US Edition25 Years After Infamous Land Grabs, Zimbabwe Turns a Page
- Thousands of beneficiaries, including Mupambawashe, received land ownership rights from the 2000s Zimbabwe land reform this year.
- The land reform distributed farmland from the previously dominant white minority to black citizens, following decades of post-independence inequalities and agricultural decline.
- Recipients faced early challenges including food shortages, theft of farming equipment, and fragile infrastructure while striving to revive agriculture.
- In April, the government made initial compensation payments to 378 farmers under a scheme supported by a US$3.5 billion fund for farm infrastructure, though legal and negotiation issues remain unresolved.
- The land ownership grant aims to boost national agriculture and economy, yet constitutional challenges and war veterans' opposition signal ongoing tensions over land tenure governance.
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Zimbabwe: Tagwirei-Led Land Tenure Committee a Coterie of Looters
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The ZimbabweanZimbabwe’s farmers push on as land grab compensation flounders
In a field of paprika plants in the heart of Zimbabwe, fourth-generation farmer Daniel Burger and relative newcomer Miriam Mupambawashe discuss the quality of the crop. Burger, 36, and Mupambawashe, 59, are neighbours and partners in efforts to revive the country's once-flourishing agriculture sector cut down by a ruinous land reform drive in the 2000s.
‘Zim could unlock US$9bn from retaken land’ - Zimbabwe Situation
Source: ‘Zim could unlock US$9bn from retaken land’ -Newsday Zimbabwe THE African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) outgoing president Akinwumi Adesina says Zimbabwe could unlock up to US$9 billion from land seized during the 2001 land reform programme — if it had title deeds. The Zimbabwean government undertook the controversial fast-track land reform programme at the turn of the millennium to displace white farmers from their land and redistribute i…
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