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Allied Timbers, Mutasa RDC lock horns Herald 10/10/2019 Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter Allied Timbers Zimbabwe has approached the High Court seeking an order to stop Mutasa Rural District Council from collecting levies on forest land they are operating on behalf of the Forestry Commission. Allied Timbers says the local authority has been raising …
Letters to the Editor: Land audit: Why Government must be firm on unruly elements Chronicle 9/10/2019 Beaven Dhliwayo, Features Reporter A lot of Zimbabwe’s irrigable land is underutilised, although the farms have the potential of being highly productive, posing a threat to the country’s food security. The country was once the breadbasket of Africa, but …
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FEATURE-Zimbabwean women struggle to shake off sex-for-land corruption 0 October 3, 2019 4:21 PM Source: FEATURE-Zimbabwean women struggle to shake off sex-for-land corruption – Yahoo BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Catherine Mazorodze was overworked and tired when she quit her job as a farmworker in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province. No job meant she was also homeless, …
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Damage to land feeds migration, conflict By Newsday – September 28, 2019 environment:By Laurie Goering LONDON — Vast swathes of land, from Africa to the Middle East, are being left useless by climate shifts and human pressures such as deforestation, mining and farming, threatening to hike migration and conflict, a senior United Nations environmental official warned. The …
Land reform tackles hunger, poverty and climate change in Zim: Research Herald 30/9/2019 Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Zimbabwe’s fast track land reforms have commonly been seen as the biggest economic blunder – but emerging perspectives conclude the reforms, in their hurried model, were an important social policy intervention, particularly for the youth. Incomes have …
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South Africa’s land report: Zimbabwe lessons? 1 September 2, 2019 5:02 PM Source: South Africa’s land report: Zimbabwe lessons? | zimbabweland South Africa’s land panel finally produced its report at the end of July. At 144 pages it’s an impressive document, making all the right noises. South Africa, like Zimbabwe, left the land issue for too long. 25 years …
Arda Jotsholo Government-private investor partnership bears fruit Chronicle 29/8/2019 Minister of State in Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Office, Eveline Ndlovu and a private investor Mr Brent le Reux during a tour of Arda Jotsholo farm in Matabeleland North Province on Friday Leonard Ncube recently in Lupane GOVERNMENT’s partnership with the private sector has started …
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Utilise land, ED tells farmers 0 August 26, 2019 8:46 AM Source: Utilise land, ED tells farmers | The Herald 26 AUG, 2019 President Mnangagwa Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored beneficiaries of the land reform programme to fully utilise their farms to boost productivity for local consumption and export. He urged the …
Land for youth 0 August 26, 2019 9:33 AM Source: Land for youth | The Herald 26 AUG, 2019 Cde Matutu Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement has allocated 10 hectares of land to the youth in every administrative district, which will be used for sustainable agricultural projects. Zanu-PF Deputy …
Govt to guarantee 99-year leases 0 August 22, 2019 8:38 AM Source: Govt to guarantee 99-year leases | The Herald 22 AUG, 2019 Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube exchanges files with African Development Bank (AfDB) country representative Damoni Kitabire (centre) and UNOPS head of programmes Ms Thushanti Marita Selvarajah (right) after a signing ceremony for the …