The Land Question & the Perils of Magical Thinking

The Land Question & the Perils of Magical Thinking RW Johnson | 19 March 2018 RW Johnson writes that at the root of the EWC debate is an insatiable symbolic hunger The decision by the ANC to back expropriation without compensation (EWC) has occasioned a tremendous gale of comment. Ramaphosa seems to have gone along …

Dam Levels as at 13-March-2018

Dam Levels as at 13-March-2018 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL DAILY TREND   (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres)     Kariba 64800.00 33871.4 52.3 Tokwe Mukorsi 1802.6 1280 71.0 Mutirikwi 1378.08 644.62 46.8 Manyame 480.23 465.137 96.9 Osborne 401.64 339.838 84.6 Mazvikadei 343.815 350.427 101.9 Manyuchi 309.06 313.374 …

Zipra renews bid to recover seized properties

Zipra renews bid to recover seized properties   FORMER Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) liberation struggle fighters are making frantic efforts to recover property worth millions of dollars seized by ex-president Robert Mugabe’s regime during the Gukurahundi campaign of the 1980s that left an estimated 20 000 people dead in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces. …

Farmer seeks $14 000 compensation

Farmer seeks $14 000 compensation By Newsday   – March 23, 2018   A Nyamandlovu farmer has taken his neighbour to court demanding over $14 000, after the latter’s cattle destroyed his vegetables and irrigation equipment.   BY SILAS NKALA Manfred Nhemachena of plot 3 Silverstream Farm, Nyamandlovu, filed summons against his neighbour Nkani Khoza of plot …

Mnangagwa’s top aide wins farm wrangle

Mnangagwa’s top aide wins farm wrangle By Newsday   – March 23, 2018   DEPUTY Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Ray Ndhlukula, has won the legal battle over ownership of Figtree Farm being Subdivision ‘A’ of Centenary situated in the Bulilima district in Matabeleland South province, after the Supreme Court ruled in …

Zim spends $80m on rice importation

Zim spends $80m on rice importation   Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterZIMBABWE expects to start commercial rice production in the next season or two as the country moves to cut annual rice importation expenditure of over $80 million, a senior Government official has said. Government together with Seed Co are carrying out final feasibility studies of …