Category: Land Issues (archives)

Only 200 White Commercial Farmers Left In Zimbabwe – CFU http://www.radiovop.com/i By Ngoni Chanakira, Harare, September 22, 2011 – Zimbabwe currently has only 200 white commercial farmers who are actively engaged in farming activities, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), has confirmed. The CFU, once Zimbabwe’s most powerful farming association, had more than 4 500 before the controversial Land …

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Wikileaks: Chombo among ZANU-PF officials who got multiple farms http://www.insiderzim.com Wednesday, 21 September 2011 07:08 Leaked documents that were circulating in March 2003 listed Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo as one of the top officials of the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front who had received more than one farm under the controversial land reform programme. Chombo, one-time …

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Farm invasions continue across Zimbabwe http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell18 August 2011 The remaining white commercial farmers across the country are facing intensified threats by mobs of land invaders, as the lawless invasions of farms continue. Last week Banket farmer Roy Crawford was reportedly abducted from his farm and tied up with barbed wire, apparently for “failing to chant …

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Last white farmers targeted http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Mobs loyal to President Robert Mugabe have launched a new offensive to beat and intimidate the remaining white farmers, dashing hopes that the government would keep its promise to restore the rule of law.16.08.1104:28pmby Chief Reporter The latest officially orchestrated attacks come after a pledge by Mugabe to end the seizure of white …

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Zanu PF militia invades farm http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:00 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE A senior MDC-T official, whose farm was invaded by Zanu PF members and war veterans in Nyanga in May, has appealed to the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) to intervene.MDC-T Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee rapporteur Charles Nyamutowa said the invasion had seriously affected …

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Evicted farmers, workers sue govt for $20billion http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Hundreds of farmers evicted by land invaders will sue the state for more than $20 billion in compensation for the loss of stolen assets and earnings.10.08.1109:41amby Chief Reporter Charles Taffs, president of the Commercial Farmers Union said the action sought to cover losses experienced by farmers and their workers. …

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170 farmers await trial – CFU http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ About 170 white farmers are awaiting trial while more than 30 others have already been convicted of refusing to vacate farms illegally occupied by Zanu (PF) thugs, an official of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) said last week.05.08.1106:26pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe CFU legal adviser, Marc Carrie-Wilson, said in a report that persecution …

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Land tenure audit now without delay http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 04 August 2011 18:13 IT was a bit of a relief to hear the Reserve Bank governor admitting in his monetary statement last week that the land reform programme was a failure, not so much because of anything else but because of the ineptitude of those who were allocated the …

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Reforming land reform http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:13 MORE than two decades after the enactment of the Land Acquisition Act, and commencement of its implementation 10 years later, Zimbabwe’s land reform programme continues to be a major disaster.  Whilst it cannot be credibly argued that land reform was not very necessary and was grievously long overdue, nevertheless the …

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Land invasions scare Chinese investors http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:29 BY NDAMU SANDU GOVERNMENT has frustrated a Chinese investor interested in a pulp and paper project in Manicaland after failing to provide assurance that forest plantations would not be invaded, a business executive said on Tuesday.Such an investment would have brought relief to the newspaper industry …

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