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The government has signed the agreement to pay back white farmers who were evicted during the land redistribution programme in the early 2000s under Robert Mugabe. President ... Read more »
Zimbabwe Says White Farmers Can Apply To Get Back Seized Land
Earlier Zimbabwe agreed to pay U.S.$3.5 billion in compensation to local white farmers whose land was forcibly taken by the government to resettle black families, but removing the black beneficiaries from the land could prove practically and politically difficult for Mnangagwa who has been saying the land reform could not be reversed but paying of compensation was key to mending ties with the West. Thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying the country's economy, and ruined relations with the West.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Unable to Pay Billions to Former White Commercial Farmers - Offers Land Instead
Daily Maverick, 4 September 2020
Hardly a month after pledging to pay former white commercial farmers US$3.5-billion compensation for land improvements done before farm seizures in the 2000s under the late… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 48-Hour Ultimatum for Govt to Dump White Compensation Pledge
New Zimbabwe, 3 September 2020
A group of war veterans has given government 48 hours to reverse a controversial decision to pay US$3,5 billion compensation to white former landowners or face a court challenge. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt to Return Land Back to White Farmers
New Zimbabwe, 1 September 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is set to seize some pieces of now black owned land for return to some white former commercial farmers. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Empowering Citizens Through Land Ownership
The Herald, 3 April 2020
Zimbabwe is endowed with vast arable land, large reservoirs of underground and surface water (with over 8 000 dams), favourable climatic conditions and an array of rich flora and… Read more »
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Two years after winning Zimbabwe's disputed 2018 election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has performed dismally towards implementing political and economic reforms ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe could be next on the list, as former allies and relatives of the late former president Robert Mugabe lose their farms to the new ... Read more »
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Over 20,000 children have been forced to turn to illegal vending to supplement family incomes as Zimbabwe's economic situation continues to worsen, according to an assessment ... Read more »
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The Zimbabwean government has so far paid 100 former white farm owners, though it maintains it will only pay compensation for infrastructure and improvements on farms and not for ... Read more »
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The government has set aside U.S.$53 million to compensate white farmers affected during the Land Reform Programme - but the Commercial Farmers Union says the money is not enough ... Read more »
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Land grabs of white-owned property have hit Zimbabwe yet again as the southern African country's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe seeks another term in office - but the ... Read more »
