Govt hailed for setting up land compensation fund

Govt hailed for setting up land compensation fund March 11, 2016 in National, News   OPPOSITION parties and analysts have hailed government’s move to set up a land compensation fund for over 4 000 white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the fast-track land reform programme. BY Everson Mushava The parties told NewsDay in separate interviews …

We don’t need billions to fix agriculture

Sorting out land ownership will unlock a lot of potential in the farming industry. We don’t need billions to fix agriculture  EXTRA CONTRIBUTOR 1 DAY AGO FS Nyangore Zimbabwe is an agrarian economy with massive potential if managed effectively. Fixing our agriculture will not require billions of dollars as purported by some but through implementation …

Mnangagwa’s ‘daughter’ in $1 million scam

Mnangagwa’s ‘daughter’ in $1 million scam February 11, 2016 in Courts, News inShare A WOMAN, who claimed to be Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter, has been taken to court on extortion charges after she allegedly demanded $1 million from a white Goromonzi farmer, so he would not be evicted from the farm. BY CHARLES LAITON   The farmer, Martin …

Govt to weed out multiple farm owners — minister

Govt to weed out multiple farm owners — minister February 11, 2016 Local News Dr Mombeshora Nyemudzai Kakore Herald CorrespondentGovernment has introduced a new data system that will curb multiple farm ownership by not allowing anyone who already has multiple farms under A1 or A2 to be allocated another piece of land. The new database system is …

Fast-track land reform over: Mombeshora

    Moyo, Kasukuwere must go: War vets Moyo recruited to destroy Zanu-PF: Mutsvangwa Fast-track land reform over: Mombeshora February 8, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Dr Mombeshora Herald Reporter Zvamaida Murwira—The fast-track land reform programme has run its course with the exhaustion of new farms for acquisition amid indications that further allocations can only be done after the …

‘Land to be made bankable, transferable’

‘Land to be made bankable, transferable’ February 8, 2016 Local News Mashudu Netsianda Senior ReporterThe government last Friday announced that the country is almost running out of land for resettlement purposes but there is hope that some of it will be availed when the land audit is completed. The Minister of Land and Rural Resettlement, Douglas Mombeshora, also …

Police duck violent invasion case

Police duck violent invasion case February 7, 2016 in Local, News THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has distanced itself from the eviction of an elderly Centenary farmer who was forced off his property at gunpoint by police officers.   RICHARD CHIDZA Philip Rankin had been resisting attempts by a Zimbabwe-born British doctor Sylvester Nyatsuro to remove him from Kingston …

White Zimbabwean farmer frogmarched from farm after claim by British doctor

White Zimbabwean farmer frogmarched from farm after claim by British doctor Police raid Phillip Rankin’s farm, place him in handcuffs and pack up his possessions to enforce a claim for land by a Nottingham GP, Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro Phillip Rankin and his wife Anita  Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/The Telegraph   By Peta Thornycroft, Harare and Aislinn Laing in Johannesburg …

Ministry issues land leases to recommended white farmers

Ministry issues land leases to recommended white farmers January 25, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Minister Douglas Mombeshora From George Maponga in MasvingoThe government has started issuing leases to white farmers who were recommended to remain on their properties throughout the country. Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Douglas Mombeshora last Friday said the duration of the leases being issued …