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Land barons in court for US$419 500 fraud

Two suspected land barons, Lillian Chitanga and Spencer Maibeka, directors of Brickstone Builders and Contractors (Pvt) Limited, appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of defrauding 16 prospective home seekers of US$419 500 through…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:53hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Land barons challenge contempt charges

Suspected land barons Rodgers Pote and Trymore Arineshito, facing charges of contempt of court for carrying out unauthorised development on an illegal settlement, have applied for discharge at the close of the State's case.Harare magistrat…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:16hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter

Chief threatens to strip village head over land wrangle

Newly appointed Chief Nyamandi, Togara Masunda, last week expressed anger at one of his village heads, Taiva Manjova, and threatened to strip him of his position for refusing to allocate land to a man born and raised in the village.The dis…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 12:49hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter

Mwaruwari urges ZIFA to prioritise junior national teams

Former Warriors captain has called on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to place greater emphasis on junior national teams, highlighting their importance as the foundation for future senior squads. The former player expressed concer…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa lauds Zimbabwe's agricultural transformation

Zimbabwe's agricultural sector has earned high praise from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who said his country could learn valuable lessons from the nation's advances. President Ramaphosa visited Zimbabwe to officially open the 1…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:31hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's land and irrigation push sparks legal and corruption concerns

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday handed out "title deeds" to 10,000 A1 farmers and launched a US$2 billion irrigation programme, promising to transform small-scale farming into a climate-resilient, year-round enterprise.At Craigengow…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:02hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter

Mutingwende linked to major land fraud

Aspire Mutingwende, chairperson of the Children of War Veterans and Heroes Dependants Forum, has been implicated in a high-profile land fraud case in Harare.According to Windmill (Private) Limited, Mutingwende, Taremedzwa Kapungu, and thei…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 21:11hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter

FRAUD ALERT: Windmill warns public against illegal land sales

Windmill (Private) Limited has issued a stern warning to the public over fraudulent land sales involving its property, Lot FA Kinvara, measuring 65.2436 hectares, which is being illegally marketed as "Tsikwi Phase 1 (Westgate Extension)."T…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

2 killed, 10 injured in Honda Fit accident

Two people died and 10 others were injured on Thursday evening after a Honda Fit carrying 11 passengers overturned along the Nyangaâ€“Rwenya Road.Police said the accident occurred around 5pm near the 48-kilometre peg when the vehicle veere…

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter

AFM pastor in land ownership dispute

Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church advisory board chairperson and pastor, Titus Murefu, is facing accusations of harassing former farm workers by cutting off their water supplies despite allegedly failing to pay the full purchase price o…

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of grabbing airport land

The ruling Zanu-PF party and senior government officials are allegedly selling land earmarked for the expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to unsuspecting individuals.Presidential Affairs and Devolution secretary Ta…

Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 09:10hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter

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 framework to address historical injustices and structural inequalities. The proposed Co…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 11:12hrs | 100 | by Frank Talk

Fresh land invasions rock Zvimba farm

A fresh wave of land invasions has hit Warwick Farm, a once-thriving agricultural estate on the shores of Lake Chivero in Zvimba district, with politically connected land barons accused of pegging and selling residential stands to desperat…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:06hrs | 155 | by Staff rporter

Marondera council in shady land grab

A prime 468-hectare farm on the outskirts of Marondera has become the center of a bitter dispute after top municipal officials allegedly seized the property without following due process, armed with a forged offer letter purportedly signed…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:05hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

Top banker exposed in land deal

A senior official at FBC Bank, Rena Kunonga Sambaza, is currently embroiled in a legal dispute involving allegations of fraud related to the acquisition and subsequent exchange of a residential stand in Harare's upscale Strathaven suburb.A…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:19hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter

ConCourt halts state seizures of peri-urban land without compensation

In a watershed decision with major implications for property rights and urban development, Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has ruled that the government cannot compulsorily acquire peri-urban land under its land reform programme without pa…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 20:43hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter

AG flags legal risks in Trabablas interchange land acquisition

The Auditor-General has raised alarm over procedural lapses by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development in the acquisition of land for the recently completed US$114 million Trabablas Interchange project, warning that failu…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter

Land dispute turns ugly as war vets clash over control

A bitter feud has erupted within the Zvimba East Veterans Investment Company (Zevic), pitting two rival factions of liberation war veterans against each other in a chaotic battle over control of prime land earmarked for residential develop…

Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:24hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter

Land barons continue to wreak havoc in Harare

Harare City Council has raised alarm over the illegal occupation of more than 140 sites across the capital by land barons, with city officials turning to the courts in a bid to halt the unregulated developments threatening urban planning a…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:09hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter

Land barons uses 'lawfare' against City of Harare

More than 144 sites in Harare have been illegally occupied by land barons, forcing the city council to seek recourse through the courts, Parliament heard on Monday.The capital has witnessed a surge in illegal buildings, many erected on wet…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 19:08hrs | 190 | by STaff reporter

Court ruling reopens Norton land dispute

A protracted legal battle over land rights in Norton has been reignited after the High Court ordered the reinstatement of a previously dismissed case between two rival property development companies locked in a bitter dispute over the lucr…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:40hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

MP embroiled in Chitungwiza land dispute

A resident of Manyame Park, Loverjoy Chogugudza, has lodged a formal complaint with the Municipality of Chitungwiza accusing St Mary's Member of Parliament Brighton Mazhindu of corruption, abuse of office, misrepresentation, threats, and v…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:31hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter

AFM pastor in US$158K fraud storm

A reverend from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church and his wife appeared in court yesterday on allegations of defrauding a private school operator of US$158,000 in a failed rent-to-buy property deal.The couple, Titus Murefu (59) and …

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:27hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa unveils new land policies and service standards

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the Minimum Service Delivery Standards Framework and the Urban State Land Management Policy, ushering in what government officials have called a new era in land administration and public…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:23hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter

High Court orders Leengate to vacate Rainham land

The High Court has ordered Leengate (Private) Limited, a local property developer, to vacate land at Rainham Farm within 30 days after it was found to have illegally encroached on land owned by Mitchell Corporation (Private) Limited.The ru…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:20hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter

ZACC arrests opposition MP for 'illegal' land occupation

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Patrick Sagandira, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Makoni Central, on allegations of unlawfully occupying and developing State land.Sagandira, who…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:47hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter

Land dispute and murder allegations stir tensions at Dandrennam farm

A storm is brewing at Dandrennam Farm in Lions Den, Mashonaland West Province, as a long-standing land dispute intensifies amid revived murder accusations and alleged political interference. The 578.54-hectare farm, strategically nestled b…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:39hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa under fire over controversial land to Rautenbach

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing mounting criticism after it emerged that his close business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, is receiving over 1,000 hectares of productive farmland as compensation for a property he never…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter

Land wrangle victim still in mortuary 4 years on

Four years after the alleged assault and killing of Headman Taurayi Lovemore Takawira, his body remains in the mortuary at Masvingo Provincial Hospital, as the murder case involving Chief Fortune Charumbira's bodyguards remains unresolved.…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:48hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter

Harare Council risks land loss over Chiyangwa compensation directive

The Harare City Council faces potential financial losses running into thousands of dollars if it complies with a government directive to compensate Pinnacle Holdings with several tracts of land - a move that has triggered outrage among cou…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:25hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe returns 418 hectares to PPC after 12-year wait

The Zimbabwean government has returned 418 hectares of land to cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe Limited, more than a decade after seizing the property, in a move valued at a nominal R37 million (US$2,09 million).The land, originally exprop…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter

Outrage over multi-million-dollar land transfer deal to Chiyangwa

A controversial land compensation deal between the Government of Zimbabwe and businessman-cum-politician Philip Chiyangwa has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over how state land is being allocated, amid mounting concerns over t…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter

Town Council cracks down on land hoarding

Rusape Town Council has passed a bold resolution aimed at curbing land hoarding by requiring both residential and commercial landowners to develop their stands within 12 months or risk repossession.The resolution was adopted during a full …

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:19hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter

