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ZESA Holdings recently paid over US$19 000 to a teenager who was severely injured after he came into contact with exposed live cables that the power utility had failed to secure or remove.
Denzel Maulani (13) was injured by an electric shock after coming into contact with exposed live cables in Penhalonga.
He was represented by Messers Kevin Kabaya and Tatenda Sigauke from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
The matter was set to appear before the Mutare High Court, but both parties opted for an out-of-court settlement.
ZESA undertook to fork out an equivalent of US$19 000 in Zimbabwe dollars to the teenager’s family.
Denzel’s mother Suwonani Mushanya, told <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/zesa-compensates-electrocuted-teen-with-us19-000/">The Manica Post</a> that her son was nine-years-old when the accident occurred.
He battled for his life for two months while admitted at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital.
Denzel was playing on a tree when he accidentally came into contact with the exposed electricity cable as he climbed down the tree.
As a result of the electric shock, he lost the function of his right hand and also suffered injuries on both feet. His mother said:
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We are grateful that ZESA Holdings owned up to their mistake and compensated us. With the money, we can now buy comfortable shoes for him as he no longer wears ordinary shoes due to the injuries he sustained.
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In a statement released recently, ZLHR said Denzel sustained severe electrical burns due to gross negligence by ZESA. It said:
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The 13-year-old minor was left nursing extensive injuries on his right upper limbs, including permanent and irreversible injuries which he suffered due to electrocution in April 2019. Medical doctors estimated his impairment percentage at 20 percent.
The minor was electrocuted by exposed electricity cables which were left hanging dangerously low and within reach of people at his parent’s residence in Penhalonga.
</blockquote>
The lawyers said ZESA’s power distribution unit, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), through its insurers, Cell Insurance, shared proof of payment with them. Read the statement:
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The proof showed that ZETDC had deposited ZWL$92 679 793, which is equivalent to US$19 658, into the bank account of the minor’s parents after it accepted the child’s claim and liability for the damages that he suffered from the electrocution.
</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/11/18/president-mnangagwa-reverses-the-appointment-of-general-valerio-sibanda-to-zanu-pf-politburo/">Pindula News</a>

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Electrocuted Teen Receives US$19 000 Compensation From ZESA

White farmers who lost their land during Zimbabwe’s chaotic land redistribution exercise have made some changes to the government’s proposal of paying the US$3.5 billion compensation through a 10-year commercial paper.
The former farmers rejected the proposal and have made some changes to suit the age profile of the supposed beneficiaries.
Speaking to <a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/ex-farmers-turn-heat-on-govt/">Business Times</a> on Wednesday, Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president Andrew Pascoe said they are currently engaging members to get their views on the Government proposal. Said Pascoe:
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We made some new changes to the government’s proposed deal and currently, we are carrying out surveys with our members to see if they agree to the new proposals.
</blockquote>
In 2020, the Government pledged to compensate the former farm owners in phases.
The first installment of US$1.75 billion was supposed to be paid in 2021 and the balance was to be paid in four equal installments of US$437.5 million per year.
The Government failed to fulfill the promise to the formers farmers and has shifted goalposts on several occasions.
Moreover, critics argue that the compensation does not go far enough to address the harm caused by the land reform programme.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

White Former Farmers Scrutinize Compensation Deal

Zimbabwean white former farmers have rejected the Government’s new compensation proposal of paying in government securities over a 10–year period.
When the agreement was signed in 2020, the government initially wanted to offer payment terms of 20 years but has since decided to expedite the process.
A source privy to the information told <a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/ex-farmers-reject-govt-deal/">Business Times</a> that the former farm owners want urgent cash payment as most of them are now in their 80s. Said the source:
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Ex-farmers have rejected the Treasury Bonds as they need cash payments with much shorter periods which allow them time to plan with their money due to their age profiles which are between the 80s and 90s.
For that reason, they are not taking any deal which does not include cash in the shortest possible time.
</blockquote>
In February this year, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, said the compensation will be financed through a Treasury bond, which will have prescribed-asset status and not be liable to any form of taxation as a way to entice investors.
He said farmers will hold a referendum on the matter soon and the bond will be issued once outstanding details are finalised.
Finance and Economic Development deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa told <a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/ex-farmers-reject-govt-deal/">Business Times</a> that engagements between the parties are continuing. He said:
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At the moment, I am not aware of this position but what I know is that there were some engagements this week and an agreed position will be reached soon as both parties continue to engage to find common ground for compensation to take place.
</blockquote>
Business Times said they could not get a comment from Commercial Farmers Union president Andrew Pascoe as his mobile number went unanswered.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Former Commercial Farmers Reject Revised Govt Deal

