The Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed reports in some sections of the media that ZDF commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, invaded Goede Hoop Farm in Mazowe. In a statement yesterday, ZDF director public relations Colonel Teddy Ndlovu said the farm in question had not been allocated to General Sibanda, who had never visited the farm. […]
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Kenya: Another Death At NLC
Mr Antipas Nyanjwa, the National Lands Commission (NLC) Deputy Director of Investigations who collapsed and died on Monday, had reportedly told his friends and colleagues that he was fearing for his life. The forensic handwriting and document expert was having lunch at Soiree Gardens Restaurant along Ngong Road, Nairobi, before he suddenly developed breathing difficulties […]
In Kenya, residents of a women-only village established in 1990 were finally granted ownership of their tract of land this month. In Tanzania, the government affirmed its commitment to promoting equality in access, ownership and use of land, noting that women’s economic development is pre-requisitely determined by how easily women can access land. These recent […]
Conrad Mupesa — The Government will acquire 10 000 hectares of land for urban housing development between now and 2025 to address the housing backlog, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Monitoring Implementation of Government Programmes, Dr Joram Gumbo has said. He said this yesterday after touring Karoi Town Council socio-economic development projects aimed […]
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will on Thursday start a four-day public consultation programme in Mpumalanga to gather public input on the Expropriation Bill. The purpose of the Expropriation Bill is to repeal the existing Expropriation Act of 1975, in order to provide a common framework, in line with the Constitution, to […]
A Zimbabwe without land doesn’t exist. Land defines who we are as Zimbabweans. Throughout Zimbabwe’s history, land has been at the heart of the conflict between settlers and indigenous populations. When Zimbabwe was annexed by British colonialists in the 1880s, the development of the colony became tied to settler colonialism, mineral exploitation, ranching and the […]
MDC-T MPs Thursday took to task Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka on why the government’s land distribution exercise remained partisan leaving out MDC members, especially MPs. The minister was grilled by the MPs when he was appearing before parliament’s portfolio on agriculture. The MPs felt it was improper for government to distribute land only to Zanu […]
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Zimbabwe: Govt Issues 400 99-Year Leases
Government has so far issued at least 400 farmers with 99-year leases out of a potential of 18 000 potential ones requiring the document, legislators have heard this afternoon. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka said they are determined to accelerate issuance of 99-year leases and it was up […]
Augur Investments through its chief operations officer Tatiana Aleshina has implicated President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the land dispute in which the City of Harare entered into agreement with the company. In a sworn affidavit before the High Court in response to Harare North legislator Norman Markham, Savings Scheme and Jacob Pikicha High Court application (case […]
A SENIOR police officer has been accused of conniving with a high ranking army officer to block the latter’s eviction from some business premises in Murombedzi. For demanding his dues and instituting the eviction measures, property owner, Lucky Timothy Mubaiwa (63) also claims he has been subjected to arbitrary arrests often on trumped-up charges at […]
AUGUR Investments, owned by controversial land developer Kern Sharpe, has been caught up in another land scandal involving 239 3923 hectares worth US$$45 428 910. The matter has spilled into the courts where an organisation representing the homeless is demanding that the land be given to desperate home seekers. It has been argued that the […]
OHANGWENA governor Walde Ndevashiya has urged members of the San community to do away with the culture of depending on others for assistance and aid. Ndevashiya said this at the official handover of 10 shacks to 17 families at Onakalunga village in the Omundaungilo constituency of the Ohangwena region. The shacks built by Ombaye Fishing […]
FIRST Vice-President Othman Masoud Othman has advised the Zanzibar Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) to conduct a study on the possibility of applying land reclamation in the isles so that there could be more land for various activities. He told ZEMA officials during his tour to their office that shortage of land and the ongoing soil […]
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has been granted access to the land on the wayleave of the Nairobi Expressway. This was confirmed by Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia when he inspected the construction of the 27.1-kilometre highway yesterday. The elevated road starts in Mlolongo, traverse Uhuru Highway and ends at the James Gichuru […]
A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin yesterday restrained the state government from taking over ‘Ile-Arugbo’, the three plots of land and property belonging to late Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Justice A.O Akinpelu gave the interim order in suit No: KWS/112/2021 filed by Asa Investment and one other against the state Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, Kwara State […]
Citizens and members of the civil society have welcomed government decision to suspend the increase of land taxes (immovable property), and have called for deeper consultations between the relevant authorities and communities as officials assess the next step. Land taxes had last year been increased in various categories depending on the location and usage, where […]
MDC Alliance has called for the arrest of Local Government minister, July Moyo over alleged corruption and flouting tender procedures at the expense of the taxpayers. This follows reports linking Moyo to the corrupt awarding of a US$9.3 million contract to supply water to the City of Harare without going to tender. Moyo is said […]
Auditor General John Muwanga has queried the whereabouts of land titles worth Shs91.8b which cannot be accounted for by the Uganda Railway Corporation (URC). In a report tabled on the floor of Parliament yesterday, the Auditor General stated that as a result of the lack of land titles, individuals and institutions have encroached on it […]