Zimbabwe: Top CIO Officer in Land Seizure

Zimbabwe: Top CIO Officer in Land Seizure Posted on March 9, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — 3 Comments ↓ via allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Top CIO Officer in Land Seizure. 7 March 2015 THE lands ministry has dragged a white Esigodini commercial farmer to court seeking his eviction from the piece of land which has since been allocated to senior intelligence officer Zenzo Ntuliki. …

Nyatsime invaders booted out

Nyatsime invaders booted out March 6, 2015 Crime & Courts Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterA group of people, who invaded the Nyatsime area and unilaterally allocated themselves residential stands in 2013, will now vacate the land after the Constitutional Court threw out an application to legitimise their stay. The settlers, who identified themselves as members of the Nyatsime …

22 000 rustlers arrested

22 000 rustlers arrested February 10, 2015 Crime & Courts Crime ReporterMore than 22 000 people were arrested last year for stock theft and other related cases countrywide. According to police, 805 were arrested for stock theft while 21 566 were arrested for related cases. Police Anti-Stock Theft national co-ordinator, Senior Assistant Commissioner Bernard Dumbura said …

Crest Breeders gets over $26m in land compensation

Crest Breeders gets over $26m in land compensation February 5, 2015 in News THE Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry and CFI Holdings Limited have consented on the compulsory acquisition of part of Saturday Retreat Estate, commonly referred to as Crest Breeders International, a move that will see the latter pocketing over $26 million in compensation. BY CHARLES …

Sugarcane Farmers Drown In Debt

Sugarcane Farmers Drown In Debt 29 Jan 2015 THE country’s sugarcane output is likely to drop significantly as hundreds of indigenous farmers in the Lowveld drown in debt. The farmers, who became sugarcane growers thanks to government’s controversial land reform programme, are now barely surviving at the mercy of marauding creditors. Most of them are …

805 cattle rustlers arrested

805 cattle rustlers arrested January 30, 2015 in News THE Zimbabwe Republic Police’s anti-stocktheft unit yesterday revealed that over 800 cattle rustlers were arrested last year although stocktheft cases had gone down by 26% compared to the same period in 2013.   Own Correspondent Addressing stakeholders during a tour of the newly-established Bellevue Abbatoirs in Norton, the …

Court bars Manzou Farm evictions

Court bars Manzou Farm evictions January 13, 2015 Top Stories Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTHE High Court has provisionally barred Government from evicting various families occupying Arnold Farm (Manzou Farm) in Mazowe pending determination of the land dispute.Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday ruled in favour of six settlers who claimed they were allocated the land by Government …

Aide continues to defy court

Mugabe aide continues to defy court ONE of President Robert Mugabe’s closest aides, Ray Ndhlukula, continued to defy a High Court order barring him from evicting Figtree farmer David Connolly after he reportedly moved in his cattle at the latter’s Centenary Farm on Saturday.Richard MupondeSenior Court Reporter Connolly is embroiled in a fierce legal battle …

Invaders jailed, fined $4000

Zanu PF invaders jailed, fined $4000 ZANU PF youth leaders who led the invasion of a Bulawayo City Council-owned game reserve have been jailed two years and fined $4 000 as compensation to the local authority. NQOBANI NDLOVUSTAFF REPORTER Western Commonage magistrate Tancy Chipuma-Dube found Tariro Magovanyika (34) and Mark Muunganirwa (35) guilty of criminal …