Zimbabwean white farmers whose land was expropriated without compensation by the government at the turn of the Millenium say if they reject the new compensation deals, they may lose the little they have been getting.
In 2020, the government signed an agreement with the former farmers where it undertook to pay US$3.5 as compensation over a 20-year period for improvements that were done on the farms.
The government recently offered to settle the US$3.5 billion land compensation deal with white former farmers over 10 years instead of 20 years.
Since the signing of the original deal, the government has repeatedly missed repayment deadlines.
According to <a href="https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/white-zimbabwe-farmers-reject-3-5-billion-dollar-deal/">SABC News</a>, the chairperson of the Southern African Agriculture Initiative, Theo De Jager said what they have been getting from the Zimbabwean government is not enough and they will lose the little they have been getting if they reject the deals. He said:
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There is nothing to hide here, for the farmers, they want to put their case when this global compensation deed was signed one of the issues was a few hundred farmers destitute and we have nothing and they don’t know how they will afford their medical bills at the end of the month.
The Zimbabwean government gave us a few dollars each month but it’s not enough and we never know when they will pay us, and if we don’t accept their new deals, the government would stop paying us.
</blockquote>
The legal representative of the Zimbabwean farmers, Willie Spies said they want fair compensation and will seek recourse at South African courts. Said Spies:
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We decided to carry on with an edict claim against the SA government on behalf of the farmers we represent, in the first half of 2019.
We issued 56 summons against the SA government and President Cyril Ramaphosa for a …. claim for the damages suffered by Zimbabwean farmers as a result of the deprivation of their rights, the ConCourt is currently tasked with this matter.
</blockquote>
The farmers argue that their land claim is worth more than US$10 billion.
More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

White Former Farmers Reject US$3.5 Billion Compensation Deal

The Government has offered to settle a US$3.5 billion land compensation deal with white former farmers over 10 years.
When the agreement was signed in 2020, the government initially wanted to offer payment terms of 20 years but has since decided to expedite the process, reported <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-23/zimbabwe-offers-new-terms-for-3-5-billion-white-farmer-deal#xj4y7vzkg">Bloomberg</a>.
Since the signing of the deal, the government has repeatedly missed repayment deadlines.
Addressing reporters on Thursday on the sidelines of a meeting in the capital, Harare, to discuss the country’s debt, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, said:
<blockquote>
We are moving toward the quick payment of former farm owners as most of them are not young. We are now front-loading the payments.
</blockquote>
Ncube said the compensation will be financed through a Treasury bond, which will have prescribed-asset status and not be liable to any form of taxation as a way to entice investors.
He said farmers will hold a referendum on the matter soon and the bond will be issued once outstanding details are finalised.

Govt Offers New Terms For US$3.5 Billion Deal With White Former Farmers

The Government has offered to settle a US$3.5 billion land compensation deal with white former farmers over 10 years.
When the agreement was signed in 2020, the government initially wanted to offer payment terms of 20 years but has since decided to expedite the process, reported <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-23/zimbabwe-offers-new-terms-for-3-5-billion-white-farmer-deal#xj4y7vzkg">Bloomberg</a>.
Since the signing of the deal, the government has repeatedly missed repayment deadlines.
Addressing reporters on Thursday on the sidelines of a meeting in the capital, Harare, to discuss the country’s debt, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, said:
<blockquote>
We are moving toward the quick payment of former farm owners as most of them are not young. We are now front-loading the payments.
</blockquote>
Ncube said the compensation will be financed through a Treasury bond, which will have prescribed-asset status and not be liable to any form of taxation as a way to entice investors.
He said farmers will hold a referendum on the matter soon and the bond will be issued once outstanding details are finalised.

