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Govt bans peri-urban land sales January 30, 2018 Business Livingstone Marufu, Property ReporterSOME farmers who were allocated land on the outskirts of Harare and other towns are illegally converting the land into residential stands and selling them. It has emerged that these unscrupulous land dealers are selling residential stands measuring up to 2 000 square metres for …
16k families invade wildlife conservancies Andrew Kunambura • 29 January 2018 12:33AM • 0 comments HARARE – More than 16 000 families have unilaterally resettled themselves in the Save Conservancy, the capacious wildlife sanctuary which tracks either side of Save River, triggering a potentially deadly human-wildlife conflict. The stunning revelations were made by Environment, Water and …
Govt warns errant farmers January 29, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment has warned new sugar-cane farmers in the Lowveld to stop illegally expanding their plots, saying efforts were underway to repossess such land for allocation to other land-hungry Zimbabweans. The warning comes after a land audit carried by the then Ministry of Lands, Agriculture …
Don’t resettle people harphazardly, chiefs told January 29, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Runesu Gwidi Herald CorrespondentTraditional leaders in Bikita have been warned against haphazardly resettling people, and fuelling deforestation in the district. The development comes as some chiefs and village heads in Bikita have been blamed for aiding the rampant logging by people who were resettled without authority …
Re-Membering Zim’s land reform programme January 29, 2018 Features, Opinion & Analysis Gracious Madondo Literature TodayZimbabwe’s historic land reform programme needs more literature written by those who directly participated in it. A casual glance on the Internet and in bookstores reveals a very sad development of scanty narratives on the issue in the form of biographies, …
Anxiety over Land Commission Bill January 27, 2018 Local News Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterAnxiety among traditional leaders has heightened over the Land Commission Bill after President Mnangagwa assured them that he would look into their concerns after Parliament shot down a clause, which sought to have them sit in the Commission. Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob …
Zimbabwe’s mystery Davos delegate | The Financial Gazette By Staff Reporter LEAKED list of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s delegation for his historic attendance at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos drew attention, not just for the preponderance of security personnel and bureaucrats over technocrats, but for the inclusion of a delegate not many …
Conservancy owner pleads for Mnangagwa intervention THE embattled owner of a wildlife conservancy in Beitbridge district, Ian Ferguson, whose family property has been invaded numerous times since 2000, has made an impassioned plea to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene. By Kudzai Kuwaza In a letter to Mnangagwa this week, Ferguson said the invasions have …
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Mugabe ordered off farm – January 26, 2018 FORMER President Robert Mugabe’s security aides based at Gushungo Holdings (Pvt) Ltd and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit have been ordered to vacate Smithfield Farm in Mazowe, which the former First Family had allegedly grabbed for the expansion of its business interests. BY CHARLES LAITON …
Govt to resolve 4 000ha Tongaat plots dispute January 26, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment plans to engage Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe over the protracted wrangle with 220 newly resettled indigenous farmers over cane plantations straddling over 4 000 hectares at its Triangle and Hippo Valley Estates in Chiredzi. The dispute was …