Category: Land Issues (archives)

Eviction of white photographic safari operator and farmer angers local paramount chief     24/4/2019 The highly respected Paramount Chief of the Ndiweni people in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland province, Chief Nhlanhla Felix Ndiweni, has spoken out strongly against the government’s decision to evict popular Ntabazinduna white farmer and photographic safari operator, Brian (Buz) Davies and his wife …

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Respect for property has no substitute    24/4/2019 Source: Respect for property has no substitute | Daily News IN THE past week, there have been issues involving Gaika, a mining concern in the Midlands Province. The crux of the matter primarily involved the takeover of the mine by marauding machete-wielding artisanal miners who have been terrorising …

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Shiri ejects A2 farmers from Tongaat houses – NewsDay Zimbabwe   15/4/2019 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA Lands minister Perrance Shiri (pictured) has ejected new A2 sugarcane farmers who grabbed Tongaat Hulett houses and evicted company employees in the process, claiming they had five-year leases. In a letter addressed to Zanu PF legislator for Zaka North, Robison …

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Ex-Zim commercial farmers sue SA govt    15/4/2019 Source: Ex-Zim commercial farmers sue SA govt | Newsday (News) By Staff Reporter FORMER Zimbabwean commercial farmers have lodged a nearly R2 billion compensation claim against the South African government for presiding over the dissolution of the Sadc Tribunal. Willie Spies, the legal representative of AfriForum, a South …

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President extends Commission of Inquiry term   6/4/2019 President Emmerson Mnangagwa The Chronicle Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau President Mnangagwa has extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry into the sale of State Land in and around urban areas by nine months. He appointed the commission after illegal settlements had mushroomed in most urban areas, most …

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Zimbabwe to Complete Land Valuations in May to Pay Compensation – Zimbabwe Situation   7/4/2019 Zimbabwe plans to complete land valuations by the end of May to determine the level of compensation to be paid to former white commercial farmers who lost their properties during the government’s land reform program. “Given the significant progress made to …

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Former minister in farm wrangle    2/4/2019 Source: Former minister in farm wrangle | Newsday (News) BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA FORMER Finance deputy minister  is embroiled in a land wrangle in which he is seeking to evict resettled farmers at Mt Olympus Farm in Goromonzi. The former Harare East legislator, who is reportedly behind Farmtel Investments, has …

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Land audits fail to resolve disputes: Farmers    18/3/2019 Source: Land audits fail to resolve disputes: Farmers | Newsday (News) BY NIZBERT MOYO FARMERS have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of the government-initiated land audits in resolving land ownership disputes across the country. This emerged at the second launch of the national land policy meeting held …

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Gender land policy launched   15/3/2019 Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Deputy Minister, Cde Douglas Karoro addresses delegates at the launch of a National and Gender Sensitive Land Policy in Bulawayo yesterday. Following proceedings from left are Provincial Ministers from Matabeleland South Cde Abednico Ncube, Bulawayo Cde Judith Ncube and Midlands Cde …

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Minister evicts villagers   14/3/2019 Source: Minister evicts villagers | Daily News Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is in another farm eviction storm — this time involving 21 villagers who allege she is encroaching into their land to expand her Penhalonga farm. They claim to have assisted her family wrestle the farm from its former white …

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