONS   Agriculture was once the backbone of the economy of Zimbabwe and this was encouraged and reinforced by President Mugabe at Independence in 1980 by his courageous policy of reconciliation. Thereafter Zimbabwean commercial agriculture went through its greatest ever period of tremendous growth and development – which was all paid for by the …

History of Land – Cronology

CHRONOLOGY c.600-900             Zhizo people populated and dominated the Limpopo region. C900                      Leopard’s Kopje people replace the Zhizo, who move west into the Kalahari to form the Toutswemogala culture. 1220-1290            Mapungubwe, the first Leopard’s Kopje settlement to exhibit the characteristics of a state is established and thrives. 1325-1450            Great Zimbabwe succeeds Mapungubwe and establishes itself as …

Previous Land Ownership

Fact Sheet

In 2000, the total number of Large Scale Commercial Farmers was approximately 4500. Land divisions were as follows:   Source Commercial Farmers’ Union Also there were approximately 350 000 permanent employees and about 250 000 casual workers who together with their families amounted to about 1.8 million people who lived and sourced their livelihoods off  …