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Esidakeni farm dispute spills to Supreme Court
The long-running Esidakeni Farm ownership dispute has taken a fresh turn after four government-allotted beneficiaries filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging a recent High Court decision whi...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 18:00hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally reported for corruption
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, along with senior government ministers, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for all...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 21:30hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks eviction of indigenous Zimbabwe farmers
High Court Justice Regis Dembure has ruled against the eviction of indigenous farmers at Springs Farm in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, condemning the withdrawal of their offer letters by Land ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:53hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Maminza kicked off Esidakeni farm
The government's seizure of Esidakeni farm in Matabeleland North was unlawful, the High Court in Bulawayo has ruled.Offer letters for sections of the farm given to Zanu-PF secretary Obert Mpof...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:45hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm case struck off the roll
The Esidakeni Farm case involving Siphosami Malunga, Zephania Dlamini, Charles Moyo, and the State has been struck off the roll by High Court Judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu, who noted that the case file...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Siphosami Malunga and partners are in legal occupation of Esidakeni Farm rules the High Court
The High Court of Bulawayo has freed three directors of Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited from criminal charges of unlawful occupation of Esidakeni farm.The wrangle for the farm has been ongo...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni challenge 'not abandoned'
A court application challenging the government's planned seizure of Esidakeni Estate, a coveted former dairy farm in Matabeleland North, is still pending before the courts and has not been "abandoned"...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni gazetting application abandoned
A High Court application by Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini and his business partners Siphosami Malunga, Charles Moyo and Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Ltd in which they were seeking nullification of the gazetting of ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sipho Malunga and partners continue to fight 'unjust' prosecution
The lawyer representing the three Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited directors has moved to try and halt the trial in which the latter are being accused of illegally occupying Esidakeni Farm in Nyaman...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malunga and his two business partners granted stay of criminal proceedings
THE High Court has suspended criminal proceedings against human rights lawyer, Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners Zephaniah Dhlamini and Charles Moyo, who are facing charges of illegal oc...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm court application challenged
LANDS, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka is challenging a court application by Zephaniah Dhlamini and his business partners Siphosami Malunga, Charles Moyo an...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malunga trial kicks off under protest
THE trial of human rights lawyer, Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners Zephaniah Dhlamini and Charles Moyo on charges of illegal occupation of Umguzana Farm popularly known as Esidakeni, ha...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm invader ordered to pay US$340,000 to Malunga and partners
THE Bulawayo High Court has ordered Zanu-PF linked Bulawayo businessman Dumisani Madzivanyathi to pay US$340,000 to Esidakeni farm owners in Nyamandlovu in Matebeleland North.Madzivanyathi and...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Reza takes over Malunga prosecution as farm battle rages
Deputy Prosecutor General Michael Reza left his station in Harare on Friday to personally take charge of the prosecution of rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and two business partners who are charged wi...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu accused of stealing produce at Esidakeni farm?
THE owners of Esidakeni farm in Matebeleland North have accused Zanu-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, of stealing farm produce at the disputed property.Mpofu allegedly stormed the...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Obert Mpofu can't be evicted'
LAWYERS representing Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu have claimed that their client cannot be evicted from Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, because he was n...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Esidakeni persecutions counterproductive'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has described the continuing wrangle around the ownership of Esidakeni farm as counter revolutionary.The wrangle is between Kershelmar Farms Private Limited (the...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni directors sound alarm over Obert Mpofu attacks
Directors of a productive Nyamandlovu farm at the centre of a fierce ownership row with Obert Mpofu have raised alarm over continued acts of intimidation by the Zanu-PF secretary of administration...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court kicks out Obert Mpofu from the farm
ESIDAKENI Farm directors were on Monday granted $10 000 bail each when they appeared before a Tsholotsho magistrate facing charges of unlawful occupation of the property.The three co-directors...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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: 17 Aug 2022 at 17:56hrs | 9 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malunga and Esidakeni partners face arrest
Police are preparing criminal charges against prominent rights advocate Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners in an escalation of a fight over a coveted Matabeleland North farm.Polic...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:08hrs | 1 | 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 | 15 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 3 | 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 | | 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 | 14 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court withholds judgement in Obert Mpofu appeal over Esidakeni eviction
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgement in an appeal brought by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and his wife, Sikhanyisiwe, challenging their eviction from a farm they occupi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 7 | 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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 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 | | 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 | 3 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga and Sipho Malunga bring bad omens to Zanu-PF!
There are some behaviours, which the wisest among the Bantu call bad omens. These are signs, real or imagined, of ill fortune or catastrophe in the future.When we were children, and my f...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:58hrs | 14 | by Ken Mufuka
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 | 15 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 14 | by Nicholas Ncube
Esidakeni saga: 2 judges recuse themselves
TWO Bulawayo High Court judges Justices Nokuthula Moyo and Christopher Dube Banda have recused themselves in a case where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has been dragged to court ove...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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 | 12 | 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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
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