Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Official’s illegal land deals backfire The Herald 7/12/2018 Anesu Madiye Herald Reporter Zanu-PF’s Mashonaland West political commissar Simon Solomon yesterday appeared in court on allegations of engaging in irregular land deals after he allegedly sold a farm for $10 000. Since the launch of the land reform programme in 2000 the bulk of farmland …
LAND reform blow: Zimbabwe must pay foreign investor US$195m; World Bank unit dismisses Harare’s bid to annul award – NewZimbabwe.com 28/11/2018 By UK Bureau THE US-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has rejected Zimbabwe’s application to annul an US$195 million award to a German family whose property was expropriated under the …
Zimbabwe judge gets top Sadc post The Chronicle 31/10/2018 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter FORMER Bulawayo High Court senior judge Justice Francis Bere has been elected president of the Sadc Administrative Tribunal (SadcAT) during the court’s elections held in Gaborone, Botswana on Monday. Justice Bere, who was recently elevated to the Supreme Court, joined the …
GMB sues nuts supplier The Herald 25/10/2018 Panashe Machakaire Herald Reporter THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is suing Reapers Private Limited owned by Agricultural and Rural Authority Development (ARDA) chairman Mr Basil Nyabadza for about $160 000 after the latter breached an agreement for the supply of groundnuts to a South African company. …
Timber poachers fined The Herald 18/10/2018 Luthando Mapepa Chipinge Correspondent AT least 26 people from Chipinge district last week paid a cumulative $2 800 in fines for breaching the Forests Act. The 26 offenders were nabbed during an operation code-named Osalama, which was led by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) supported by parastatals …
Minister Shiri’s imposter in court for swindling farmers The Chronicle 12/10/2018 Tendai Rupapa, Harare Bureau AN unrepentant ex-convict who allegedly registered cellphone lines in the name of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and used them to swindle unsuspecting farmers of over $10 000 through dubious land schemes, has …
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High Court evicts invaders from white farmer’s land 2/10/2018 Source: High Court evicts invaders from white farmer’s land | Daily News HARARE – The High Court has ordered illegal occupiers of a white farmer’s land in Goromonzi to vacate the land immediately saying the commercial farmer was unfairly evicted. The ruling comes after Hector Dalton Ludick …
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24 cattle rustler arrested The Chronicle 21/9/2018 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent A 34-YEAR-OLD man from Gwanda who has been on the run for about a year, has been arrested for allegedly stealing 24 head of cattle. Prince Dube of Nhwali area was intercepted by police officers while trying to sell the stolen cattle …
Zimra ordered to pay back $9,5m garnished tax The Chronicle Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been caught on the wrong side of the law in collecting revenue and the High Court has ordered it to pay back $9,5 million it unlawfully garnished from a local mining giant. The …
36 years for hunting Rhino HARARE – In a sentence that could serve as a deterrent to would-be offenders, four villagers have been slapped with a total of 36 years — each serving nine years’ imprisonment — after they were found guilty of hunting a specially protected animal. Masvingo magistrate Peter Madiba handed down the sentence …