Compensation to bring finality to land reform

Compensation to bring finality to land reform By Staff Writer Daily News 4/8/2020 OPINION by EMBASSY OF ZIM TO SA  THE Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Republic of South Africa read with consternation and utter disbelief the “Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) statement on the announcement by the president of Zimbabwe (Emmerson Mnangagwa) …

Conclusion of land deal vindicates Second Republic

Conclusion of land deal vindicates Second Republic Chronicle 5/8/2020   Professor Mthuli Ncube Senior Reporter THE conclusion of the Global Compensation Deed (agreement) shows the Second Republic’s commitment to constitutionalism and rule of law as well as bringing finality to the successful land redistribution process, a Cabinet Minister has said. In 2000, Zimbabwe embarked on …

Can it work? Zimbabwe’s US$3.5bn land reform compensation plan explained 

Can it work? Zimbabwe’s US$3.5bn land reform compensation plan explained  2  August 4, 2020 10:27 AM The US$3.5 billion bill is in addition to years of hunger, after new farmers failed to match their predecessors’ harvest. Source: Can it work? Zimbabwe’s US$3.5bn land reform compensation plan explained | Fin24 Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Jekesai Njikizana /AFP Zimbabwe agreed …

Land reform beneficiaries must compensate ex-farmers 

Land reform beneficiaries must compensate ex-farmers  0  August 4, 2020 7:36 PM Source: Land reform beneficiaries must compensate ex-farmers – NewsDay Zimbabwe EDITORIAL COMMENT GOVERNMENT’S US$3,5 billion compensation offer to former commercial farmers dispossessed of land during the land reform programme has raised a lot of anxiety within and outside the country’s borders, especially regarding the source of …

White farmers compensation explained

White farmers compensation explained  Herald 4/8/2020   Political Editor The Global Compensation Deed agreement between the Government and white former farmers whose land was expropriated under land reform makes it clear that there will be no compensation for the land itself, but, as laid down in the Zimbabwean Constitution and law, there will be compensation …

International community backs compensation deal

International community backs compensation deal Sunday Mail 2/8/2020   GOVERNMENT and representatives of white former commercial farmers whose land was appropriated during the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme last week sealed a US$3,5 billion compensation deal, effectively putting to rest the land question after two decades of acrimony. Under the Global Compensation Deed (GCD), around 4 000 …

President seals historic land deal

President seals historic land deal   Herald 30/7/2020  President Mnangagwa witnesses the signing ceremony between Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube (right) and Commercial Farmers’ Union president Andrew Pascoe at State House yesterday Fungi Kwaramba Political Editor The 4 000 white commercial farmers who lost their farms during land reform will now be …

4 000 displaced farmers get US$3,5 billion compensation

4 000 displaced farmers get US$3,5 billion compensation  Chronicle 30/7/2020   President Mnangagwa witnesses the signing ceremony between Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and Commercial Farmers’ Union president Andrew Pascoe at State House yesterday to compensate farmers who lost their land during Land Reform Programme.-Picture: Tawanda Mudimu Fungai Kwaramba, Harare Bureau The …

Billion-dollar kitty for white ex-farmers

Billion-dollar kitty for white ex-farmers  0  July 20, 2020 2:00 AM Source: Billion-dollar kitty for white ex-farmers | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Lincoln Towindo Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has tabled a multi-billion dollar offer towards infrastructure compensation to about 3 500 white former commercial farmers whose land was appropriated by the State during the Fast Track Land Reform …

Dissecting the compensation question

Dissecting the compensation question Posted on July 10, 2020 by The Independent in Economy IN 2018, I was invited by the Compensation Steering Committee (CSC), the official body tasked by affected farmers (over 90%), to spearhead negotiations with the government on compensation and to brainstorm on a win-win solution. The Brett Chulu Column The CSC gave me express permission to …