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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Leasing land to ex-farmers defies logic August 1, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Government embarked on land reform specifically to benefit landless Zimbabweans who had been displaced from the land by the colonial regime. Much of the vast, fertile tracts of land were in the hands of a few white commercial farmers with the …
President warns against leasing out farms July 31, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories President Mugabe Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauPresident Mugabe has warned people leasing out their farms to white former land holders that it could be a calculated comeback by the white farmers disguised as assistance. Addressing thousands of people at the Mashonaland West Youth Interface Rally on Saturday, …
Grace eyes sugarcane farm 0 July 30, 2017 2:44 PM Source: Grace eyes sugarcane farm – NewsDay Zimbabwe July 29, 2017 FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has demanded that the government reins in sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett to allow the Zanu PF women’s league to take over a part of the company’s Lowveld estate. BY RICHARD CHIDZA In her …
‘Zanu PF bigwigs extort protection fees from white farmers’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe ZANU PF youth in Manicaland province have accused ruling party bigwigs of receiving 10% of farm produce sold by white commercial farmers in the area as protection fee. BY KENNETH NYANGANI Speaking at an inter-district meeting in Mutare recently, the …
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Land Commission blames govt for stalling its programmes – NewsDay Zimbabwe THE Zimbabwe Land Commission has blamed inadequate government funding for stalling implementation of most of its programmes, including countrywide land use audits. by VENERANDA LANGA Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora In a report tabled in Parliament last week by Lands …
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Govt pays $134m to former white farmers, $1 billion needed to compensate other farmers Posted by Maveriq | 21 Jul, 2017 | Business | On Thursday, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa revealed that government has so far paid out $134 million as compensation to former white farmers who lost land during the government’s fast track land reform programme. …
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Zimbabwe to open one million protected land for farming July 20, 2017By Own Correspondent Deputy Mines, Minister Fred Moyo BULAWAYO — Zimbabwe is planning to release one million hectares of protected land to small-scale gold miners across the country to boost production, Mines and Development deputy minister, Fred Moyo has said, a development that threatens wildlife …
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Land tenure systems under review July 21, 2017 Local News Dr Mombeshora Farirai Machivenyika Senior ReporterThe Zimbabwe Land Commission is reviewing all land tenure systems in the country to ensure they promote investment and security of tenure. This is contained in the 2016 Zimbabwe Land Commission annual report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday by the Minister of Lands …
Senate rejects PLC report July 21, 2017 Local News Chief Fortune Charumbira Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter—Senate has rejected recommendations from the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC), which had noted that inclusion of traditional leaders in the Land Commission was unconstitutional. Senators led by chiefs’ council president Fortune Charumbira, through an overwhelming affirmative vote, shot down the PLC Adverse Report, which …
Picture: Zanu PF youths burn houses, lodges, 4 cars ; Police flee for dear life | Zim News .NET Zimbabwe| Zimbabwe News | Zim Latest News | Zimbabwe News Today Latest | Zim News Latest Updates Timothy Moyo A group of Zanu PF youths who are said to be linked to other …
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