Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Allow us to move on from the land issue 0 September 30, 2020 9:28 AM Source: Allow us to move on from the land issue – NewsDay Zimbabwe guest column:Andrew Pascoe PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s notorious land reform in the early 2000s robbed thousands of Zimbabwean farmers of their land, and of their livelihoods. What was presented as an …
Ex-farm workers deserve compensation: War vets By Newsday.Co.Zw – September 23, 2020 BY SILAS NKALA WAR veterans and labour activists have urged government to channel part of the US$3,5 billion meant to compensate white former commercial farmers towards ex-farm workers who lost their sources of livelihood and property during the chaotic land reform programme. A recent United …
Grasping govt stance on land reform crucial By Staff Writer Daily News 6/9/2020 OF LATE there has been a wave of interpretations of the government’s stance on land reform, with most suggesting the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is reversing one of the key gains of the post-independence era. Although the government has been very clear …
Focus on tilling, not lies, farmers told Herald 7/9/2020 Women’s League Secretary of Administration and Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Cde Monica Mutsvangwa (right) addresses the Zanu PF Manicaland Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting held at Mutare Hall yesterday, while Zanu PF national chair Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Political Commissar Cde Victor Matemadanda …
War vets back President over land Sunday Mail 6/9/2020 Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa Bulawayo Bureau WAR VETERANS say they “strongly support” Government’s recent move to compensate white former commercial farmers, black Zimbabweans and investors whose land was covered by Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPAs) for land lost during …
Is Zimbabwe extending an olive branch to its white farmers? 3 September 4, 2020 9:05 AM The offer to pay those whose land was seized 20 years ago is intended to mend relations with the West. Source: Is Zimbabwe extending an olive branch to its white farmers? – BBC News Zimbabwe is making deals with mainly white farmers …
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Polad backs farmers compensation 0 September 5, 2020 7:29 PM Source: Polad backs farmers compensation | Herald (Top Stories) Professor Lovemore Madhuku Herald Reporter Opposition political parties participating in the Political Actors Dialogue (polad) have backed the Government decision to compensate for farm improvements those white former commercial farmers who lost land during land reform, saying the …
Divide land bank into two independent businesses Posted on September 4, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Main News The Brett Chulu Column THE series on the proposed land bank carried in this column has sparked a healthy debate among citizens. This week, the joint press statement by the ministers holding the agriculture and finance portfolios sent shock waves that reverberated through …
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Implications of white farmers compensation Posted on September 4, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Main News Ceteris Paribus:Respect Gwenzi A DEBATE over the land question has been raging since the land invasion in the formative years of the century. The debate has scaled up following South Africa’s resolve to also follow a similar path of land expropriation but without compensation. After …
U-turn on white farmers: Policy inconsistency threat persists Posted on September 4, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Main News Tinashe Kairiza GOVERNMENT’s dramatic turnaround to offer farms to former white farms is indicative of the Zanu PF government’s policy inconsistency, which has decimated the once flourishing agriculture sector, and in the process, cast Zimbabwe’s fragile economy into a tailspin. In a …
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