The family of a Bulawayo man who was shot dead by a senior police officer on 01 January 2007 has revived its quest for justice.
The victim, Artwell Magagada, was employed as a cashier at Chicken Inn along Leopold Takawira Avenue and had just knocked off from work on the day he was shot by Superintendent Milos Moyo.
Superintendent Moyo, then the officer commanding police camps in Bulawayo and stationed at ZRP Stops Camp, was charged with culpable homicide following the fatal shooting.
His trial started three years later in 2010. He pleaded not guilty to the murder of Artwell before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi.
Artwell’s brother, Charles Magagada on Wednesday told Sunday <a href="https://newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local-news/article/200007335/police-shooting-victims-family-seeks-justice">Southern Eye</a> that the family was not happy with the way his brother’s case was handled by authorities. He said:
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He was tragically shot dead and we received no apology from the accused, who was even found guilty by our courts.
To add salt to the wound, the top cop was fined US$500 sometime in 2010 and we got nothing.
While we believe he had no intention to kill my brother, just a word of apology could have gone a long way in appeasing us but absolutely no apology came.
Secondly, we thought government, since he’s their employee who caused the death of our departed brother, would institute some compensation, but there was no concern on their part.
As a family, we want justice for our brother.
</blockquote>
Prosecutors said on 1 January 2007, Supt Moyo discharged his service firearm at a crowd of revellers who were celebrating New Year’s Day at Chicken Inn.
One of the bullets from Moyo’s Smith and Wesson CZ pistol allegedly hit Magagada in the head.
Magagada died after spending four days on a life support system at Mater Dei Hospital, with the bullet still lodged in his head.
In his defence, Moyo, who was represented by Tanaka Muganyi, denied the possibility of his gunshots having injured Artwell.
He claimed that the deceased was not in his line of fire, adding that his gunshots were aimed at the wheels of a South African Isuzu truck.
Moyo alleged that he observed the driver of the truck pulling out a black pistol and cocking it.
In 2008, the Magagada family with the help of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights sued then Home Affairs minister Kembo Mohadi and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri over Artwell’s death.
The Magagada family was demanding ZWL$$20 billion in damages, but the case collapsed.

Family Of Chicken Inn Cashier Shot Dead By Top Cop Seeks Justice

Human rights lawyers have filed an application at the Harare High Court seeking an order to get Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to be jailed 30 days for willfully reneging on the order to compensate Pardon Chitongo, a victim of police brutality.
Chitongo was shot and permanently disabled by anti-riot police officers during the January 2019 anti-government protests as he stood outside his uncle’s home in Epworth.
In 2022, Kazembe and Matanga were ordered to pay Chitongo ZWL$3.7 million but have not done so.
Now wheelchair-bound, Chitongo is relying on expensive painkillers to ease pain in his body.
He is being represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)’s Paidamoyo Saurombe and Fiona Iliff. ZLHR said:
<blockquote>
Kazembe and Godwin Matanga were on 3 August 2022 ordered by High Court Judge Justice Gladys Mhuri to pay ZW$3,7 million to Chitongo as damages after he was shot by ZRP officers on 14 January 2019.
Chitongo was shot by ZRP officers while he was standing outside his uncle’s house when police officers recklessly and indiscriminately started shooting towards him, ostensibly to target some protestors during an anti-government demonstration.
He had not been protesting, was simply caught in the crossfire and was hit by a bullet that pierced through his arm, penetrated through his body, came out on the other side of his body, and hit the other arm.
As a result of the grave nature of his injuries, Chitongo had to undergo an operation to remove one of his kidneys after he suffered permanent damage to his spinal cord.
The two have reneged on paying damages and this forced Chitongo to file an application seeking an order to hold the duo to be in contempt of court and that they are sentenced to 30 days in prison for defaulting on paying the judgment debt.
</blockquote>
Riots broke out across the country in January 2019 as citizens protested against a fuel price hike and general hardships.
Security services responded with brute force, with 12 people reportedly killed while hundreds were tortured and injured. | <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/kazembe-matanga-face-jail-for-ignoring-high-court-order-to-compensate-epworth-man-shot-by-zrp-officers/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>

Kazembe, Matanga Fail To Pay $3.7 Million To Epworth Man Shot By Cops In 2019

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings has reportedly agreed to pay US$15 000 as compensation for damages to a minor child who was electrocuted in April 2019.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said the juvenile was electrocuted and sustained severe electrical burns due to gross negligence by ZETDC. Said ZLHR:
<blockquote>
The 13-year-old minor child was left nursing extensive injuries to his right upper limbs including permanent and irreversible injuries, which he suffered due to electrocution in April 2019 while medical doctors estimated his impairment percentage at 20%.
</blockquote>
On 16 September 2022, ZLHR’s Kelvin Kabaya wrote a letter of demand to ZETDC on behalf of the minor’s parents demanding payment amounting to US$15 000 as compensation for damages suffered by the 13-year-old child. The human rights lawyers said:
<blockquote>
The minor child was electrocuted by some exposed electricity cables, which were left hanging dangerously low and within reach of people at his parents’ residence in Penhalonga in Manicaland province. As a result of the accident, the child suffered severe electrical burns.
Kabaya told ZETDC that it was to blame for the unfortunate accident, which was caused by negligence on the part of its employees, who negligently left exposed electrical cables thereby endangering vulnerable children.
</blockquote>
ZLHR added that ZETDC has, through its insurer, Cell Insurance, recently advised Kabaya that it had accepted the minor child’s claim and would pay him US$15 000 as compensation for the damages which he suffered from the electrocution.

