Category: Land Issues (archives)

Don’t be fooled: Zimbabwe’s land reform is no success http://www.groundup.org.za/content/don%E2%80%99t-be-fooled-zimbabwe%E2%80%99s-land-reform-no-success July 31, 2013 –Jack Lewis OPINIONIt is election day in Zimbabwe. This is a good day to reconsider the Zimbabwean land reform experience and what to make of it, especially as we consider what should be done about land reform in South Africa.When you think of Zimbabwean …

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Land reform made poverty worse: study http://www.thezimbabwean.co/ 17.07.13 by Thabani Dube The land reform programme that began in 2000 impoverished rural Zimbabweans by depriving farm workers of a means of survival, according to a Poverty Reduction Forum Trust’s study. “The broad structural and economic results of Zimbabwe’s land and agrarian reform programme and its impact on rural development …

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Mujuru promises church leaders houses, farms http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ GODFREY MTIMBA  •  15 JULY 2013 5:01AM MASVINGO – Vice President Joice Mujuru has promised church leaders farms and houses if they ensure Zanu PF wins the forthcoming vote. Mujuru told church and cooperatives leaders at the Civic Centre last week that her party would allocate farms to leaders of …

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Time running out for villagers facing eviction http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ July 5, 2013 in News TICK-TOCK goes the clock as villagers and small-scale gold miners in Manzou area in Mazowe wait with bated breath for police to effect a June 15 deadline to evict them to pave way for the expansion of the First Family’s business ventures. Faith Zaba The …

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Villagers in court for invading State farm http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 02/07/2013 00:00:00     by Staff Reporter A GROUP of nine villagers have appeared in court charged with illegally invading a State-owned farm in Umzingwane District and wreaking havoc on the property as they allocated themselves farming plots and housing stands. The nine villagers, from Mbalabala farming area appeared before Esigodini magistrate …

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Jury still out on Zim’s land reform http://mg.co.za/ 28 JUN 2013 00:00 TELDAH MAWARIRE Critics argue the restitution policy has done little to improve food security or the agribusiness sector in the country. More than a decade after Zimbabwe’s controversial and chaotic land reform exercise, the subject remains emotive. Whether the programme has been a success depends on …

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MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   AfriForum / SADC Tribunal Rights Watch   27 June 2013   Legal breakthrough for Zimbabwe farmers   Two important developments have now taken place in the legal campaign to ensure that Zimbabwe is unable to escape its international-law obligations arising from its land seizure programme.    Today the Constitutional …

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Can South Africa avoid doing a Zimbabwe on land?   http://www.bbc.co.uk/   24 June 2013 Last updated at 15:25 GMT     By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Eston, KwaZulu-Natal More than eight million South Africans depend on agriculture for their livelihoods Continue reading the main storyRelated Stories Apartheid’s roots: The Natives Land Act South Africa’s Jacob Zuma on …

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Zimbabwe voters’ roll fraud exposed http://mg.co.za/ 14 JUN 2013 00:00 TAKUDZWA MUNYAKA The Zanu-PF is resorting to underhanded means to ensure it registers enough voters to win elections in Zimbabwe. Zanu-PF has drawn up a plan to sway election results in its favour by manipulating the voter registration process that happens throughout the year, and which is being …

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Lessons from Zimbabwe’s land reform – A reply to Tony Hawkins  Joseph Hanlon  03 June 2013  Joseph Hanlon says country’s experience suggests that small commercial farmers more productive than giant mechanised farms  Zimbabwe’s land reform suggests that small commercial farmers are more productive than giant mechanised farms, and thus can do more to reduce poverty. …

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