Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
My Kondozi Story, The People’s Hope Pillaged: Review 0 National Report July 7, 2016 By Cyril Zenda Edwin Moyo TWELVE years after falling victim to a land reform programme that went horribly wrong, former co-owner of Kondozi Farm, Edwin Moyo, finally got his voice back to tell his side of the story.He narrates what really went …
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VP Mphoko defends Matobo farmer July 4, 2016 Local News Mashudu Netsianda Senior ReporterVICE-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday reiterated that white commercial farmer Mr Peter Cunningham will stay put at disputed Maleme Farm in Matobo district despite dissenting voices from some politicians in Matabeleland South province. VP Mphoko made the remarks as he distributed an additional 3,000 chicks …
At last, a 99-year lease breakthrough By ZimSitRep_M | July 3, 2016 2 Comments Source: At last, a 99-year lease breakthrough | The Sunday Mail Jul 3, 2016 Africa Moyo and Livingstone MarufuNinety-nine-year farm leases are now bankable collateral, and land reform beneficiaries will soon be able to access agro-loans on the strength of those documents, a Cabinet minister has said. Though …
Land reform now a closed chapter: Made June 30, 2016 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterAgriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has urged developmental agencies to concentrate on assisting farmers, stressing that their penchant to debate the land issue was a lost cause. Speaking at the launch of a project on strengthening …
Government faces US$30billion bill for land 0 Top Stories June 30, 2016 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister, Douglas Mombeshora ZIMBABWE’S cash-strapped government could face a US$30 billion bill for compensation of land expropriated from white farmers under the country’s controversial land redistribution exercise that saw the country plunge from …
Kuwadzana land barons face arrest June 29, 2016 Top Stories Tichaona Zindoga Political EditorLand barons in Kuwadzana, Harare, face imminent arrest following moves by authorities to stop the wanton parcelling out of residential stands at Paddock Farm. On Monday, the local Member of the House of Assembly Cde Betty Nhambu Kaseke, toured the farm with planning officials …
1 000 new farmers resist Mutendi’s Central Estates takeover By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 1 Comment MVUMA — Over a thousand resettled farmers at Central Estates Farm, 10km northwest of Mvuma, are resisting Zion Christian Church leader Nehemiah Mutendi’s attempts to take over the farm’s headquarters. Source: 1 000 new farmers resist Mutendi’s Central Estates takeover – NewsDay Zimbabwe June …
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Govt land commission just another wild goose chase By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 1 Comment Source: Govt land commission just another wild goose chase – The Zimbabwe Independent June 25, 2016 “You know our policy; we do not give somebody land who is less than 21 years, but we are getting people with 10 years, 12 owning plots and that …
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How Zanu PF milked besieged farmer dry By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 2 Comments Source: How Zanu PF milked besieged farmer dry – The Standard June 26, 2016 Homeless, with no income or relative to turn to and with nowhere to go: this sums up the predicament in which former dairy farmer, Yvonne Goddard, finds herself after her Cresta Ibeka …
Govt appeases Tshangani community with sugarcane plots June 23, 2016 in National, News ZANU PF has bowed down to pressure from the Tshangani community in Chiredzi and has allocated the bulk of sugarcane plots grabbed from sugar producer, Tongaat Hullet, to the tribe, Newsday has established. By Tatenda Chitagu Last month, Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora had to …
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