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MK Party seeks to extend land restitution cut-off date to April 6, 1652

Member of Parliament Mzwanele Manyi has announced his intention to introduce a Private Member's Bill aimed at overhauling South Africa's land ownership framewor

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:12hrs | | by Frank Talk

Peace be unto our motherland, Zimbabwe!

Sometime in 2018 - it must have been on December 19 - protests broke out in a small town in Sudan, Atbara, which was relatively unknown to the world, after bread prices more than tripled.It was yet another spark in Sudan's combustible poli…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 08:43hrs | | by Bishop

Is Zimbabwe about to create land oligarchs?

The government, through Information minister Jenfran Muswere, has announced a significant shift in land policy, declaring that state land, previously offered to local indigenous people under the "land reform" exercises beginning 1999 is no…

Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 10:06hrs | | by Admire Maparadza Dube

Zimbabwe will not regret taking back land!

ON January 1, 1994, a group of indigenous Mexicans took up arms against their government in what became known as "the struggle of the Zapatistas".While the idea of an armed insurgency was quickly snuffed, the primary goal of the Zapatistas…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 11:19hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino

The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers

The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called 'cronies' persists, despite much evidence to su…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:34hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Africanise the law and land

In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout their lives, like a fish out of water, they str…

Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 18:29hrs | | by Lindiwe Sisulu

On land, Mugabe walked path other African leaders would not

Forget what you may have read in Western press about the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Forget the propaganda and Western hate. Forgive the excesses of his rule â€“ human rights abuse and extremes that could run from Cairo to Tim…

Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by John Kamau

Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly

Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small area produces over 80% of all world food a…

Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Eddie cross

Case against paying compensation to white farmers for land appropriation

OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.We are living in a time when the vestiges of white hegemony and entitlement are, at long last, being challenged almost on a daily basis all over the world. This is as it should be. In the words of Mar…

Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:05hrs | | by Cedric Steele

Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe post-land reform programme: A new picture is emerging

WE have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Modern African Studies "Medium-scale commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe: The experience of A2 resettlement farms".Contrary to assertions that A2 medium-scale farms allocated during the …

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era

The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technology); BA (Hons) History and Development S…

Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | | by Livingstone Kazizi

Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights

IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importance of land as a resource for men and women in Zi…

Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Gaynor G Paradza

There is no true independence without correcting historical colonialism

A comparative review of the wealth among Black Americans and their former slave masters is striking: Primary residence - 73% (Whites); 45% (Blacks); Vehicles - 90% (Whites); 73% (Blacks); Retirement accounts - 60% (Whites); (34%); Family-o…

Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:13hrs | | by Charles M

Has Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch signed a treaty with Zimbabwe?

I READ with great interest a re cent letter to the editor by Ben Freeth in which he raises issue with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the land compensation question and property rights of individuals in Zimbabwe. Freeth represents an …

Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka

UMD supports fair, just land reform programme

The Zimbabwean masses have been unequivocally sold out and abandoned by the Zanu-PF government in their quest to be legitimate owners of pieces of land in their

Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Lovemore Moyo, UMD president

Mnangagwa's govt fails to fill gaps in compensation debate

THERE are issues in the compensation debate to which government has closed its mind and, therefore, has miserably failed to justify the decision. They include government's failure to justify compensation in the first place, except by asser…

Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka

Zim EFF dismayed by Mnangagwa's decision to compensate White farmers

The Zim EFF is dismayed by the government of Zimbabwe's decision to compensate White farmers for the land that was lawfully and rightfully repossessed under the government's land redistribution programme. It is in the view of Zim EFF,&nbsp…

Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Zim EFF Media Relations

Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential

I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe

Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Ben Shepherd

From land-locked to land-linked economy

This week I share my thoughts on changing Zimbabwe from being a land-locked country into a land-linked economy.This subject, among other things, addresses country and regional infrastructural assets and investments, principally in the tran…

Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:06hrs | | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa

Thabo Mbeki's attempt to torpedo a people's agenda

"I am of a nation that would not allow that fear of death, torture, imprisonment, exile or persecution should result in the perpetuation of injustice. "I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of…

Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino

The Zimbabwe land issue won't go away

Fears of a land grab in South Africa have spooked investors. The ailing rand took another tumble when President Trump said his administration was closely watching the proposed seizure of land from white farmers.British Prime Minister There…

Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 18:35hrs | | by ZimVigil

What happened to Mugabe's land reforms?

Zimbabweans will vote in the country's first presidential election since Robert Mugabe stepped down after more than 30 years in office.In the past few decades, the southern African country has gone from being one of the brightest economies…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by BBC

Zimbabwe, the land of thieves

If you are on social media there are a couple of home truths.Munyaradzi Mitchell Gumbo must have a secret degree in gynaecology â€“ we see his posts to that effect once in a while. Prince Noble is a futuristic Socrates whose sound bites ar…

Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:02hrs | | by Robert Mukondiwa

Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

IN his inaugural address the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible. He also made a commitment to compensate farmers who were forced off their land during …

Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:45hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Umthwakazi: Honouring the San (Abathwa) who tamed the land

TODAY'S article is the last in a detour we took to prepare for the continuation of visits to the Ndebele State by London Missionary Society (LMS) Reverend Dr Robert Moffat. His last trip to King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana when the Ndebele were…

Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi

MDC-T tells its supporters to apply for land at government offices

Zimbabwe land reform must be rationalised One of the founding principles of the MDC clearly and unequivocally advocates for holistic and sustainable land redistribution in order to guarantee food security for all Zimbabweans as well as to …

Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 08:57hrs | | by Obert Gutu

MDC-T must resolve its land dilemma

LET us open the Spectrum with something pretty banal: the challenges of Africa's economic backwardness cannot and will not be resolved on the white man's terms. Closer to home, we have determined that land is the economy and the economy is…

Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Mugabe is right about land reform

There's nothing new under the sun. Not even in Zimbabwe. Robin Cook may have cajoled the Commonwealth into joining Britain in admonishing Robert Mugabe's government, but it is doubtful that many members of the Commonwealth share Mr Cook's …

Published: 29 May 2017 at 15:55hrs | | by David Anderson

Land allocation in Matebeleland marginilising locals

Dear Editor, There seems to be an unfair allocation of land in Matebeleland that continues to go on as if it's acceptable and authorized from some powerful offices. We have been watching with keen interest the unfair allocation of land and…

Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 11:38hrs | | by Brian Moyo

What is wrong with Mugabe?

The greediness and corrupt activities by Robert Mugabe and his family have now reached alarming and unacceptable levels.The Mugabe family has become the biggest accumulators, spendthrift and looters of the country's natural resources while…

Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 15:03hrs | | by Jacob Mafume

Land resettlement still unresolved 36 years later

A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is currently touring the country sounding public opinion on the national land resettlement programme which was launched shortly after the attainment of independence in 1980, but much more vigorously in …

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:27hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Land audits a piece meal to agricultural development!

The much hyped farm land audit which is expected to identity and flash-out multiple farm owners should go an extra mile in ensuring that sustainable agricultural production is realised. Agriculture is a key factor in our economy as it has …

Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 14:38hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri

Land baron up for selling owned land

A Land baron from Ntabazinduna has been dragged to court after he sold a land owned by another villager to a home seeker.Isaac Silumbu was not asked to plead to

Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 05:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Zimbabwe is a reminder of how critical for SA to get its land reforms right

On the surface, Alfred Mahlangu and his brothers look like a success story of post-apartheid South Africa. One year after the end of white rule in 1994 he and h

Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Andrew England of the Financial Times

Farmers should not sublet their land to others

The land reform program which brought on board new farmers countrywide has started yielding commendable results with the tobacco and maize farmers mapping the restoration of Zimbabwe as the food basket of SADC. The success story of the lan…

Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 08:53hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani

In Zimbabwe land reform, a golden lining

When Roger Boka started his auction business in the 1990s, this city's tobacco trading floors were hushed places, save the mellifluous patter of the auctioneer.

Published: 21 Jul 2012 at 05:19hrs | | by Lydia Polgreen

Matabeleland - Whose Land is it anyway

Ladies and gentlemen, Bakalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, Vhavenda, nina bakwaXhosa nani maNdebele, I am back again. This week I want to address the issue of our land, the so-called Matabeleland, and Midlands.Ladies and gentlemen, last …

Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 16:36hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel

Mugabe's land myths exposed

Thirteen years ago the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, most urban Zimbabweans and the international media were shrill in their condemnation when peasants and war veterans, soldiers, public servants and elites invaded white-owned…

Published: 23 Apr 2012 at 06:25hrs | | by Mail and Guardian

South Africa, a second Zimbabwe if white business 'does not come around'

This interesting article was extracted from BussinesDay as it it. It goes like, Confederation of Black Business Organisations warns that Zimbabwe's farm invasions started 20 years after independence and with SA just three years away from t…

Published: 18 Jul 2011 at 05:50hrs | | by BusinessDay

White settlers never stole any land from Africans

This interesting article was extracted from timeslive as it it. It goes like, Black Africans never owned any land. Any form of formal ownership is a Western co

Published: 11 Jul 2011 at 13:41hrs | | by Herman Griessel

Robert Mugabe appears to have misled Malema on nationalisation

After a visit to Harare, Zimbabwe in 2010, African National Congress Youth League Leader Julius Malema became even more forthright in his views on nationalisation of mines and land reform campaigns.From then on, his menacing rhetoric on ra…

Published: 24 Jun 2011 at 04:12hrs | | by Munesu Benjamin Shoko

Malema spot on when it comes to land

THERE is no denying that the African National Congress is the vehicle that freed the disenfranchised from the oppressive chains of the apartheid machinery and led them to the promised land.Yes, there were other vehicles that contributed to…

Published: 18 Jun 2011 at 09:07hrs | | by Duma Pewa

Zimbabwe's Land Reform: myths and realities

Zimbabwe's Land Reform: myths and realitiesby Ian Scoones(Weaver Press, R175 )This book by Ian Scoones, Blasio Mavengedze, Jacob Mahenehene, Felix Murimbarimba and Chrispen Sekune gives a fairly objective insight into Zimbabwe's controvers…

Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 19:37hrs | | by Ian Scoones

The Politics of Land and Housing

I have been asked to speak on the politic of land and housing in our cities. I only get these invitations because of the strength of the movement of which I am part and so, on behalf of Abahlali baseMjondolo, I thank the University of Chic…

Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 07:06hrs | | by Sbu Zikode

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Police dismiss claims of prison escape, clarify suspect fled Plumtree Prison

Jonathan Moyo praises Retired General Sibanda for scandal-free 50-year military career

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