Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
ZANU PF admits millions owed to displaced farmers http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell10 December 2012 ZANU PF has admitted that it does have an obligation to pay compensation to farmers forced off their properties in the land grab campaign, also admitting it illegally seized many farms. This was revealed in a Central Committee report tabled before the ZANU …
Mugabe Plays The Race Card Ahead Of Zimbabwe Elections http://www.ibtimes.com/ BY Jacey Fortin | December 08 2012 10:07 AM Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been winning national elections for 32 years — and he’s not about to stop now, no matter what it takes. In the buildup to a March 2013 general vote, the autocratic 88-year-old …
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210 white farmers refuse to vacate gazetted land http://www.herald.co.zw Friday, 07 December 2012 23:36 From Takunda Maodza in GweruA TOTAL of 210 white commercial farmers are under prosecution throughout the country for refusing to vacate farms gazetted for redistribution to landless Zimbabweans. According to a Central Committee report tabled before the Zanu-PF 13th Annual National People’s Conference and …
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Book sparks heated debate on land reform programme http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ December 7, 2012 in Opinion WHILE stories on Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme have virtually disappeared from the mainstream media, save for tangential references, a heated debate is raging among scholars on the issue, especially following the publication of the contentious book, Zimbabwe’s Land Reform: Myths and Realities, by Professor …
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Robert Mugabe seizes former Rhodesian PM’s family farm http://www.telegraph.co.uk Former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith’s farm in central Zimbabwe has finally been taken from his family by Robert Mugabe’s officials. By Peta Thornycroft, Johannesburg4:00PM GMT 06 Dec 2012 Mr Mugabe’s lands ministry has given Gwenoro farm, where Rhodesia’s last white minority leader lived with his family for …
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Zanu PF conference centre built on stolen land http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ November 30, 2012 in News ZANU PF’s controversial US$6,5 million conference facility –– dubbed the “Hall of Shame” ––being built in Gweru ahead of the party’s annual conference next week is reportedly being constructed on stolen farmland with the evicted owner set to take legal action. Report by Elias …
MDC Mash West secretary’s farm grabbed http://www.dailynews.co.zw Tuesday, 27 November 2012 09:47HARARE – A Zanu PF councillor in Hurungwe East has grabbed a farm from a resettled farmer ostensibly because he backs Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC. Zanu PF councillor for ward 3 Eddy Ndlovu on Sunday gave the farmer John Clever Dindiwe one week ultimatum to vacate …
Sugar giant Tongaat under more pressure from ZPF http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell22 November 2012 South African sugar company Tongaat Hulett is facing even more pressure from the ZANU PF led Empowerment Ministry, which is now reportedly investigating the company’s Zim operations for alleged ‘misrepresentation.’ Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who has led a threatening campaign against international companies that …
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Class And Rural Differentiation After Land Reform In Zimbabwe And Two New Land Reform Books http://africanarguments.org By Ian Scoones November 19, 2012 A new paper in the Journal of Agrarian Change by the team that wrote the Zimbabwe’s Land Reform book examines the processes of rural differentiation that have occurred following land reform in …
War veterans groups fight over land http://www.dailynews.co.zw Tuesday, 20 November 2012 10:24HARARE – Two war veterans’ groups are fighting over land in the southern parts of Harare currently held by Magamba eChimurenga group. Clifford Hokonya and Charles Mpofu, from Harare province of the war veterans association, are allegedly leading the fight against Magamba eChimurenga. Magamba eChimurenga —headed …