ZESA Agrees To Pay US$15 000 In Compensation To Electrocution Victim

Ex-Wenela workers will start receiving payments ranging from R10 000 to R50 000 per individual in compensation early next year.
This was said by a Tshiamiso Trust delegation that was sent to Zimbabwe last week.
Tshiamiso Trust was set up after ex-Wenela workers won a class-action lawsuit in the South African High Court in July 2019 to handle the compensation process.
Tshiamiso Trust chief operating officer Tina da Cruz told <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/ex-wenela-payments-set-for-early-next-year">The Sunday Mail</a> that each beneficiary will be paid depending on the level at which he or she had suffered from respiratory diseases. Said, Cruz:
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We are delighted to be here for a positive engagement with the Government of Zimbabwe and other stakeholders.
We managed to develop a roadmap that we look forward to implementing. We are expecting that shortly, within the early next calendar year, it will be fully operationalised and will be receiving applications and processing the claims of deserving claimants.
</blockquote>
The Trust said that it is considering workers who were employed by African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony Gold and Sibanye-Stillwater.
The compensation is applicable to employees who carried out risky work at the mines between March 12, 1965 and December 10, 2019, and were diagnosed with silicosis before December 2021.
Workers who contracted tuberculosis while working at the mines, or within a year of leaving the mines are also entitled to receive compensation.
Tshiamiso Trust has paid over R930 million to more than 10 000 claims from ex-workers.
Zimbabwe’s Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Permanent Secretary Simon Masanga said:
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We have a database of at least 4 000 ex-Wenela mine workers who will be subject to vetting before receiving compensation.
The Government is going to set up an online registration platform, which will enable all ex-Wenela workers to register.
As Government, we are now appealing to all these ex-workers wherever they are to start compiling all the necessary documents to prove that they worked for these companies.
Affidavits are not considered as evidence in this process. Contractual documents, if they are present, will be crucial.
A mobile clinic will be available to carry out tests that will ascertain who will be benefiting.
</blockquote>
Ex-Wenela Miners Association of Zimbabwe national spokesperson Newman Machinga said:
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As an association, we are pleased with the development. We hope everyone who is entitled to the payments is going to benefit. We have been pushing for a long time to achieve this.
</blockquote>
Ex-Wenela Miners Association of Zimbabwe chairman Rodgers Munakamwe said:
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We have spent the last 42 years trying to track down unpaid pension dues deducted from their wages without their knowledge and consent.
Painful memories of labour injustices perpetrated against them are still fresh in their minds and a majority of the ex-miners contracted chronic diseases in the South African mines.
It’s sad that 25 percent of the ex-miners lost their lives due to a lack of money to seek medical attention.
</blockquote>

"Payments For Ex-Wenela Workers Set For Early 2023"

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe and a police officer only identified as Mabika have been ordered by the court to pay ZWL$800 000 to a Mbare resident who was arrested by the police in 2021.
According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Tinashe Maumbe (24), a resident of Mbare, was arrested together with his friends Reward Majoni and Tinashe Majoni by ZRP officers on 16 January 2021.
The trio was walking past Matapi Police Station in Harare’s Mbare high-density suburb when the law enforcement agents manning the entrance to the police station enquired where the trio was going.
The ZRP officers allegedly accused Maumbe and his friends of being homosexuals and told them that homosexuality is not permitted in Zimbabwe.
The trio was subsequently detained by the police and no charges were preferred against them. In fact, they were jeered by cops and were only released after ZLHR lawyers intervened.
With the help of Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of ZLHR, Maumbe sued Matanga, Kazembe and Mabika by filing a summons in April 2021 at Harare Civil Magistrates Courts.
Maumbe demanded payment amounting to ZWL$900 000 as damages for unlawful arrest, detention, humiliation and embarrassment. Said ZLHR:
<blockquote>
On 4 November 2022 and after presiding over the trial of Hon. Kazembe, Matanga and Mabika, Harare Magistrate Ayanda Dhlamini granted judgment in favour of Maumbe and ordered Matanga, Kazembe and Mabika to pay him ZWL800 000 as compensation for violation of his rights after ruling that ZRP officers had “hysterically” arrested the 24-year-old Mbare resident based on their personal opinion of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, queer and questioning people.
Out of the ZWL800 000, ZWL$400 000 is for damages for unlawful arrest and detention while ZWL$400 000 is compensation for inhuman and degrading treatment.
Magistrate Dhlamini further ruled that the police officers, who arrested Maumbe, were not even aware of the COVID-19 provisions, which they purported to have cited upon apprehending him.
The Magistrate concluded that Maumbe’s arrest and detention was unlawful and that the police officers had jeered at him and insulted him for allegedly being a homosexual and by so doing, violated his right to human dignity guaranteed in terms of provisions of section 51 of the Constitution.
</blockquote>

