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Date: March 23rd 2016
Source: RT.com
Companies owned by foreigners face closure unless they sell or give up 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans by April 1, announced Indigenization Minister Patrick Zhuwao.
“Comply by that date or close shop, comply by that date or face the full wrath of…
By: Elsa Buchanan
Date: April 1st 2016
Source: International Business Times UK
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe's independence, some 4 million hectares of commercial land were acquired by the state using funds provided by the international community. However, it soon became apparent that the land was…
Date: April 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Herald
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa says Government does not have capacity to pay for farm compensations at present but will acknowledge indebtedness over a period of time with the farmers that had their land taken from them during the Land…
By: Loirdham Moyo
Date: April 12th 2016
Source: VOA Zimbabwe
MUTARE, MANICALAND — Zimbabweans took up arms to fight against colonialism with the land question as a driving force for achieving black majority rule in the southern African nation.
Following a protracted liberation struggle,…
By: Brooks Marmon
Date: April 28th 2016
Source: Washington Post
On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated 36 years of independence. The hashtag #1980SoFarSoGood touted the accomplishments of ZANU-PF, the country’s governing party since 1980. Disgruntled citizens countered with the hashtag #…
By: Andrew Mambondiyani
Date: 20 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The worst drought to hit Zimbabwe in two decades has left many rural areas in the grip of hunger.
The source of insecurity for both farmers and banks in Zimbabwe lies with section 72 of the 2013 constitution,…
Date: 15 aout 2016
Source: Agence ecofin
Par Souha Touré
Le vice-président zimbabwéen Phelekezela Mphoko a annoncé samedi que, dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, le gouvernement étudie les possibilités d’octroi de terres agricoles aux fermiers blancs.
Devraient…
By: Ian Scoones
Date: October 24th 2016
Source: The Zimbabwean
Maphisa in Matobo district in Matabeleland has transformed from its early days as a TILCOR (Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation) growth point linked to the nearby Antelope farm estate. Like Mvurwi and Chatsworth that I profiled…
By: Andrew Mambondiyani
Date: October 31st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brian van Buuren, a white former farmer in Burma Valley, eastern Zimbabwe, couldn't hide his anger as he recalled how he lost almost everything during the country's…
By: Ian Scoones
Date: November 7th 2016
Source: The Zimbabwean
There has been much debate about the fate of ‘farm workers’ following land reform, with discussion focused on displacement and dispossession (and many dodgy numbers touted around), but relatively little about what has happened to this…
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: ZimEye
EUROPE’S top diplomat in Zimbabwe has expressed concern over a new wave of land expropriations in the country, saying this has slowed down the country’s reform and re-engagement programme.
Phillipe Van Damme, head of the European Union (EU) delegation to…
Date: 12 December 2016
Source: The Conversation
Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe’s political and economic challenges. But perhaps more than any other issue in Zimbabwe, it has historically been met with inertia from government and the…