Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
CIO boss kicked out PEOPLE power prevailed yesterday as Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko announced the reversal of the takeover of Maleme Ranch after months of protestations by the local community, which insisted the farm was an integral part of their livelihoods. BENSON DUBE OWN CORRESPONDENT The farm had been allocated to government spy Rodney Mashingaidze, …
Mahofa bars Mzembi from ‘strategic’ farm March 13, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Cde Shuvai Mahofa From George Maponga in MasvingoMASVINGO Provincial Affairs Minister Shuvai Mahofa has barred Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi from taking over part of Barquest Farm which is home to the province’s largest hatchery project that produces 100,000 day-old chicks per week. …
Cyrene farm takeover ‘error’ March 12, 2015 Local News Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle ReporterTHE Anglican Church-run Cyrene Mission’s administrators say they believe that the gazetting of the institution’s farm for land redistribution was an “administrative error” by the government. Officials from the church warned over the weekend that the school and its clinic could be closed if …
Border Timbers drags govt to international court over land row Posted date: March 10, 2015in: Africa, Agribusiness, Business, Investment, Legal, World, ZimbabweNo Comments MUTARE, March 10 (The Source) – Border Timbers Limited (BTL) has dragged government to an international land tribunal over a dispute involving several of its estates that were invaded by illegal settlers, an official has said. BTL lost its lucrative …
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EU warns Mugabe on renewed farm invasions March 5, 2015 in News THE European Union has warned that President Robert Mugabe’s recent threat to kick out the remaining white farmers from their commercial farms could scupper business re-engagements efforts between the Zanu PF government and the EU bloc. EDGAR GWESHE /SILENCE CHARUMBIRA This comes amidst …
Landless waiting list tops 500 000 February 12, 2015 Top Stories Elita Chikwatiand Alec Mubani Herald ReportersThere are over 500 000 landless people who have applied to the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement to be allocated pieces of arable land, a senior Government official said yesterday.Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora, said this …
Fast-track land reform for SA February 6, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Jacob Zuma Lovemore Mataire Senior ReporterSouth Africa plans to embark on a fast-track land reform programme following the dismal failure of the willing-buyer, willing-seller model initiated at the attainment of majority rule. Plans to abandon the willing-buyer, willing-seller model were revealed by South African President Jacob Zuma …
Zimbabwean Minister Says White Farmers to Remain on Their Land Posted on January 30, 2015 by ZimSitRep_W — via Zimbabwean Minister Says White Farmers to Remain on Their Land – Bloomberg Business 30 January 2015 (Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe’s white farmers can avoid eviction by formally registering their farms and reducing plot sizes, Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Douglas Mombeshora said. “We’ve asked …
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Endless Woes In Land Sector Andrew Kunambura 29 Jan 2015 GOVERNMENT’S failure to finalise its land reforms has created uncertainty in the agricultural sector while exposing ZANU-PF’s policy shortcomings. In 2000, the former veterans of the liberation struggle that brought Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 kick-started violent land seizures targeting minority whites, giving birth to the land …
$20m boost for sugar cane farmers January 28, 2015 Local News George Maponga in ChiredziLowveld sugar cane producer, Tongaat Huletts will, with immediate effect, start development of 4,000 hectares of virgin land into irrigable cane plots for nearly 140 new model A2 indigenous farmers in Triangle and Hippo Valley.The farmers were issued offer letters by the …