Reloaded: The US$3 billion land heist

Reloaded: The US$3 billion land heist  1  September 29, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Reloaded: The US$3 billion land heist | The Standard corruptionwatch:WITH TAWANDA MAJONI You will remember the pomp and fair on December 10 last year when the Zimbabwe Land Commission chair, Tendai Uchena, presented a summary of his agency’s findings from a countrywide investigation into urban …

Who is to blame for Zimbabwe’s land reform disaster? 

Who is to blame for Zimbabwe’s land reform disaster?  3  September 22, 2020 9:17 AM Britain, not Zimbabwe, must pay for colonial land grabs. Source: Who is to blame for Zimbabwe’s land reform disaster? | Colonialism | Al Jazeera Corn fields are harvested at Ivordale Farm on August 1, 2018 outside Harare, Zimbabwe [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images] On August …

700k people forcibly evicted since 2000 — Survey

700k people forcibly evicted since 2000 — Survey By Newsday.Co.Zw – September 16, 2020 By Tatenda Chitagu AT least 737 160 people across the country had their housing and land rights violated after being forcibly evicted without compensation since the launch of the land reform programme in 2000, a survey by the Zimbabwe People’s Land Rights Movement …

Storm over farm invasion

Storm over farm invasion September 13, 2020 in Local, News Standard BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE A Ruwa commercial farmer lost his farm on Friday after a government official evicted him with the help of the police. Martin Grobler, whose Protea Valley Farm is situated about 40km east of Harare said Ivy Rupandi, a Lands ministry official, told him to …

War vets reassure farmers over land

War vets reassure farmers over land  0  September 8, 2020 1:13 PM Source: War vets reassure farmers over land | Herald (Top Stories) Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairman Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa flanked by the association’s commissar Cde Joel Mureremba addresses a Press conference in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Memory Mangombe Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter WAR …

There is no reversal of Zimbabwe’s land reform programme

There is no reversal of Zimbabwe’s land reform programme Chronicle 7/9/2020 The Government says that illegal occupation of productive farms will not be tolerated anymore The Chronicle Kudzai Mutisi The statement presented the Government’s position on the compensation of indigenous (black) Zimbabweans who lost their land during the land reform programme and the compensation of …

‘Women not aware of their land rights’

‘Women not aware of their land rights’ Posted on September 4, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Main News BRIDGET MANANAVIRE LACK of education on the constitution for traditional leaders is the major setback in the upholding of women’s rights, particularly on land ownership in rural areas, a new study has found. The study titled Women and Land Rights in Zimbabwe, done …

Minister rules out land reform reversal

Minister rules out land reform reversal  Herald 2/9/2020   Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Herald Reporter Zimbabwe’s Land Reform remains irreversible with Government efforts now focused on improving agricultural productivity, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said last night in a post-Cabinet media briefing. Her remarks followed a joint Press …

Zimbabwe Says Foreign White Farmers Can Apply to Get Back Seized Land 

Zimbabwe Says Foreign White Farmers Can Apply to Get Back Seized Land  0  September 1, 2020 9:50 AM Source: Zimbabwe Says Foreign White Farmers Can Apply to Get Back Seized Land – The New York Times HARARE — Foreign white farmers settled in Zimbabwe whose land was seized under Robert Mugabe can apply to get it back and …