Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cabinet okays Land Commission Bill June 1, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Dr Mombeshora Felex Share Senior ReporterCabinet has approved the Land Commission Bill as Government steps up efforts to weed out multiple farm owners, resolve land disputes and deal with land reform beneficiaries leasing out farms to white former commercial farmers. The land audits will be carried out …
Chief vs minister in Maleme wrangle …White farmer’s stay on prize farm sparks fresh dispute May 30, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter—THE Minister of Rural Development, Preservation of Culture and Heritage, Cde Abedinico Ncube and Chief Nyangazonke have clashed over the presence of Peter Cunningham, a white commercial farmer, at the disputed Maleme Farm …
Minister ordered Matemadanda son off ranch May 19, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko Mduduzi Mathuthu EditorLANDS and Rural Resettlement Minister Douglas Mombeshora ordered the eviction of Tafireyi Matemadanda from Pavloma Ranch and Conservancy in the Midlands province, and not Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko as claimed by Cde Douglas Mahiya, the spokesperson of the Zimbabwe National …
Editorial Comment – Compensation: Zim’s big sacrifice May 16, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Reports this week that white former commercial farmers who lost land after Government embarked on the fast-track land reform programme in 2000 that directly benefited over 300 000 families, have started receiving compensation, should not go unnoticed. The story that Zimbabwe took …
Govt acquires 1 860ha for resettlement May 14, 2016 Local News Dr Mombeshora Herald ReporterGovernment has acquired more than 1 867 hectares of land for the purpose of resettling landless Zimbabweans. In the Extraordinary Government Gazette published yesterday, Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Dr Douglas Mombeshora (above)gave notice of the acquisition of agricultural land under Section …
IDBZ in another Masvingo storm By Staff Reporter IDBZ had agreed to fund TCL’s Runyararo South West housing project through a loan advanced to Mbudzi, but failed MASVINGO — For the Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), Masvingo city is a “cursed” investment destination. For the second time in a decade, another housing project funded …
Authorities promise land audit May 13, 2016 in News, Politics FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya have promised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that government will conduct its long-awaited land audit as part of efforts to re-engage with the international community. Bernard Mpofu The government embarked on a chaotic and violent land …
Cash for white former farmers May 13, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Minister Mombeshora George Maponga Masvingo BureauWhite former commercial farmers who lost land after Government embarked on the fast-track land reform programme in 2000 have started receiving compensation, Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora said yesterday. This comes as Government has dispatched 14 teams of experts …
Government warns ‘braai’ farmers May 7, 2016 in National, News Government has warned new farmers who have turned their farms into “braai resorts”, saying they risk losing the land if they remain unproductive. By Jairos Saunyama Agriculture deputy minister (crops, mechanisation and irrigation) David Marapira said government was aware of farmers who owned huge tracts of land, but …
UNDP, EU fund farms survey 0 Companies & Markets April 28, 2016 By Own Correspondent Government has unveiled plans to set up a Land Compensation Fund to raise cash to compensate for land expropriated from white commercial farmers under the country’s controversial land reform programme. By Lovemore ChazingwaTHE Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement is set …