Below is the full state text following President Emmerson Mnangagwa cancelling of former President Robert Mugabe’s cancerous and chaotic land reform program. The development has seen white farmers being treated on equal level with their black counterpart.
The development also follows a ZimEye.com series profiling the business side of Emmerson Mnangagwa which reveals how the new government has implemented a breakthrough farming technology set to bring billions annually to the economy. (click here to read more).
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Government has directed that all remaining white commercial farmers be issued with 99-year leases, a marked policy shift from the previous arrangement where they could only get five-year leases.
The directive is in line with President Mnangagwa’s policy position as enunciated in his inauguration address on November 24 last year when he called for the restoration of confidence in the agriculture sector.
In a recent statement to eight acting provincial resettlement officers, the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement said all remaining white commercial farmers should be issued with 99-year leases with immediate effect.
“Please be informed that the Minister Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement has directed that all remaining white commercial farmers be issued 99-year leases instead of the five-year leases as per the previous arrangement,” reads the statement.
When contacted for comment, Permanent Secretary in the ministry Mr Ringson Chitsiko referred The Herald to the statement.
However, Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) director Mr Ben Giplin said though they haven’t received the official communication yet, they welcome the development.
“We have seen the communication but we are yet to receive any formal communication, but it would be a welcome development. Whilst we are very encouraged, we want to see more clarity on what will happen to those farmers that are still on the farms but had not yet received offer letters because at the moment, there is only a small number that have them. We would also want to know what will happen to those farmers who are still interested to go back to farming,” Mr Giplin.
He said there were approximately 200 white commercial farmers still farming countrywide.
President Mnangagwa has since pronounced that white former commercial farmers willing to come back were free to do so, but had to apply for land like anyone else.
While the new administration has reiterated the need to compensate white former commercial farmers, it has also moved in to enforce a ban on new illegal farm occupations.
“it failed”?
What ‘failed’?
Africans repatriating their African Ancestral Lands from invading white THIEVES IS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
How Africans decide to use their repatriated lands IS NOW UP TO Africans …. same as it was it was up to Africans before the wicked white thieves invaded!
You are correct about one important point: This nonsensical notion that Africans cannot do their own farming is the propaganda of the pale devils and those who mindlessly worship pale devils.
Long before the pale mutants came to be on the planet, Africans USED TO BE COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT!
Had it not been for the evil european invasions and criminal colonization (which obstruct and deferred the destiny of Africans) Africans WOULD HAVE CONTINUED to be Self-sufficient.
And when was it that your ‘democratic countries’ support anyone BUT THEMSELVES?
Who but someone lacking useful brain would think that a planet-wide set of criminals ARE EVER about ‘supporting’ anyone?
Invading, murdering, raping, robbing and criminally colonizing and, LYING & DECEIVING ARE NOT what humans are going to call ‘support’!
Go have the beastly brits ‘compensate’ their THIEVING kith and kin!
Are do you not think that the words of the brits, at their Lancaster House, are worth much?
Those white farmers who want to return and it doesnt mean they taking all the land.No! Indigenous farmers in Zimbawe, mistakenly called black Zimbabweans, can still own the land and be productive. If anyone wants land, apply just like the returning indigenous farmers of European origin, who are mistakenly called white farmers. Gushungo had 14 farms? What can you say about that as you harp about giving land to ‘black farmers’. Imwe ultra-nationalism munozoinyanya.
All the farmers should be given back their Land.All the 4000 white farmers are capable of exporting $5 billion worth of produce given back their Land.
Saurombe has proved he can’t mechanize a farm instead of buying a combine harvester he will marry 5 wives.
I think it is you who needs to get a refund. Because it failed it does not mean we have to give it back to the white farmers. You can correct it by getting black farmers who are good and give them land and teach them. Make sure it is well managed rather than give to war vets and green bombers. This is the reason why it failed and it can be corrected that way rather thinking that it is only the white man who can farm. Not every white man is a successful farmer and the same applies to blacks.
I like to see you so uncomfortable!
You can choose not to compensate the white farmers, if you want to see no support from Democratic countries.
And the stupidity! Look whete all these land grabs and law of indigenization act got us too!
Some advice for you.
Go and demand your school money back. Because you dont understand anything!
While the new administration has reiterated the need to compensate white former commercial farmers, it has also moved in to enforce a ban on new illegal farm occupations.
Every thinking Zimbabwean welcome the end to the years of pure madness that caused so much suffering and hardship all round to please a greedy few! The white farms must seek out those who seized their farms and get compensation from them. The compensation bill must not be added on the over burdened and impoverish povo who gained nothing and suffered a lot from the farm seizures!
Misleading headline. Kkkkkkkkki
Is Mnangagwa Lobengula 2.0?
The ever-deceptive, beastly and bigoted brits ARE THE ONES to compensate their THIEVING kith and kin: That was their Lancaster House agreement!
Compensating the white THIEVES has nothing to do with Africans!
African Ancestral Lands are for African people.
The evil european invaders brought no land with them when the invaded Africans UNPROVOKED!
Any talk of African wealth being used to compensate the white THIEVES is clearly an effort to cuddle criminals.
When we foolishly compensate criminals for their STOLEN LOOT, we are excusing, enabling, empowering and encouraging THIEVERY!
If there is to be compensating of criminals for their seized loot, then the African criminals in Zim prisons SHOULD BE FIRST TO BE COMPENSATED!
After all, why would the lowly Crocodile compensate white THIEVES before compensating African criminals?