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Zimbabwe Govt Eases Land Laws for White Farmers

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has issued a directive for a 99-year lease of land for white farmers, who were only allowed to lease land for 5 years under former president Robert Mugabe's administration.

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Offers 99-Year Leases to White Farmers

New Zimbabwe, 30 January 2018

Hundreds of white farmers who had been discriminated against while their black counterparts were getting 99 yearlong leases have a reason to celebrate as they have now been put in… Read more »

The Herald

President Emmerson Mnangagwa (file photo).

Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Demise Brings Hope to Ousted White Farmers

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 January 2018

Colonialists seized some of the best agricultural land from white farmers after independence in 1980 leaving many blacks effectively landless and making land ownership one of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa On Land - 'We Don't Think Along Racial Lines... It's Outdated'

News24Wire, 26 January 2018

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his new government believes thinking along racial lines is "outdated" when it comes to farming and land ownership. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Evicted White Farmers Demand U.S.$9 Billion Compensation

Financial Gazette, 25 January 2018

Dispossessed white farmers have tabled a US$9 billion compensation claim before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for assets expropriated during the chaotic land redistribution… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim White Farmer 'Seeks Mnangagwa Govt Assistance to Get Back Farm' - Report

News24Wire, 22 January 2018

A Zimbabwean white farmer Richard Seager is reportedly seeking President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to assist him get back his 609 hectare farm that was seized from him in… Read more »
Namibia: Mnangagwa Unrepentant On Zim Land Acquisition

New Era, 16 January 2018

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government was unapologetic about how it went about taking land from mainly white farmers, saying land was central to his… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Banks Now Accepting 99-Year Leases As Collateral

The Herald, 12 December 2017

The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) said on Friday it will now accept 99-year leases that were given to resettled farmers by Government as collateral for bank loans. Since… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Land Reform - White Farmers Given 5-Year Leases, While Blacks Get 99 Years

New Zimbabwe, 29 October 2017

President Robert Mugabe continues to tighten the screws on the remaining white farmers as government has come up with a potentially discriminatory policy which limits their leases… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'Make the 99-Year Lease Bankable'

Zimbabwe Independent, 6 October 2017

Now in its second year running, there has been wide-ranging debate on whether the Command Agriculture scheme introduced last year by government has been a success given the… Read more »