Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Land grabs: The new ‘hard work’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ January 18, 2013 in Opinion YESTERDAY Zimbabwe woke up to disturbing news that President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, had seized an estate owned by ZSE-listed Interfresh Holdings backed by a piece of paper signed by Mashonaland Central governor Martin Dinha, a lawyer by profession, known as an offer letter. Zimbabwe Independent …
Grace Mugabe takes over Mazoe Estate http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Staff Reporter 10 hours 48 minutes ago First Lady Grace Mugabe has taken over part of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed agro producer Interfresh’s Mazoe Citrus Estate to expand her orphanage located close to the estate.The development would further confirm the First Family’s status as multiple farm owners, contrary to the country’s land …
Farms retake splits Zanu PF http://www.dailynews.co.zw Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:49HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party is sharply divided over a moratorium to seize commercial farms protected under government-to-government agreements. The decree to stop seizures of foreign-owned farms protected under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (Bippas) was issued after government was forced to fork out 16 …
Invaders take over land designated for sports The MDC TodayTuesday, 15 January 2013Issue – 499 Thousands of MDC supporters, civic society, academics and villagers today joined President Tsvangirai and the Chavunduka family for the burial of Prof. Gordon Chavunduka at No. 14 farm in Dowa, Rusape.President Tsvangirai bemoaned the loss of a candid and frank advisor in …
Robert Mugabe to re-possess BIPPA farms http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Staff Reporter 21 hours 1 minute ago HARARE – The Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa says the government has the right to continue re-possessing land under the land reform programme.In rant in Harare Chinamasa also said even farms under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA), can be …
Police Arrest Chisumbanje Villagers in Rautenbach Land Row http://www.voazimbabwe.com Violet Gonda09.01.2013 Some villagers from Chisumbanje, Manicaland Province, are in police custody after they attempted to re-claim land that they say was forcibly taken by the multi-million dollar Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant. The arrests occurred despite a cabinet taskforce ruling that the villagers should be allowed to work on the …
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Police use teargas to disperse angry Chisumbanje villagers http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda09 January 2013 It has emerged that police in Chisumbanje last week fired shots into the air and used teargas to disperse angry villagers demanding their land back from Macdom, the company running the Ethanol plant. Two brothers, Jameson and Samson Mlambo, were arrested following the disturbances …
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Tension rises in Chisumbanje over land row http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda08 January 2013 Heavily armed police had to be summoned on Tuesday to arrest villagers in Chisumbanje who had tried to claim back their land, taken over by the multi-million dollar Ethanol plant. The villagers are being detained at Chisumbanje police station, facing charges of invading private property. …
Diamond Firms To Bankroll Zimbabwe Farmer Training http://www.israelidiamond.co.il 06.01.13, 10:59 Zimbabwean diamond company Mbada has committed to find funding for job training for dozens of families who were displaced by the firm’s mining activities in the Marange region, All Africa reports. According to the terms of the deal, Mbada will ensure an annual payout of $100,000, while the Zimbabwe …
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Midlands University grabs Ian Smith’s farm http://nehandaradio.com/ on January 5, 2013 at 3:17 pm SHURUGWI — The Midlands State University (MSU) has reportedly taken over the late Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith’s Gwenhoro Farm, about 45km outside Gweru. The farm, which encloses Gweru City Council’s main supply dam Gwenhoro Dam, was recently gazetted for compulsory acquisition by the …