Zimbabwe Land Commission – Funding is key — Analysts

Zimbabwe Land Commission – Funding is key — Analysts by Sunday Mail Reporter | Sunday, May 31, 2015 | 66 views     The proposed Zimbabwe Land Commission should be well-funded to have the desired impact, analysts have said.   University of Zimbabwe Agricultural Science and Agronomy lecturer Mr Obert Jiri said the Commission should be geared towards higher …

Govt starts cutting farm sizes

Govt starts cutting farm sizes by Zimpapers News Wire | Sunday, May 31, 2015 | 425 views     Munyaradzi Musiiwa – Midlands Bureau Government has started downsizing A2 farms which exceed the recommended hectarage in an exercise expected to free idle properties for resettlement — including those held by top politicians. Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora …

Land Commission Bill targets multiple farm owners

Land Commission Bill targets multiple farm owners by Lincoln Towindo | Sunday, May 31, 2015 | 2759 views     Minister Mombeshora Multiple farm owners who benefited from illegal allocations will lose the properties when the Land Commission Bill becomes law in coming weeks.   The Bill will also rattle unproductive farmers who stand to lose the land they …

Pro-poor mantra embeds dependency

Pro-poor mantra embeds dependency May 28, 2015 in Columnists, Opinion & Editorials TO David Cameron, the British Prime Minister: Compensating Zimbabwe’s white commercial farmers will revive agriculture, reinstate lost value of our land assets and erase the widespread poverty that you seem so concerned about. Last week was reported that Catriona Laing, the British ambassador to Zimbabwe, said …

Reconsider land lease clause: MP

Reconsider land lease clause: MP May 26, 2015 Local News Cde Zindi Harare BureauThe government should reconsider a provision in land leases that empowers the responsible minister to unilaterally revoke the lease as that has the effect of creating uncertainty, Parliament heard last week.Mutasa South MP Cde Irene Zindi (Zanu-PF) said most farmers would have invested …

1,000 hectare farm limit set

1,000 hectare farm limit set May 16, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories VP Emmerson Mnangagwa Abel Zhakata Harare BureauTHE government will take land from those with multiple farms, while those with huge farms exceeding 1,000 hectares will have them subdivided and parcelled out to landless families, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Responding to questions raised by members of …

Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers

Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers Posted on May 10, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M —  via Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers | The Herald May 9, 2015 by George Maponga Commercial and communal land reform farm beneficiaries will — from this year — start paying rentals, with the funds being channelled towards compensating white former farmers who gave way to …

Govt hands over 250 A1 farm offer letters in Mash East

Govt hands over 250 A1 farm offer letters in Mash East April 30, 2015 in News Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement, on Tuesday handed over A1 farm offer letters to 250 people drawn from all the nine districts in Mashonaland East Province as a revived accelerated land distribution programme continues.   by Jairos …

Land applications go online

Land applications go online May 4, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Cde Matiza Senior ReporterMashonaland East has become the first province to establish a website which land seekers can use to apply on-line for land and access essential information without visiting provincial offices in Marondera. Minister of State for Mashonaland East Cde Joel Biggie Matiza, who officiated at …