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5 000ha for war vets 23/5/2019 Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri The Herald Blessings Chidakwa Mashonaland West Bureau Government has set aside at least 500 hectares of land in each province to support income-generating projects for former freedom fighters. The move is part of President Mnangagwa’s unwavering support for the liberation war veterans across the country. Defence …
Second land audit on cards 21/5/2019 Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government is expected to start rolling out the second phase of the national agricultural land audit, which is expected to rationalise farm ownership and sizes. Farmers, on the other hand, are expected to …
Government open to renegotiate 99-year leases with banks 21/5/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Reporter FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said Government is open to renegotiating with banks to make 99-year leases acceptable to financial institutions. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya is on record as saying …
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Land audit makes startling revelations 2 May 12, 2019 10:10 AMSource: Land audit makes startling revelations | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Lincoln Towindo Senior Reporter The Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC), which recently completed the first phase of the audit involving more than 18 000 farmers, has unearthed gross underfunding of the agricultural sector and is now …
Zimbabwe Land Audit Uncovers Serious Irregularities, Illegal Sales, Multiple Farm Owners WASHINGTON — 13/5/2019 A government-funded audit in Zimbabwe has revealed serious irregularities in the redistribution of land seized from white commercial farmers in 2000 and parcelled out to indigenous people, some with no knowledge of taking care of productive farms. According to the state-controlled …
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White farmer bounces back – NewsDay Zimbabwe 6/5/2019 BY BLESSED MHLANGA OVER 22 families spent the night out in the cold, having been evicted from a subdivision of Glenara Estates along the old Mazowe Road on Thursday, following a High Court order. The farm was allocated to Mavis Rondozai in 2001 at the height …
Editorial Comment: Zim’s shambolic land tenure system a ticking time bomb – NewsDay Zimbabwe 30/4/2019 Editorial Comment IT is sad to hear that some widows of our war veteran brothers are being harassed and pushed off the land on which they had been resettled during the chaotic 2000 land reform programme. While these acts …
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AfriForum sues police to pay for landgrab – AfriForum April 23, 2019 deur Carina Bester The aggrieved owner of a farm near Onderstepoort in Pretoria today issued a summons against Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, in cooperation with AfriForum to recover the costs and expenses related to an urgent eviction application in 2018. The …
Land was & is the issue 24/4/2019 The Chronicle Britain through the British South African Company-sponsored Pioneer Column colonised Zimbabwe on 12 September 1890. It took two liberation wars to defeat the settlers more than a century after they (whites) had settled in this country. Hundreds of thousands of blacks perished in the two wars. …
‘Audit results to guide land redistribution’ 23/4/2019 Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos The Chronicle Ellen Chasokela, Harare Bureau The results of the comprehensive land audit will guide the redistribution of land, a Deputy Minister has said. Government is conducting a land audit to establish the extent of land utilisation and address the imbalances of the land …