Supreme Court appeal rules modified

Supreme Court appeal rules modified   29/4/2019 The Herald Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The Prosecutor-General’s Office is now required to file application for leave to appeal against a decision of the High Court within 10 days after the judgment, according to the modified Supreme Court Rules made public recently. According to the Statutory Instrument …

Compensation for white ex-farmers sparks intense debate across Zimbabwe

Compensation for white ex-farmers sparks intense debate across Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation   28/4/2019   President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing a paradoxical situation with a whole cross-section of Zimbabweans questioning his decision to pay compensation to white commercial farmers.   “Our government’s repeated stance that we are paying only for ‘improvements’ and not the land …

Govt’s decision to compensate white ex-farmers above board

Govt’s decision to compensate white ex-farmers above board    27/4/2019 Herald The compensation is expected to try and end the controversy over land reform and succeed in re-engaging the international community — and perhaps end the economic and financial embargo on Zimbabwe so that the country at long last may access finance from the World …

Workers must go beyond pleading for pay rise

Workers must go beyond  pleading for pay rise     29/4/2019 Source: Workers must go beyond  pleading for pay rise – DailyNews Live Editorial Comment      28 April 2019 (c) CALLS by government workers for another pay rise barely a month aftertheir salaries were reviewed upwards is indicative of the challengesconfronting the local labour force which they …

Labour relations tone, the CEO’s job

Labour relations tone, the CEO’s job   24/4/2019 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters MANY organisations are known for bad labour relations management and are characterised by frequent conflict with employees reflecting badly on the chief executive’s leadership style. After the infamous Marikana incident in South Africa, many organisations today hire only chief executives with a good …

Zimbabwe’s White Farmers Hopeful After Promise of Compensation

Zimbabwe’s White Farmers Hopeful After Promise of Compensation  HARARE, ZIMBABWE — 18/4/2019 Most white farmers lost land under redistribution program of President Robert Mugabe Source: Zimbabwe’s White Farmers Hopeful After Promise of Compensation – VOA As Zimbabwe prepares to celebrate 39 years of independence on Thursday, some white farmers are cautiously hopeful about President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s promise …

Zimbabwe’s white farmers want better compensation from Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe’s white farmers want better compensation from Mnangagwa    24/4/2019 Zimbabwe’s plan to compensate white farmers is facing a backlash from party loyalists and the farmers Source: Zimbabwe’s white farmers want better compensation from Mnangagwa — Quartz Africa Farm workers chat during the harvesting of tobacco at Dormervale farm east of Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2017. Zimbabwe’s …

The case for the compensation of white farmers

The case for the compensation of white farmers   16/4/2019 The Chronicle Nobleman Runyanga, Correspondent Last week Government announced the commencement of the process of identifying and registering the white former farmers, who lost land during the land reform programme, in an exercise which is being co-ordinated by the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and the Compensation …

To compensate or not to compensate?

To compensate or not to compensate?    15/4/2019 Source: To compensate or not to compensate? | Newsday (News) guest column Paul Kaseke Government sent tongues wagging this week with news that it intends to proceed with the compensation of white farmers for expropriated land. Of importance, however, is that government has qualified that it will concern …

Zimbabwe leader says compensation only for elderly white farmers

Zimbabwe leader says compensation only for elderly white farmers  – Zimbabwe Situation   16/4/2019 HARARE – The Zimbabwe government will give priority to elderly white farmers when it starts compensating those who lost their properties during the controversial land reforms, the president said in an interview published on Sunday. The finance and agriculture ministries last …