Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Claims of land reform ‘success’ negated http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex BellSW Radio Africa03 June 2013 Claims by international academics that ZANU PF’s land grab campaign was a success, have been negated by a leading Zimbabwean economics professor, who has criticised these attempts at normalising the situation. Professor Tony Hawkins was responding to recent publications, including a book, which attempt …
Leased farm dogs Chombo Mail & Guardian May 24 – 30 2013 Harare Correspondent Minister has been implicated in another scandal and this time his lawyer is part of it. Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo has been drawn into a land scandal after it has emerged …
MAX DU PREEZ’S FANTASIES ON ZIMBABWE Anti-apartheid journalist and apologist for South Africa’s democratic dispensation Max Du Preez has been caught short with his latest efforts to justify the unjustifiable. In a Natal Mercury piece (30.4.13), du Preez tells us we can “learn from Zimbabwe’s flourishing farms”, and goes on to laud a new book …
99-YEAR BANKABLE LEASES ON THE CARDS Chronicle Reporter/Harare Bureau 11 December 2012 A revised, bankable 99-year lease is ready and is expected to be discussed in Cabinet before the end of this month, the ZanuPF Central Committee Report issued last week says. The Government has for some time been working on a …
Villagers, urban developers clash over land http://www.thestandard.co.zw May 19, 2013 in Local, News Villagers from Goromonzi’s Yafele area have said their livelihoods are under threat following the encroachment of urban developments into their area. Report by Jennifer Dube The residents have formed Simukai Rural Residents Trust, a platform through which they were fighting for land allocation and …
Guided tours mask land reform failures http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ May 17, 2013 in News IT has almost become part of tradition for visiting heads of state or high-profile delegates to visit the highly mechanised First Family’s Gushungo Dairy Estate and Amai Grace Mugabe elite Junior school in Mazowe which are hardly typical of Zimbabwean farms after the land reform programme or …
What we CAN learn from Zim http://www.iol.co.za/ May 14 2013 at 09:51amBy Max du Preez Lies, damn lies and statistics. Or should I rather say, so much heart, so little reason. My recent column regarding possible lessons South Africa could learn from Zimbabwe’s violent land redistribution provoked an awful lot of emotion. Literally thousands of people reacted …
Zim land audit ‘cop out’ criticised http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell14 May 2013 The Zimbabwe government is facing criticism for ‘copping out’ of its promises to undertake a comprehensive land audit across the country, and instead opting for a ‘land use audit’. This decision was revealed by the Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister, Herbert Murerwa, last week when he …
I back Mugabe land grab says MSP-in-waiting http://www.heraldscotland.com/ Paul HutcheonInvestigations EditorSunday 12 May 2013 A Frenchman in line to become a Scottish Nationalist MSP has been criticised for defending Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe’s notorious land reform policies. Christian Allard said Mugabe’s land redistribution, when his government forcibly seized farms, was needed, and slammed an award-winning film on the plight …
Parties’ land policies: A comparative review http://www.thestandard.co.zw May 12, 2013 in Opinion As the MDC policy conference is almost around the corner, it is important to look at one of the most controversial issue of land and agricultural policy. Sunday Opinion with Shakespear Hamauswa This note provides a comparative analysis on the MDC policy against that …