Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
SA MPs agree amendment on land to be passed after elections 14/3/2019 The Herald JOHANNESBURG. – An ad hoc committee set up to amend Section 25 of the Constitution has agreed to refer its work to the Sixth Parliament, after the May elections. The committee met on Wednesday to finalise its report, and ANC …
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Farmer’s son brutally killed over pastures 12/3/2019 The Chronicle Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THERE has been another murder at Chemagora farms in Gokwe South after two illegal settlers at Farm 26 brutally killed the son of the property owner following a dispute over pastures. Last month, a farm owner Mr George Jongwe was killed …
Government in talks on BIPPA farms 8/3/2019 The Herald Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government will soon approach Parliament with new Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPAs) as it seeks to find common ground with countries who might have lost farms for various reasons, an official has said. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Secretary …
Finalise land tenure crisis – CZI Financial Gazette 6/3/2019 Paul Nyakazeya Online Editor THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says government should bring finality to the security of land tenure in order to promote investment in the agriculture sector. This comes as land has no collateral value because of the 99-year leases imposed by government. …
‘Zimbabwe land a dead asset,’ says Mthuli Ncube eDuzeNet 4/3/2019 Bulawayo24 Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme, which left most of its land without collateral value has meant the country is now carrying a dead asset, its Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Before land reform, most farmers had title or property rights …
Fresh disruptions on farms intensify 1/3/2019 Independent BY BRIDGET MANANAVIRE A WAVE of anarchy has gripped commercial farmers at a time a lands commission is undertaking a nationwide land audit, amid reports of fresh disruptions at productive farms reminiscent of the chaotic 2000 farm invasions, in which brutal tactics were used to violently displace …
Mat’land evictions stoke fears of tribal clashes 3/3/2019 Source: Mat’land evictions stoke fears of tribal clashes | The Standard (Local News) By NQOBANI NDLOVU Threats by the government to evict communal farmers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, to allegedly pave way for those from outside the province are stoking fears of tribal clashes in the area, …
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‘No new farm invasions in Zim’ 26/2/2019 The Chronicle Harare Bureau THERE are no new farm invasions in Zimbabwe and a Chipinge incident which went viral on social media recently was an exaggeration of a misunderstanding between a commercial farmer and a new farmer. The incident occurred on February 16 at Farfell Estate in …
‘Govt to finalise 99-year leases banking instruments’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/2/2019 BY Fidelity Mhlanga/Kuda Chideme FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the process of modifying 99-year leases to be bankable instruments needs to be brought to finality so as to unlock funding to the agriculture sector and make it more productive. In Zimbabwe, all farming …
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National land policy formulation process launched Herald 25/2/2019 Elita Chikwati and Ellen ChasokelaLands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri last week launched the formulation process of a comprehensive land policy which is expected to enhance access to land, land use planning and management, productivity and sustainable utilisation of land. The process …
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