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Villagers defy order, arrested | The Chronicle 6 November 2017 Part of the 400 villagers who are defying eviction orders at Fox Farm in Matobo District on Wednesday. Whinsley Masara, Chronicle ReporterMORE than 400 villagers at Fox Farm in Matobo District were on Wednesday arrested for defying a Government directive to vacate the farm. …
Village heads under fire over illegal land sales November 2, 2017 Local News, MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST, Top Stories Walter Mswazie Masvingo CorrespondentScores of village heads in the Mushandike Resettlement Area are facing arrest for illegally selling land, resulting in overpopulation at Masvingo’s largest irrigation scheme. The illegal land sales are also blamed for causing siltation of Mushandike Dam that supplies …
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Property distribution upon dissolution of a customary law union November 1, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Irene SitholeIn Zimbabwe, there are many people who get married by performing customary law rites which include lobola payment but they do not go further to formalise their marriages through registration. There is a legal challenge with such arrangements in that …
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Coffee growers demand farms grabbed by Zanu PF chefs – October 31, 2017 THE Zimbabwe Coffee Commodities’ Association has approached government demanding repossession of its coffee farms that have allegedly been run down by top Zanu PF officials. BY CLAYTON MASEKESA Association chairperson Silas Simango told NewsDay in Mutare yesterday that they were demanding a …
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Banks still rejecting 99-year lease 1 October 29, 2017 3:20 PM Source: Banks still rejecting 99-year lease | Daily News Staff Writer • 29 October 2017 HARARE – Zimbabwean financial institutions are rejecting 99-year lease agreements as collateral for issuing of loans to farmers, with Senators calling on government to make the instruments bankable. This comes even …
Speedy release of 99-year leases 1 October 29, 2017 3:50 PM Source: Speedy release of 99-year leases | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Levi Mukarati in BulawayoGovernment will issue 99-year leases as soon as an individual gets approval to occupy commercial farm land to enable farmers to access funding. Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora …
‘Underutilised land should be repossessed’ October 26, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Deputy Minister Marapira Nyore Madzianike Manicaland BureauGOVERNMENT should adopt a policy that allows for the repossession of underutilised farming land, as part of efforts to increase food security, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Cropping) Davis Marapira has said. Cde Marapira said there was …
‘Registered spouses to inherit land’ October 23, 2017 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Dr Mombeshora Walter Nyamukondiwa in MHANGURASurviving spouses can now inherit land if they were registered under the new land tenure system that is still going through the legal processes. This also applies to polygamous marriages as long as the spouses are registered on the …
Minister sucked into land row 1 October 19, 2017 4:17 PM Source: Minister sucked into land row – DailyNews Live Farayi Machamire 19 October 2017 HARARE – Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora has been dragged before theHigh Court for irregularly withdrawing a Mazowe farmer’s offer letter andhanding the farm to an alleged close ally. The said ally, …
$15 000 Command wheat up in smoke October 19, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterA Command Agriculture wheat crop worth an estimated $15 000 was last week razed by fire, suspected to have been started by illegal settlers, who are angling to take over Amalinda Farm in Murombedzi, Mashonaland West Province, for residential land development. On …