Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmer’s escape from death’s jaws AFTER spending 80 years on the same farm, building a school that the late Defence minister Moven Mahachi once attended, the Smart family thought nothing would uproot them from this property they had grown to call home. Bernard Mpofu After all, they had voluntarily surrendered three other farms at …
Govt mulls stop order facility for land rentals The Herald From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has announced plans to improve payment of land rentals by ensuring beneficiaries of the land reform programme subscribe to a mandatory stop order facility for swift payment of their arrears upon delivery of their crops. Under the facility, farmers …
Govt orders councils to stop land allocations Source: Govt orders councils to stop land allocations – Sunday News May 6, 2018 Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal ReporterTHE Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing has issued a temporary directive instructing all local authorities to stop all land allocation as they push to resolve land disputes that emanated …
The farmer is the farm Flip Buys | 30 April 2018 Flip Buys says that real value often lies in that which you cannot see (or physically grab) The high expectations generated by the parliamentary motion of the ANC and EFF on the expropriation of land without compensation, are now resulting in the incitement of …
Zim to compensate white farmers by Sept John Kacheiubere Markets Editor PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has promised to compensate displaced white commercial farmers by September this year. The move, which is aimed at facilitating the country’s international re-engagement efforts and boost investor confidence, will see the new administration coughing up close to $9 billion for …
Zimplats land dispute still in the courts Ndakaziva Majaka Deputy Markets Editor ZIMBABWE’S largest platinum producer, Zim-plats, says its challenge against the compulsory acquisition of 28 000 hectares of land by government is still before the courts. Government last year filed a court application to enforce a prior notice for compulsory acquisition of the land …
Errant farmers risk losing land Source: Errant farmers risk losing land – DailyNews Live Mugove Tafirenyika 28 April 2018 HARARE – Government has threatened to repossess land from farmers who lettheir livestock roam unattended. In a press statement released on Wednesday, Agriculture minister PerranceShiri said: “Farmers who continue to be a problem risk having their …
VP’s wife denies ‘farm grab’ report Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterVICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Mrs Mary Chiwenga, has dismissed as false media reports that she grabbed a 300-hectare Arda Seeds Farm along Domboshawa Road. Through her lawyer, Mr Wilson Tatenda Manase of Manase & Manase Legal Practitioners, Mrs Chiwenga has described an article …
ED’s govt must have clear land policy Source: ED’s govt must have clear land policy – DailyNews Live STAFF WRITER 26 April 2018 HARARE – When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power onNovember 24, 2017, immediately announcing his intention to compensatefarmers who had lost their land during the chaotic land reform …
It looks as if nothing changes, but everything changes Wynand Boshoff | 18 April 2018 Wynand Boshoff on how a farmer’s behaviour would shift once he loses formal title to his land I regularly receive phone calls from farmers who wonder how to respond to threats of expropriation without compensation. My response is normally …
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