Category: Land Issues (archives)

Zimbabwe’s plea to exiled farmers to return home meets with scepticism ABC Capricornia  By Inga Stünzner Updated Sun at 3:47am PHOTO: Rod Blevin, with his beloved canine companions, has made a home for himself on the Sunshine Coast. (Supplied: Rod Blevin) RELATED STORY: Mass celebrations as Robert Mugabe resigns as president of Zimbabwe MAP: Rockhampton 4700 The Zimbabwean Government’s call …

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Govt’s lease somersault no respite to white farmers   GOVERNMENT’S recent policy shift to grant the few remaining white farmers in Zimbabwe with 99-year land leases does not address the inherent structural flaws of the legal instrument, which still remains unbankable and untransferable, discouraging investors from venturing into agriculture. By Tinashe Kairiza Last week, breaking …

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Pragmatic approach to land in the new dispensation February 9, 2018 Features, Opinion & Analysis President Mnangagwa Munyaradzi Mlambo CorrespondentBefore the turn of the new millennium, the agricultural sector was the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy, feeding local industries timeously with high quality inputs and also sustaining many livelihoods through jobs it created. During that period, Zimbabwe was …

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‘Land reform irreversible’ February 9, 2018 Local News Mr Basil Nyabadza Felex Share Senior Reporterland reform is irreversible as it is one of the legacies that former President Cde Robert Mugabe left for Zimbabweans, Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairperson Mr Basil Nyabadza has said. Refuting private media reports that he had described the agrarian …

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Zimbabwean farmers should come first in agricultural revival By Oscar Nkala | 6 February 2018    Zimbabwe. Photo: Sean Christie In an interview from Harare, Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) Director Ben Gilpin told Africanfarming.com that while the union is not opposed to South African farmers investing and participating in the revival of agriculture in Zimbabwe, the government should give preference …

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Banks to accept 99-year leases as collateral   Africa Moyo, Harare BureauThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mangudya, yesterday said bankers have agreed to accept 99-year leases as collateral after Government tweaked them to be transferrable and bankable. The acceptance of 99-year leases by banks represents a landmark development that is bound to transform …

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Revisiting agrarian reform modalities the way to go STAFF WRITER  •  2 February 2018 11:41AM  •  0 comments HARARE – The announcement by government that Zimbabwe will now — going forward — consider white farmers for 99-year leases instead of the current five, signals a complete departure from former agrarian policies of former president Robert Mugabe. …

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‘Mugabe’s fast-track land reform a great mistake’ – February 6, 2018 AGRICULTURAL and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairman, Basil Nyabadza, has described former President Robert Mugabe’s fast-track land reform programme as a “great mistake” which drove away the country’s hardworking white commercial farmers and crippled the agricultural sector.   BY CLAYTON MASEKESA Nyabadza told NewsDay …

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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Land barons must be brought to book   The mushrooming of illegal settlements in most cities and towns is a ticking time bomb. Most of these settlements do not have basic services such as water and sewer reticulation. Residents of these illegal settlements depend on shallow wells and Blair toilets thereby putting lives …

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Exiled white farmers urged to return home   THE government’s message to exiled farmers is clear. Come home. It is offering land leases to commercial farmers in an effort to re-start the nation’s agricultural industry. Basil Nyabadza from the Agricultural and Rural and Development Authority says Zimbabwean farmers in Australia should return to home soil. …

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