Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
For the people of Chilonga, the right to land remains elusive 0 April 11, 2021 1:03 PM Source: For the people of Chilonga, the right to land remains elusive – ZimRights Collusion between government and business has led to the displacement of thousands of people in Zimbabwe over the years. Promises of formal resettlement have been made but …
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Villagers petition Umguza RDC over land 0 April 11, 2021 1:21 PM Source: Villagers petition Umguza RDC over land | Sunday News (local news) Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter VILLAGERS from Mahaja and Mavolontiya in Ntabazinduna have petitioned the Umguza Rural District Council over moves to have their grazing land and fields turned into a peri-urban area setup. …
‘Give us farms’ MDC Mwonzora MPs pleads with Mnangagwa’s minister eDuzeNet 9/4/2021 MDC-T MPs Thursday took to task Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka on why the government’s land distribution exercise remained partisan leaving out MDC members, especially MPs. The minister was grilled by the MPs when he was appearing before parliament’s portfolio on agriculture. The MPs …
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Govt issues 400 99-year leases Herald 8/4/2021 Dr Masuka Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government has so far issued at least 400 farmers with 99-year leases out of a potential of 18 000 potential ones requiring the document, legislators have heard this afternoon. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka …
We’ll not accede to land transferability: Minister Dr Masuka Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government will not accede to transferability of land because its ownership and farming are two distinctive items that should be separated, a Cabinet Minister has said. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka said farming was a business …
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Women farmers plead for land – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/3/2021 BY NIZBERT MOYO FEMALE farmers in Bulawayo have appealed to government to provide them with more land for farming activities. They made the appeal on Tuesday at a fieldday in Reigate district, Tigela, Bulawayo held under the theme: “Start with a healthy soil, good seed, followed …
56 evicted Rusape farmers eye neighbouring farm – NewsDay Zimbabwe 24/3/2021 BY KENNETH NYAGANI THE 56 Rusape farmers who face eviction after government directed that they should leave Nyamatsanga Farm owned by Carthouse Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd have threatened to invade the neighbouring Dark-bridge Farm in Nyazura. The farmers were allocated plots at Nyamatsanga Farm under …
VP Chiwenga brews shocker 0 March 21, 2021 11:53 AM Source: VP Chiwenga brews shocker | The Standard BY EVERSON MUSHAVA The government is mulling yet another amendment to the constitution to effectively nationalise commercial farms owned by foreign nationals in Zimbabwe, barely a year after making concessions on the matter, it has emerged. Processes are already afoot …
Chilonga: Grass politics shakes forgotten outpost 0 March 21, 2021 12:00 PM Source: Chilonga: Grass politics shakes forgotten outpost | The Standard BY TATENDA CHITAGU A narrow unpaved road branching off the Ngundu-Chiredzi highway is the only way to Chilonga, an otherwise forgotten rural outpost currently enjoying a rare moment of global publicity. Tucked away in a barren …
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Zimbabwe banks declare 99-year leases worthless Independent 19/3/2021 LOCAL banks are demanding personal assets, including houses as collateral to finance agriculture, amid the unresolved confusion over the bankability of 99-year leases. Banks say the risk of financing farmers is too high since the land cannot be used as collateral due to tenure uncertainties. A 99-year …