Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Making a land bank work for Zim 0 August 30, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Making a land bank work for Zim – The Zimbabwe Independent LAST week cabinet approved a proposal to repurpose Agribank Private Limited (Agribank) into a land bank.In last week’s instalment, we cited the pitfalls associated with a land bank, citing our domestic and international …
OPINION | ‘We’ve put land matter behind us, we ask others to do the same’: CFU president writes on US$3.5bn compensation deal By newZWire – August 21, 2020 After 20 years, the CFU wants the compensation deal to close the chapter on land reform (pic Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) The Zimbabwe government and white former farmers …
What do Zimbabwe’s farmers think of the $3.5 bn deal? AUGUST 20, 2020 | UPDATED: 8 HOURS AGO Avatar Contributor By Andrew Pascoe, President of the Commercial Farmers’ Union in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe’s notorious land reforms in the early 2000s robbed thousands of Zimbabwean farmers of their land, and of their livelihoods. What was …
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Land compensations will guarantee investments: CFU Herald 18/8/2020 Mash Central Bureau The decision to compensate white former farmers for improvements made on land is not only a clear demonstration of Government’s respect of the rule of law, the Constitution and property rights, but also a signal to investors that their investments are safe, Commercial …
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Land reform and compensation: It’s a difficult chicken-and-egg situation Chronicle 17/8/2020 The Zimbabwe land reform programme has benefitted many indigenous black people whose land had been stolen by the former white settlers Ian Scoones IT has been 20 years since land reform and the issue of compensation for those who lost land has rumbled on. …
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Zimbabwe’s land reform compensation deal agreed at last 0 August 10, 2020 9:41 PM It has been 20 years since land reform and the issue of compensation for those who lost land has rumbled on. The government has always said it was committed to compensation of improvements (and not the land) and this was confirmed in …
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Don’t Give Zimbabwe’s Government Aid Until It Gets Serious About Land Reform 2 August 13, 2020 3:19 PM Land reform isn’t just about compensating white farmers whose land was expropriated. It must secure the property rights of Black farmers, too. Source: Don’t Give Zimbabwe’s Government Aid Until It Gets Serious About Land Reform – The Zimbabwean A farm …
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Zimbabwe’s Displaced White Farmers Wait for $3.5 Billion Compensation 5 August 14, 2020 10:31 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s Displaced White Farmers Wait for $3.5 Billion Compensation | Voice of America – English HARARE, ZIMBABWE – White farmers in Zimbabwe whose land was taken from them and redistributed to Blacks have welcomed a $3.5 billion compensation plan, which the government of President …
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Funding white farmers’ compensation Posted on August 7, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Economy THE signing of an agreement between the government and white commercial farmers whose land was dispossessed has sparked a debate on how the huge US$3,5 billion compensation would be financed. The Brett Chulu Column There is fear that government has taken debt, meaning the taxpayer would be …
Government Communique on Global Compensation Agreement