Minister drags farmer to court

Minister drags farmer to court October 19, 2015 Crime & Courts Dr Mombeshora Bulawayo BureauThe Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement, Douglas Mombeshora, is locked, in his official capacity, in a legal wrangle with a white commercial farmer over the ownership of a farm in Bulilima district. The commercial farmer is allegedly refusing to vacate Boxwell …

Tetrad Holdings Loses Property Battle

Tetrad Holdings Loses Property Battle 1 Oct 2015 Tetrad Holdings loses property battle EFFORTS by embattled Tetrad Holdings to stop the sale of 10 immovable properties that were surrendered by the financial services group’s backers as collateral for a US$5 million loan from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) hit a brick wall after the …

Lifeline for evicted Caledonia residents

Lifeline for evicted Caledonia residents September 23, 2015 Local News Cde Zhanda Daniel Kachere Herald CorrespondentOver 3 700 Caledonia residents who were on the verge of losing their residential stands, have been thrown a lifeline after land owner Cde Paddy Zhanda allowed them to stay, Zanu-PF MP for the area Cde Terrence Mukupe said yesterday. He …

Zim to fight sale of SA property

Zim to fight sale of SA property September 22, 2015 Top Stories Clemence Manyukwe News EditorZIMBABWE is set to fight yesterday’s auctioning of its property in Cape Town, South Africa after it emerged that the sale went ahead despite the government having settled money owed to lawyers who represented former white farmers opposed to the country’s land …

Government acquires own land in error

Government acquires own land in error September 22, 2015 in National, News THE government’s verve to seize more land from white former owners has resulted in a mix-up in Marondera, where the State is said to have acquired one of its own farms owned by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Mukuyu Estate. BY CHARLES LAITON According to …

Evicted Zimbabwe white farmers in ‘symbolic South Africa win’

Evicted Zimbabwe white farmers in ‘symbolic South Africa win’ 21 September 2015   From the sectionAfrica Image copyrightAPImage captionA court ruled Zimbabwe government-owned property in South Africa could be sold to pay compensation to evicted white Zimbabwean farmers A property owned by Zimbabwe’s government in South Africa has been sold to compensate white farmers evicted …

Camouflage robbers jailed 104 years

Camouflage robbers jailed 104 years September 16, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Walter Mswazie Masvingo CorrespondentTWO of the four robbers who wore army camouflage and police uniforms to terrorise business people and white farmers, stealing about $70,000 at gun point, have been jailed for a combined 104 years. Metron Chongani Makamba, 30, of Bangala Dam in Triangle and …

Zvandasara, Zhanda in land row

Zvandasara, Zhanda in land row September 15, 2015 Crime & Courts Cde Zhanda Court ReporterZanu-PF Central Committee member Cde Justin Zvandasara has appeared in court charged with public violence after he allegedly invaded land belonging to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Livestock) Paddy Zhanda. Zvandasara (38) is jointly charged with Obert Mukuti …

Zimbabwe court charges South Africans over attempt to export wildlife

Zimbabwe court charges South Africans over attempt to export wildlife   A Zimbabwean court has charged three South African men with illegally capturing 29 sable antelopes and attempting to export them without a permit, the local parks authority said on Sunday. ReutersThe three men had on Saturday appeared in a magistrates court in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe’s …

Hundreds vacate Caledonia

Hundreds vacate Caledonia September 14, 2015 Local News, Top Stories Freeman Razemba Crime ReporterHUNDREDS of people have left Caledonia Farm after their houses were demolished following a court order, while defiant individuals were yesterday trying to rebuild their structures. The High Court recently ruled that the structures were built illegally and last Friday and Saturday, the Deputy …