Embattled former First Lady Grace Mugabe has been dragged to court by a Mazowe gold miner Langton Chapungu who is claiming ownership of Smithfields farm in Mazowe. The property is where Grace’s orphanage is located. Chapungu wants late former President Robert Mugabe’s widow and everyone residing at the farm under her instruction evicted with immediately. […]
Tag: Land and Rural Issues
Westgate residents are worried about continued development on wetlands in their area with building starting on public open spaces. In all development, slices of the land being subdivided into residential land have to be allocated under town planning laws and regulations for public purposes, basically education, health and recreation with most developers allocating wetland and […]
Paynesville — Three civil society organizations, with support from the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, and the government of Norway have launched a simplified customary land formalization guide to educate communities on the processes involved in owning their customary land. Since the passage of the Land Rights Act (LRA), lack of awareness on the […]
In a landmark judgment a South African high court has declared that people living on customary land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, notionally held in trust by the Ingonyama (king) of the Zulu people, are the “true and beneficial owners” of that land. It confirms that the Ingonyama Trust Board is not the real owner […]
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Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe’s sister Shuvai Gumbochuma has dragged to court on allegations of grabbing upmarket residential stands belonging to Rumbidzai Ankomah (nee Muzembi) and Xavier Muzembi with a hand from the former. Gumbochuma is jointly sued with Grace’s relative Farai Mashonganyika. However, Grace Mugabe is implicated of using her powers as the First […]
Late former President Robert Mugabe’s daughter, Bona and her husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni have approached the High Court challenging Statutory Instrument SI 41 2020, which resulted in them losing part of their land. The SI was published in February last year by the Lands Minister announcing new maximum farm sizes allowed by the law in Zimbabwe. […]
The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Winnie Lai- Solarin, has said there are Nigeria has 415 grazing reserves in 21 states, 141 gazetted. However, of these 415 grazing reserves, only two are in the South– one each in Ogun and Oyo; 141 are gazetted, and this 141 […]
The official said the state is determined to transform the grazing reserve as a way of keying into the vision of the National Livestock Transformation Programme of the federal government. The governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, has been commended for working in synergy with the federal government and other relevant agencies to ensure the […]
A 47-year-old widow has been rendered homeless after goons invaded and demolished her home following a land tussle with her husband’s brother-in-law. Rose Rotich, a mother of six from Kipsoen village in Uasin Gishu County, is now crying for justice. She alleges that her husband’s brother-in-law Elias Kiplagat Busienei, acquired the land illegally. She is […]
ABOUT 170 residents in Dodoma Region were yesterday handed over their tittle deeds, breathing a sigh of relief after years of the long wait. The tittles were handed over to landlords of Chinyika and Miganga who live in the city’s outskirts, who however, underscored the need for the government to continue with the important exercise […]
A group of unidentified persons yesterday threatened to attack Asaba and Agbor in Delta State should Governor Ifeanyi Okowa fail to withdraw his support for the ban on open grazing within 72 hours. An unsigned letter containing the threat was pasted at strategic locations in Asaba, including the fence of the Living Faith Church, aka […]
In a ruling that affects five million people in KwaZulu-Natal, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has ruled the Ingonyama Trust’s land leases unlawful. The Zulu King’s trust has been ordered to refund millions it collected on the leases. The court found that the leases were contrary to customary law and undermined the rights to tenure of […]
Swakopmund — Land reform minister Calle Schlettwein said due to many complaints of lack of transparency, the ministry, in collaboration with its stakeholders, is working on an automated selection database to reduce human interference with the land allocation system to build back confidence in the processes. “Through interactions with the governors, I hereby inform you […]
The National Assembly adopted the Special Appropriation Bill and Appropriation Bill during its hybrid plenary sitting on Friday. The Appropriation Bill officially allocates money from the National Revenue Fund (NRF) to provide for requirements of the state for the 2021/22 financial year, as required by Section 213 of the Constitution and section 26 of the […]
Despite the ban on open grazing of cattle by Southern governors, the practice has continued to flourish in the 17 states of the region with stakeholders asking for legal backing for the proscription order. THISDAY’s investigations at the weekend showed that the delay by the governors in enacting laws in their states to legalise the […]
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works successfully concluded the first leg of public hearings on the Expropriation Bill in the Eastern Cape’s Alfred Nzo District where the residents expressed mixed views on the need for the Bill. The committee kick-started the first leg of public hearings on the Bill in the Eastern Cape yesterday, in […]
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested two government officials who pocketed US$3 Million from the sale of 60 residential stands in Sally Mugabe Heights suburb. ZACC spokesperson John Makamure confirmed the arrest saying the two, “Rejoice Pazvakavambwa, aged 46 years, and Lazarus Chimba aged 73 acted in connivance and prejudiced the Ministry of Local […]