Search / Esidakeni farm
Tables turn in Esidakeni farm saga
The tables have turned in the Esidakeni Farm wrangle after 2 of the 3 directors were arrested by police last week and they were brought before the courts.Zeph Dlamini was arrested while trying...Published: 20 hrs ago | 658 | by Nicholas Ncube
Siphosami Malunga and 2 Kershelmar directors granted bail
The three directors of Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited, Charles Moyo, Siphosami Malunga and Zephaniah Dhlamini were on Monday granted ZWL$10 000 bail each after they appeared in court on allegation...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 18:28hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Malunga business partners arrested as Esidakeni land row escalates
Police have arrested two co-directors of a Matabeleland North farm which is at the centre of a fierce tug-of-war between the current owners on one hand and powerful Zanu-PF politician Obert Mpofu and ...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 16:51hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Land reform under attack in Zimbabwe?
The Esidakeni Farm saga has set a dangerous precedence which could affect land reform in its entirety in Zimbabwe. Farmers with offer letters are now wondering what will happen to them should former o...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:44hrs | 5477 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Obert Mpofu faces hefty bill
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe have finally vacated Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu near Bulawayo following a scathing Supreme Court ruling which condemned th...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:40hrs | 6178 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu left Esidakeni farm in a huff
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu yesterday left Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu in a huff after human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners won a Supreme Court case a...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu ordered off Esidakeni Farm
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's has lost the legal battle over ownership of Kershelmar Farm Umguza in Matebeleland North province which he had invaded.The farm is owned by o...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:12hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu kicked out of Esidakeni Farm
Obert Mpofu has been ordered to vacate the Esidakeni farm, which he has previously wrestled away from Siphosami Malunga. Mpofu who is Zanu PF secretary for administration and Sikhanyisiwe...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 12:58hrs | 4141 | by Shelton Muchena
University lecturer who led Esidakeni Farm invasion sued for US$340,000
A Zanu-PF-linked university lecturer who invaded a farm part-owned by a prominent human rights lawyer has been sued for loss of potential income to the tune of US$340,000.Dumisani Madzivanyati...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Malunga's lawyers intensify court attle over seized Esidakeni farm
ATTORNEYS representing human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners are intensifying their court battle against Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu over the illegal sei...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:29hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm owners demand compensation
Esidakeni Farm owners are demanding nearly US$340 000 in compensation for the destruction of their crops during the time Dumisani Madzivanyati 'illegally occupied' the farm.Esidakeni, also kno...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:05hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
ESIDAKENI FARM: Obert Mpofu defeats Sipho Malunga in court
Matebeleland North ZANU PF political heavyweight and National Secretary for Administration Dr. Obert Mpofu has floored Sipho Malunga and his partners in the courts of law. George S...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2895 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blow for Esidakeni farm owners
HUMAN rights defender Siphosami Malunga and his farming partners recently suffered a major blow after a Bulawayo High Court dismissed their urgent court application for the eviction of Zanu-PF secreta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:34hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocked from seizing Jonathan Moyo's farm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has suffered a major blow in its retributive bid to seize Jonathan Moyo's Mazowe farm after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the exiled former cabinet...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:27hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu farm grab: Owners chicken out of physical inspection bid
THE owners of Keshelmar Farm, also known as Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, have turned down an offer by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu to conduct a physi...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
George Soros: The man behind the Matabeleland North land fight
George Soros is a renowned businessman who made his money from hedge funds and decided to become a philanthropist sponsoring what he calls democracy projects around the world. His name has bee...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 15:17hrs | 2337 | by Chrispen Khumalo
Obert Mpofu denies blocking access to Esidakeni
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu yesterday challenged the owners of Kershelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, to conduct a physical inspection of the farm as he ref...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Farm workers jobless as Mpofu defies High Court
DOZENS of workers at Esidakeni Farm, located about 67km from Bulawayo, are said to have lost their jobs after Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu defied a court order to vacate the farm....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm saga threatens to unearth can of worms
The ongoing Esidakeni Farm saga has unearthed a can of worms with the potential of turning into a gigantic scandal. Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police t...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 11:00hrs | 3212 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Obert Mpofu turns to armed militia to evict Siphosami Malunga from Esidakeni farm
Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has deployed armed men to evict a prominent human rights activist and his partners from a coveted farm in Nyamandlovu, thumbing his nose at a court ord...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2940 | by Staff reporter
Court kicks out Obert Mpofu from Farm
A court in Bulawayo on Thursday gave Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu 24 hours to vacate a disputed farm in Matabeleland North or be removed by the police.Justice Evangelista K...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:39hrs | 3786 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Bulawayo judge, lawyer
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a probe into Bulawayo High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese and lawyer Josphat Tshuma for alleged misconduct in cases involving land disp...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:43hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer faces arrest for defying Esidakeni Farm eviction order
BUSINESSMAN Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers at Esidakeni Farm owned by Kershelmar Farms Private Limited in Nyamandlovu face possible arrest and detention if they continue to defy a High Court or...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:26hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer faces arrest for defying eviction order
