Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Youths get their land back By ZimSitRep_M | September 11, 2016 0 Comment Source: Youths get their land back | The Sunday Mail Sep 11, 2016 Residential land set aside for youths in Harare, which had allegedly been stripped from them in unclear circumstances, is likely to be restored to them following President Mugabe’s intervention last week. Insiders said after President Mugabe …
Government pays out $43m to white farmers By ZimSitRep_M | September 12, 2016 4 Comments Source: Government pays out $43m to white farmers | The Herald Bulawayo BureauGovernment has spent nearly $43 million compensating white commercial farmers whose farms were acquired during the country’s land reform programme. Presenting the Mid-Term Policy review Thursday, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, …
Land Commission gets down to work By ZimSitRep_M | September 19, 2016 3 Comments Source: Land Commission gets down to work | The Herald Patrick Chitumba and Munyaradzi MusiiwaThe Zimbabwe Land Commission, which was recently appointed by President Mugabe, has started assessing farms in all the provinces to ensure accountability, transparency and fairness in land distribution as well as …
The story of the takeover of another Zimbabwean farm: the McKinnon family By ZimSitRep_M | September 20, 2016 7 Comments The WhatsApp call line broke up at times, but the voice on the other end was one that had become familiar to me these past few days: “We had to get out. I was going to just send …
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Govt’s daunting task on farmer-miner relations By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 0 Comment Source: Govt’s daunting task on farmer-miner relations | The Herald September 28, 2016 Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment faces a daunting task on how to balance the interests of a farmer tilling the land on his farm on one hand and a miner who wants to prospect and …
Save Valley settlers’ regularisation begins September 8, 2016 Local News From George Maponga recently at SAVE VALLEY CONSERVANCY, in Chiredzi Government has started the regularisation of hundreds of settlers who occupied parts of the Save Valley Conservancy at the height of the land reform programme as the state intensifies plans to restructure the wildlife rich conservancy. At the end …
Thousands face eviction from farms – Financial Gazette September 1, 2016 By Staff Reporter By Shame Makoshoriand Idah Mhetu THE Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement has issued a statement directing all people illegally settled on farms to move off immediately or face eviction. In the warning, publicised last week in both the …
Hands off State land, ‘barons’ warned October 3, 2016 Local News Dr Mombeshora Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterThe Government is concerned over illegal settlements with land barons continuing to illegally sell State land near Harare and has made it clear that all farms around Harare will remain State land. Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Dr Douglas Mombeshora …
Land resettlement still unresolved 36yrs later August 17, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Resettled farmers at work in a greenhouse Saul Gwakuba NdlovuA Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is currently touring the country sounding public opinion on the national land resettlement programme which was launched shortly after the attainment of independence in 1980, but much more vigorously in 2000 …
War erupts over Tongaat Hulett land in masvingo August 15, 2016 Business From George Maponga in CHIREDZILands and Rural Resettlement Ministry officials, will soon visit the Lowveld to assess the situation at Tongaat Hulett where 4 000 hectares of cane plantations were acquired by the Masvingo provincial leadership to resettle landless people, sparking serious divisions among …