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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 | 2570 | by Nicholas Ncube
Obert Mpofu dragged into farm wrangle
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has been dragged into an ownership wrangle of the hotly-contested Keshelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu after it emerged that he has been allocated over 145 h...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:40hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1373 | 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 | 1662 | 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 | 549 | 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 | 2195 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa labels attack on convoy 'primitive'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday labelled an attack on his convoy a day earlier "primitive" as Zanu-PF denied responsibility.Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo p...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:38hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Zanu-PF onslaught
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's ill-fated visit to Masvingo province this week has heightened fears the watershed 2023 harmonised elections could be bloody as Zanu-PF goes for the broke to maint...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:37hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
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 | 998 | by Staff reporter
Company bosses in court over exchange rate
THE director of Consolidated Farming Investments, trading as Farm and City, Tanaka Hofisi, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Courts on allegations of selling products using an exchange rate...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 3764 | by Staff reporter
Company bosses in court over exchange rate
THE director of Consolidated Farming Investments, trading as Farm and City, Tanaka Hofisi, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Courts on allegations of selling products using an exchange rate...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds, drizzle across Zimbabwe
The strong winds and thunderstorms over many areas since Sunday including drizzle and light rain in some areas yesterday arise from a strong high pressure system over Zimbabwe. Meteorological ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Galloway set to make Warriors debut
ENGLAND-based defender Brendan Galloway is set to earn his maiden cap with the Warriors, in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana's Black Stars, at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon....Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 209 | 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 | 954 | 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 | 355 | 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 | 181 | 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 | 547 | 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 | 554 | 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 | 3498 | 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 | 541 | 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 | 1388 | 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 | 1123 | 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 | 2532 | 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 | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm invader's car 'likely smuggled' - report
A National University of Science and Technology (NUST) lecturer accused of trying to grab a Nyamandlovu farm may be driving a stolen car, ZimLive reported.Dumisani Madzivanyathi stormed Esidak...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 09:44hrs | 3869 | 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 | 730 | 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 | 3516 | by Staff reporter
Lands minister distances self from Malunga farm seizure
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has distanced himself from the seizure of a farm belonging to prominent human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners, with his juniors ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 15:26hrs | 3059 | by Staff reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 4500 | 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 | 435 | by Staff reporter
White farmers rent idle A2 farms
MANY resettled farmers on A2 farms in the Matabeleland region have abandoned the land while some have opted to take the illegal route of leasing the land to white farmers or selling it and the forthco...Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 11:08hrs | 5094 | by Staff reporter
17 dairy farms in Matabeleland shut down
A total of about 17 out of 50 dairy farms in Matabeleland reportedly closed since year 2000 due to viability challenges that have also claimed the once famous Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu that at...Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 04:09hrs | 5123 | by Staff Reporter
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