Harare City Council wants to resume the allocation of residential stands starting with 5 000 stands after having suspended the process more than a year ago after most of its top housing officials, including a housing director and two acting housing directors, were arrested and charged over alleged corruption. They are still on suspension. Concerns […]
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The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has said the directive to obtain consent from the District Security Committee (DSC) for an eviction when a court order has been issued, heavily undermines the independence and the effectiveness of the judiciary. The remarks followed president Museveni banning all land evictions in the country without the consent of the […]
Nairobi — The number of women who own land in Kenya remains low, despite constitutional reforms that have granted them equal property rights. John Mwaura, the Chief Executive Officer at Finsco Africa, while admitting that the number of women who buy land and houses risen, he identified a gap in the ratio of buyers between […]
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PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Thursday received a list of names of 453 individuals, who are willingly to be relocated from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). They are members of 86 households among the pastoral communities, who have expressed their intention of moving from the 8,292 square kilometres. Presenting the list to the Premier, Arusha Regional […]
Government has unveiled an e-land information portal as part of easing doing business in Uganda, and taking land services closer to the land owners and users. This is being done to transform the service delivery in the land sector in the country and to enhance service delivery by making it easy for the citizens to […]
THE Ministry of Land and Human Settlement Development has recorded remarkable achievements during the first 12 months of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, among them ensuring that each piece of land in the country is identified, planned, surveyed and owned legally. The move has, thus, ensured improved proper settlement as well as an increase in government […]
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing minister July Moyo has written to local authorities around the country instructing them to stop using land to settle salary arrears for senior managers. In recent years, both urban and rural councils, were parcelling out residential, commercial and industrial stands, particularly to senior managers, in lieu of salaries. […]
Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba The people of Iwhrekan, an oil and gas producing community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, have threatened massive protest over what they termed long years of neglect by oil companies operating in the locality. They said that they have run out of patience and appealed to the […]
The founder of Royal Palm Trust and a female consultant with top real estate firm, Knight Frank, have appeared in court for defrauding home seekers of up to US$90 000. Washington Musiiwa and Uzillah Munyengeterwa, appeared before the Harare Magistrate court answering allegations of fraud. They were remanded on ZW$30 000 bail each. The court […]
Human rights activist 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 secretary for administration Obert Mpofu from Kershelmar Farm, also known as Esidakeni, in Nyamandlovu district. Malunga, Zephaniah Dhlamini and Charles Moyo, who are shareholders of […]
Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority (RLMUA) has allayed fears that land transfer fees could increase and made assurances that the fee could be reduced soon instead. Following the decision to give powers to private notaries to oversee land transactions, the public has been wondering if they will be charged extra fees. “We have been […]
THE Government has identified alternative land to allocate thousands of home-seekers who bought residential stands from Whitecliff Farm owner, the late Mr Edward Pfugari, but were unable to take occupation after the farm was compulsorily acquired under operation Garikayi/Hlalani Kuhle. The Government compulsorily acquired the farm and built more than 300 model houses under operation […]
Namibian Police Chief Inspector Christina van Dunem DaFonsech-Shikongo is embroiled in a dispute with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia over the customary rights to a piece of land worth N$6.8 million situated close to the Omafo township of Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena region. DaFonsech-Shikongo is claiming the land, which measures over 4 hectares, […]
Land prices in Nairobi’s suburbs and towns maintained a mild upward growth in the fourth quarter of 2021 Prices in the suburbs increased by 0.34 per cent over the quarter, while in the satellite towns, growth stood at 1.4 per cent The appreciation was on the back of several factors including the implementation and conclusion […]
Abuja is a Nigerian miracle, Ex-Minister Modibbo reflects on FCT at 46. Abuja was pronounced the new federal capital of Nigeria through a nationwide broadcast by the then Head of State, Murtala Muhammed, on February 3, 1976, while legal backing was given to the declaration on February 5, 1976, through Decree No 6 (now an […]
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has refuted claims that the government is intentionally slowing down the implementation of the second national land conference which was called to find ways to solve Namibia’s land issue. The government was heavily criticised this week after it announced that only 29 of the 167 land conference resolutions were fully implemented […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked United Nations (UN) agencies in Uganda to focus on fighting on environmental degradation which is a big danger to human existence and development in the face of climate change. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked United Nations (UN) agencies in Uganda to focus on fighting on environmental degradation which […]
The state has conceded to receiving an instruction to reverse a case withdrawal affidavit made in the case of land developer Felix Munyaradzi. Munyaradzi who was facing four counts of frauds which were withdrawn by Special Anti-Corruption unit prosecutor Zivanai Macharaga appeared before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere who remanded the matter to Tuesday for ruling. […]