MINISTER of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein has admitted that the current land reform and resettlement programme has not been as effective as intended, because most allocated farms are still unproductive. Schlettwein yesterday during a staff meeting in Windhoek said there is a need to review the programme to ensure it delivers the […]
Tag: Land and Rural Issues
A total of 1,315,890 plots of land from across the country have been temporarily registered to the Government, after their owners failed to meet the December 2021 deadline of registration of all plots of land in the country. Speaking to The New Times, Grace Nishimwe, the Head of Land Administration Department at Rwanda Land Management […]
VICE President Dr. Philip Mpango has tasked the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries to prepare a land use plan for both farmers and pastoralists in an attempt to end land conflicts pitting the two groups against each other. Addressing a meeting bringing extension officers and heads of livestock and fisheries units across the country in […]
A renowned arborist has raised alarm on the cutting of trees, warning that unprecedented deforestation might lead to desertification and loss of habitat for animals in the country. Mr Jeremy Lowney from “Trees 4 Kili” warned here recently that large scale tree cutting could lead to desertification and greatly contribute to global warming. The official […]
Land economists in the country have bemoaned the lack of necessary disciplinary action supposed to be directed to troublemakers in the land industry, and have since issued a warning that they will up their game so that sanity is maintained in the field. In a statement signed by Zechariah Chirambo, Land Economy Chapter chairperson of […]
The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) chairperson Beatrice Byenkya has refuted claims that she was interdicted by Inspectorate of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya, saying she has never received any letter to that effect. Byenkya told the media on Tuesday that these are political battles from powerful individuals who have encroached on public land and now want […]
The recent attempted invasion of Magodo Phase II Shagisha by landgrabbers, who were on a mission of dispossessing some residents of their properties, is a wakeup call on government to enforce laws that protect investors, especially senior citizens. Imagine that you are 80 years old. Your children are all married and have left home. Your […]
MULEBA District Commissioner (DC), Toba Nguvila has issued a 30-day ultimatum to people who invaded blocks in the Kagoma Ranch to vacate them. He told reporters on Monday that the increasing land conflict between farmers and block owners was due to the invaders who also own large numbers of livestock. “I have directed the defense […]
Last week, three governmental and non-governmental institutions, Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, Global Green Growth Institute and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) launched a five year land rehabilitation program. The program mainly aims to rehabilitate affected areas mainly in forest coverage and protecting forest covered areas from further deforestation activities. The program is planned to […]
In part one of a four-part series on gender-based violence and grassroots activism, we look at an anti-GBV community-response team in the small Western Cape town of Klapmuts. It is a tall order for an organisation with no funding to provide protection and safety for female victims of gender-based violence (GBV) 24 hours a day. […]
LAND owners in the country who failed to meet the December 31, 2021 deadline to clear their land rent will be forced to dig deeper into their pocket to pay a penalty of one per cent of every additional month estimated by Valuer’s assessment of the size of the plot. This is according to the […]
MINISTRY of Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development has collected more than 60bn/- in land rent, calling upon land owners who are yet to pay the rent to clear their debts by today to avoid paying additional charges as penalty. According to Land Commissioner, Mathew Nhonge, land rent is being paid once within a respective […]
Our Burning Planet recently exposed how a community of 26,000 people on the western border of the Greater Kruger Conservancy, where the fence has fallen into serious disrepair, faces an eviction order from the government. But why do the authorities want them off the land? Onke Ngcuka unpacks the story in a Q&A with investigative […]
Today, I make a concerted appeal to all citizens of the Western Cape, to ensure that no land invasions attempts are allowed to occur across this Province. This activity hampers progress at the various construction sites where the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS) is attempting to radically improve and change the living conditions […]
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Namibia: Nampower to Light Up Ohangwena
THE Ohangwena region is to benefit from NamPower’s rural electrification project worth N$14 million. The project involves the construction of medium- and low-voltage networks in different areas in the region. Ohangwena Regional Council spokesperson Silas Nepembe says the project involves the construction of 50km of medium-voltage (33kV) overhead lines, 11 medium- to low-voltage transformers, low-voltage […]
SWITZERLAND, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has provided US$1 million to APOPO Mine Action for clearing a dense minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor in Southern Zimbabwe for the next two years. The project, meant for the safe return of land to the local communities is set to save lives and […]
The degradation of wetlands in Nakaseke and Luweero district have continued despite a presidential directive to protect them. The wetlands are water catchment areas for rivers Mayanja, Danze, Lumansi, and the Lugogo drainages. While concerned leaders claim to be sensitising the locals on wetland use, a section of the encroachers say the government approach is […]
The Global Environment Facility Agency has availed US$71 125 176 which will fund land reclamation and reforestation programmes in the country. The programme, dubbed Global Environmental Facility 7th Cycle, Dry Lands Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme (GEF7 DSL IP) will focus on three provinces namely: Manicaland, Masvingo and Midlands Addressing journalists in Bulawayo Friday, Environment, Climate, […]