BUSINESSMAN Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers at Esidakeni Farm owned by Kershelmar Farms Private Limited in Nyamandlovu face possible arrest and detention if they continue to defy a High Court or...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 10:01hrs | 1940 | by Staff Reporter
ZPRA children turn heat on Sipho Malunga over Esidakeni farm
The Esidakeni Farm saga has taken a new twist as pressure group calls on Zimbabwe Anti Corruption to investigate High court judge and prominent Bulawayo lawyer. Abantwana bomzabalazo a pressur...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 13:57hrs | 2322 | by Nicholas Ncube
Ex-minister Obert Mpofu dragged to court over Esidakeni Farm invasion
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has been dragged to court after settling himself on a disputed farm in Matabeleland North.The former mines minister, who already has large land...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:08hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu 'invades' Malunga's farm
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu was yesterday accused of invading the hotly contested Esidakeni Farm in Matabeleland North and chasing away workers.Esidakeni Farm in Matabelel...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:18hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Moyo recommended Obert Mpofu to be offered Esidakeni Farm
Minister of State Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Matabeleland North, Richard Moyo, is the one who recommended Zanu-PF secretary for administration Dr Obert Mpofu, as an eligible beneficiary for ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:31hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Madzivanyati defies eviction order, returns to Esidakeni Farm
Bulawayo businessman and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) lecturer, Dumisani Madzivanyati who was evicted from Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu on Tuesday, has reportedly returned in ...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 11:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Dumisani Madzivanyati kick out of Esidakeni
The Deputy Sheriff on Tuesday ended the illegal occupation of Esidakeni Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North, after evicting Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers.Madzivanyati, a lecturer at the...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ESIDAKENI FARM SAGA: Plot against Obert Mpofu exposed
Obert Mpofu is a popular brand in Zimbabwean politics and media. Mpofu is a man who needs no introduction as he is a political heavyweight who has navigated his way through different political landsca...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 09:54hrs | 24 | by Nicholas Ncube
Obert Mpofu offered part of disputed Esidakeni farm
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu was allocated part of a disputed farm in Nyamandlovu where the son of former ZAPU stalwart Sydney Malunga faces eviction, ZimLive has learnt.Si...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Esidakeni Farm rages on
THE fight for control of the hotly contested Keshelmar Farms (Pvt) Ltd, also known as Esidakeni, in Nyamandlovu, rages on after businessman Dumisani Madzivanyati filed an urgent Supreme Court applicat...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm wrangle turns nasty, tomato crops destroyed
KERSHELMAR Farm, commonly known as Esidakeni, should be teeming with ready-to-harvest tomatoes at this time of the year as it is every farmer's wish to take a good crop to market.A gaze throug...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
One Day in 1985
I watched and followed the proceedings at the launch of the CITES Documentary on the abduction of the 11 Silobela men by Government forces on the 1st of January 1985. Dispite the incident having happe...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:06hrs | 7 | by Israel Dube
Lecturer challenges eviction from Esidakeni farm
BULAWAYO businessman and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati yesterday approached the Supreme Court challenging a High Court judgment which ordered his ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Court bars Madzivanyati from interfering at Esidakeni Farm
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an order barring Dumisani Madzivanyati from interfering with operations at Kelshmar Farms in Nyamandlovu.Siphosami Malunga, who is the son of late nationali...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 21:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into Esidakeni
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into farm purchase
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm former owner puts weight behind Malunga
THE former owner of Esikadeni farm, which has been at the centre of an ownership dispute pitting its local shareholders and government, has said he disposed of his stake in the dairy business to three...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm dispute takes new twist
Lawyers representing Dr Gatsha Mazithulela have written to the three "erstwhile" directors of Kershelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, challenging them to disclose the circumstanc...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CIO boss distances self from farm grab, exposes his 'partners'
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director-general Gatsha Mazithulela distanced himself from influencing the seizure of Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited in Matabeleland North throug...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Esidakeni applicants have no legal standing'
GOVERNMENT has said Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa) director Mr Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners, have no legal standing to approach the court claiming ownership of ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm wrangle turns nasty
IN a move which underlines a further deterioration in the rule of law and property rights under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, Esidakeni Farm manager Makhabane Nkomo was on Thursday evenin...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister in fresh farm grab storm
MATABELELAND North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo has been sucked into a fresh farm invasion storm as it emerged he allegedly seized another black-owned farm and parcelled it out to members ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm grab unacceptable, says Mutsvangwa
War veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa has described attempts to grab Esidakeni Farm in Matabeleland North as unacceptable.The farm is co-owned by Siphosami Malunga, director of Open Socie...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NUST lecturer in aggressive new push to grab Esidakeni Farm
A National University of Technology (NUST) lecturer on Thursday night attempted a forcible takeover of a disputed farm which is currently the subject of a court battle.Dumisani Madzivanyati an...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to stop farm seizure
THE secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) last week stormed Siphosami Malunga's Kershelmar Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province in a bid to stop government from seizing it for redist...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Row over farm seizure deepens as owners produce deed of title
HOLDERS of Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Limited - which legally owns Kershelmar Farm currently at the centre of a fierce row between politicians in Matabeleland North province and its lawful property owners...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:32hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Nust director applies genetics to farming
MOST people know him as the director of the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre involved in DNA testing.Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini was among the f...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
