Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Lands secretary quizzed over Manicaland farm invasions – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/6/2019 BY VENERANDA LANGA SECRETARY for Lands and Agriculture Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday taken to task in Parliament over a spate of fresh farm invasions, including the one in which Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba’s son attempted to grab a Chipinge coffee plantation …
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Green Fuel hands over plots 12/6/2019 The Herald Herald Reporter ETHANOL producer, Green Fuel, has rolled out a community empowerment programme in which households will get 0,5-hectare plots under irrigation in villages around Chipinge South constituency where it operates. In a show of commitment to empowering locals, the firm officially handed over the 0,5ha …
Illegal State land sales: Authorities cries foul 11/6/2019 The Herald Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief LOCAL authorities here yesterday cried foul over the illegal sale and allocation of urban State land in the province, which resulted in them losing millions of dollars in development levies. Presenting insights into the state of affairs in their …
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Concern over surge in illegal settlers 11/6/2019 The Herald Mash West Bureau Police have been challenged to deal with unscrupulous people illegally settling on land while using fake offer letters in Mhangura. The appeal was made by Mhangura constituency legislator Cde Precious Chinhamo-Masango, who bemoaned rampant illegal settlement by land-hungry villagers in her constituency. …
Govt rescues top coffee farmer 10/6/2019 The Herald Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government has resolved the ownership dispute of a portion of Farfell Coffee Estate in Chipinge involving Messrs Richard Le Vieux and Remembrance Mbudzana to enable continued commercial production of the crop at the farm in the hands of the fomer. Cabinet made …
Land commission descends on Midlands – NewsDay Zimbabwe 7/6/2019 BY STEPHEN CHADENGA THE Land Commission, chaired by Justice Tendai Uchena, will on Monday start making inquiries into the sale of State land in and around the Midlands province dating back to 2005, a senior government official has said. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs permanent …
Zanu-PF praises resettlement, people shops 5/6/2019 Victor Maphosa Herald CorrespondentZANU-PF has commended the Government for addressing the issue of illegal settlers in the country and intervening to cushion the public against wanton increases in prices by unscrupulous businesspeople. In a statement yesterday, the ruling party’s secretary for Information and Publicity, Cde Simon Khaya Moyo, …
Zimbabwe: Between land ownership and food security A land dispute in Zimbabwe has highlighted a major hurdle in the country’s new agricultural policies. There is a need for better food security and an economic upturn, but also for a more transparent land reform. Farfell Coffee Estate is known in countries such as …
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Let’s make our land productive again – NewsDay Zimbabwe 1/6/2019 EDITORIAL IT is heartening that reality has finally dawned on President Emmerson Mnangagwa that us, and only us alone, can lift ourselves from the problems confronting us. “We will use our domestic resources to industrialise, modernise and improve our economy. The speed of development …
Chiredzi farmers lose unutilised land Source: Chiredzi farmers lose unutilised land – NewsDay Zimbabwe May 25, 2019 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA/SILAS NKALA SCORES of Chiredzi A1 farmers in Essenby have received letters of withdrawal from the Lands ministry after failing to utilise the land allocated to them during the fast-track land reform programme. This was revealed in …