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Zimbabwe Moves To Compensate White Farmers Affected By Land Reform

6 months agoMon, 23 Sep 2024 10:47:31 GMT

Zimbabwe Moves To Compensate White Farmers Affected By Land Reform

Zimbabwe will next month begin disbursing funds to compensate white former commercial farmers whose land was expropriated during the Fast-track Land Resettlement Programme at the turn of the millennium.

This announcement was made by Stéphane Rey, the Swiss ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi, during recent celebrations for Switzerland National Day. Said Rey (via NewsDay):

I want to express my appreciation for the bold steps taken, particularly the effective compensation of farmers.

This historic development is not just about financial settlement; it’s about reconciliation and moving forward.
The initial disbursements will start being effective next month. Twenty-seven Swiss farms are directly impacted.
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Seventeen of them have been validated and approved for compensation this week and the remaining 10 will be examined by the end of this week.

The arrears clearance and debt resolution strategy is based on Zimbabwe’s commitment to pay US$3.5 billion to former farm owners, compensating those who lost their farms despite protections under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement. This strategy also includes implementing economic and governance reforms.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed financial tools to help raise the necessary $3.5 billion for compensation, aiming to leverage capital markets and prevent further deterioration of Zimbabwe’s debt situation.

In 2020, Zimbabwe agreed to compensate local white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government from 2000 onwards as part of efforts to resettle black families.

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34 Comments

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Why can't they allow them to come back cz we are suffering a lot ,no food we are scattered all the world ,and we are now a laughing stock.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Once again. All talk. They will pay cents instead of dollars. They have no intention of doing anything that doesn't fill their own pockets. They are probably taking the lions share for "administration" fees. Same comments fill the paper every year. Every year, no results. Why am I surprised?

Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago

Haa chikwereti icho ndicho chatiri kuzobhadhara tisingade tichada because nhanzi no new credit lines unless that compensation is paid. Ini zvangu I say just give them back the farms, most of them are now fallow, zvekuti takavasota hapana zvazvinotipa because at the end of the day our country is still poor and their nations are still rich, so we need to be pragmatic and practical instead of chasing pride that we can't eat. Another thing not every black benefitted so why should we pay for those few who did, they should be the ones to pay, so it's either that or give them the farms back because at the end of the day nothing changes for the majority, in fact the latter option will actually prove to be beneficial in the long for the country than the former option but this is just me thinking out loud and besides our leaders never listen to us anyway so they will pro keep doing all the foolish things they have been doing since 1991

' · 6 months ago

hapasikudiwa pfungwa dzako apa, hanzi varikubhadharwa period! uri ka.**** kemunhu

Z · 6 months ago

@CORRUPT MORE LOTTO NORMALLY AVOID EXPOSING YOUR POLITICAL IGNORANCE IN PUBLIC LIKE THAT. THE REASON FOR ZIMBABWE TO WAGE THE BITTER ARMED STRUGGLE WAS TO REPOSSESE THE LAND, A MISSION THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. IF YOU SAT ON THE FENCE WHILE WE SHARED THE LAND, ITS YOUR FAULT. TO COMPENSATE THE WHITE LAND GRABERS IS AN ACT DONE TO HAVE ZIMBABWE RE ADMITTED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL CLUB SINCE THE CLUB IS IMPERIALIST RUN . THAT CLUB ALSO CONTROLLS HALF OF THE WORLD. WE NEED TO BE FRIENDS TO ALL AND ENEMIES TO NONE. NO MR FARMS WILL NEVER BE RETURNED TO WHITES EVEN IF WE PLANT ONE MEALIE COB PER EACH RAINY SEASON. THE LAND IS OURS AND WILL FOREVER BE OURS. WE KNOW YOU WANTED AS WESTERN PUPPETS TO GIVE BACK THE LAND TO YOUR MASTERS BUT OF COURSE WE SMELT IT AND DENIED YOU SELLOUTS THE POWER TO RULE. NOW THAT THE LAND IS TRULY IN THE HANDS OF THE OWNERS, TRIBUTE MUST BE PAID TO ALL GALLANT SONS WHO SELFLESSLY PAID THE PRIZE WITH THEIR LIVES, ALUTA CONTINUA!!!

Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago

@Z haa tibvire apa, inga wani makadzosa vamwe vacho under the guise of joint ventures, you are failers, and we only know the reason why you did that was because they supported Tsvangirai. Izvo zvemaPuppets only works kuruzeva kunemaDunderheads vamunokwadza nePropaganda. 😂😂Nhanzi political ignorance hayas MaZanu munondipedza zvangu ini, the only one ignorant here is you, the West holds the keys to the world and that isn't going to change anytime soon so it doesn't really matter if love them or not you better not cross them and that is exactly what you did in the noughties so stop dreaming about an Upper Middle Income Economy without their support and besides you are soo incompetent and corrupt that they don't have to do anything you will probably f@uck it up on own.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

As soft as cotton wool listens but you should say it to him in a proper manner not in the media.

Z · 6 months ago

PAYING THIEVES

Anonymous · 6 months ago

The thieves are using our money to pay the farmers for the improvements.

Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago

Funny the pot calling the kettle black, first deal with the real thieves who have destroyed this nation instead of focusing on 'thieves' who actually contributed to the country

SAS OFFICER · 6 months ago

ndipo pakabiwa mari apa

Huruyadzo · 6 months ago

we've been there before.

Mafirakureva🤔🤷‍♂️☝️ · 6 months ago

I fear that only a little portion of that $3,5 Billion will actually go to the farmers and the rest will go where the $15 Billion from the Diamonds went and we all know where that is.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🙆‍♂️

Oncemore · 6 months ago

Disaster,

bhobhojani bhadhiza · 6 months ago

@soldier zvamakarunga munyu muzondo takanyarara wani, mukarungazve munyama yehuku tikasona muromo nhasi tabika nomukaka mavakuda kurungazve. Zvimwe zvinhu tendai maruva mugodya chakata, kukumbira ruregerero hazvirevi kuti ndiwe muparazvongo paripo paunozvininipisa uriwe watadzirwa. Hurumende yaiita chinhu chakanaka chose, umwe ambobvunza kuti ko isu zvavakatora yedu pfuma tichadzoserwa Nani? Ndoona sekuti chirwere chakkabata vamwe vedu chekuti murungu ndiMwari wevatema chinoda kukweshwa neane dombo rineman'aran'azha nokuti kusadaro hachingabvi nokuti chakaisiya mutsemu mumatehenya evamwe vedu seman'a

unknown · 6 months ago

Hopefully some will come back and work the land again so we can have good harvests again. Away with so called black farmers that just sit and admire they land without producing anything.

NHONGO · 6 months ago

African leaders ****ity ..dd you Europeans come to Africa with land in their pants ...RUBBISH .....NXAAA

Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago

Koimi modern knowledge neTechnology yamakasirwa nekupihwa makadzosera hr. The laws and regulations we used are based entirely on what the Rhodesians did, tangaimaita zvenyu mega tozotanga ipapo

🇿🇼APPAH AGLM🇿🇼 · 6 months ago

kunyengerera hr

soldier · 6 months ago

so you agree it was a bad idea to grab farms? First publicly agree and apologise that it was a bad idea.You have realised the repercusions isnt?

Big Dude · 6 months ago

ED and his family must stop displacing black peasants. This wicked family has created enough enemies as it is.

gg · 6 months ago

What about the black farmers/people who were forcibly moved away from their land in the 1890s

chopisa · 6 months ago

sure

Mvurumi · 6 months ago

Yes we want compansation also we lost land cattles grain houses to the white settlers who where planting timber I think government needs to look into it

...,. · 6 months ago

why is it coming from the Swiss, and it sounds like it is only for Swiss commercial farmers? what happened or is happening to the 500 Swiss engineers who were brought in to build the 18 villas for the SADC summit? whether they did their work or not, were the engineers paid so that we do not talk of unpaid Swiss engineers in future

Black Mbazo · 6 months ago

vanoda kuripwa ko ma four fathers edu acha ripwa here

Zeus mfana · 6 months ago

Really

nini · 6 months ago

🤣