Land bonanza for Zimbabwe civil servants, war veterans

Civil servants and war veterans are set to benefit from heavily discounted land purchases under a bold new government land distribution initiative aimed at empowering citizens and recognising the contributions of key national groups.The pr…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 13:36hrs | 4531 | by Staff reporter

Prophet Freddy no-show continues to stall land dispute trial

The long-running legal battle between popular preacher Tapiwa Freddy and property developer Kudakwashe Taruberekera has once again failed to proceed, as Freddy and key witnesses were absent from court on Monday, prompting yet another postp…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:48hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt wins Trabablas land dispute

The High Court has ruled in favour of the State in a high-profile land dispute, reaffirming the legal precedence of public infrastructure development over individual property claims when fair compensation has been rendered.The case involve…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter

Honeymoon over for land barons

The Zimbabwean government has announced a new offensive against land and space barons who have been illegally allocating State land in urban and peri-urban areas, following the unveiling of a comprehensive policy aimed at ending decades of…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:00hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo fails to avail land for development

Bulawayo City Council is facing a deepening housing crisis after failing for more than a year to secure contractors to develop new housing stands in the city. Despite multiple attempts and repeated advertisements calling for Expressions of…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:17hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover

Tensions are mounting in the Malipati area of Chiredzi as a land dispute involving local villagers, their headman, and outside investors threatens to destabilise the community. Several villagers have been summoned by local traditional auth…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:10hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter

ZACC launches awareness campaign against illegal land dealings

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched a provincial awareness campaign targeting illegal land dealings in Mashonaland East Province, as part of its broader strategy to clamp down on land-related corruption across the c…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:41hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter

Zacc cracks down on rampant land grabs

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has raised alarm over the persistent and unlawful takeover of State and communal land by powerful land barons, despite repeated government warnings against the practice.Zacc this week launched…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter

Man seizes cop's gun during land dispute

A Ruwa man appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday facing charges of public violence following a chaotic land dispute at Cloverdale Farm earlier this month.The accused, Garikai Chirambadare, was brought before provincial m…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe could unlock US$9bn from retaken land'

The outgoing president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed that Zimbabwe could unlock up to US$9 billion from land seized during the 2001 fast-track land reform programme, provided that formal title deeds…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:24hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter

Harare City Council remains silent on Donnybrook land dispute

A bitter land ownership dispute between two developers, Shelter Zimbabwe and Highserv Payscheme, has thrown residents of the Donnybrook-Chizhanje area in Mabvuku into turmoil, with the Harare City Council's continued silence leaving many f…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:13hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter

Only 10,85% of Zimbabwe's arable land under irrigation

Only 10.85% of Zimbabwe's two million hectares of irrigable land is currently under irrigation, a shortfall that continues to limit the country's food security and grain export potential, Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, W…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:29hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter

Eswatini want its land from South Africa

The King of Eswatini, Mswati III, has revived his kingdom's longstanding territorial claims against South Africa by appointing a new Border Restoration Committee (BRC), tasked with negotiating the return of land stolen during the colonial …

Published: 21 May 2025 at 16:10hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter

Daylight machete attack chilling details heard in court

A Bulawayo woman, Mrs. Samukelisiwe Chieza, suffered serious head injuries after she and four young church members were violently robbed by a notorious machete-wielding gang operating in parts of the city.The attack occurred in broad dayli…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:34hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter

Illegal miners threaten Gwanda State University's land

The Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education has expressed serious concerns over the illegal occupation of Gwanda State University's land by unauthorized miners. The committee's worries emerged following a recent visit to the i…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter

Land earmarked for public schools sold to land barons

Residents of Eastview and Caledonia in Harare have called for an urgent investigation into the alleged illegal sale of State land, initially earmarked for the construction of a public school, to a private developer.In a formal complaint ad…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 18:29hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa dragged into messy, illegal takeover of Arlington Estate

Barely a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over 480 hectares of Arlington Estate to PPC Zimbabwe, a storm is brewing over the land's true ownership, with fresh court documents revealing that it has belonged to the Nyikavanhu …

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 12:18hrs | 4027 | by Staff reporter

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