ZRP Ordered To Pay $800k To Mbare Resident Arrested And Accused Of Being Homosexual By Cops

The government says it will establish a fund that will be used to compensate people who will have been attacked by wild animals.
The Human-Wildlife Conflict Relief Fund for Victims in Zimbabwe will cover death, maiming, and injuries.
Addressing reporters following a cabinet meeting in Harare on Tuesday, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa attributed cases of human-wildlife conflict to competition for limited resources between humans and animals. She said:
This year alone, as of August 2022, 46 Zimbabwean lives have been lost to human-wildlife conflict.
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With the most affected being Mashonaland West where 19 people were killed, mostly in Kariba.
Regionally, Zimbabwe has the highest number of deaths from human-wildlife conflict.
Accordingly, the government has adopted the establishment of a relief fund to cushion the victims of human-wildlife conflict by way of funeral assistance and an amount paid towards hospitalisation and treatment with a set limit.
The payments will cover three categories, namely death, maiming and injuries. A specialised human-wildlife conflict unit will be established under the department of parks and wildlife.
Mutsvangwa said in 1980, Zimbabwe had an elephant population of 50,000, while the human population was 7.4 million.
</blockquote>
The elephant population has grown to more than 85,000 and the human population has more than doubled to 15 million. Said Mutsvangwa:
<blockquote>
The consequent competition for limited resources often results in wildlife attacks on humans, especially in communal areas and towns that are close to national parks, safaris, forests and other protected areas.
Consequently, people living adjacent to wildlife areas are always in danger of being attacked by animals, and it has been established that the frequency of such attacks is increasing.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa said the fund shall be self-financing, with proceeds expected to come from hunting revenues. | <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2022/11/wildlife-victims-to-be-compensated-under-human-wildlife-conflict-fund/">ZimLive</a>

Wildlife Victims To Be Compensated From Special Fund

A teenager from Chitungwiza has sued ZRP Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe for damages amounting to US$15 000 after he was shot and injured by police officers who were pursuing a robbery suspect.
Tashinga Mugwara (19) was accidentally shot at a fuel station at Taita Shops in Chitungwiza by police officers on 27 June.
The bullet went through his lower body, resulting in his suffering severe abdominal injuries.
Mugwara’s lawyer, Tinashe Chinopfukutwa from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) submitted:
<blockquote>
Mugwara will potentially suffer from adhesive bowel obstruction in future as a result of the injuries he sustained owing to the unwarranted shooting by ZRP officers.
… Mugwara was unarmed and had not threatened the law enforcement agents in any way which justified their resort to severe force.
Chinopfukutwa said Mugwara suffered damages amounting to US$5 000 for pain and suffering, US$5 000 for contumelia and affront to dignity as well as US$5 000 for future medical expenses.
</blockquote>
Mugwara is also claiming payment of US$183 and $24 351 for medical expenses which he incurred following the shooting. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/thestandard/local-news/article/200002070/police-shooting-victim-sues-matanga">The Standard</a>

Police Shooting Victim Demands US$15 000 Compensation

Some white former farmers who lost land during Zimbabwe’s fast-track land resettlement programme have criticised the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) leadership for allegedly failing to be firm during their engagements with the government.
<a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/divisions-rock-ex-farmers/">Business Times</a> reported sources as saying aggrieved farmers accuse CFU leadership of being “too weak” to deal with the issues at hand.
The farmers suspect that the leadership may have been persuaded by the government into accepting compensation outside the agreed timeline of 5 years.
Two years ago, the government tabled a US$3.5 billion offer to the former farmers.
But four months ago, the government gave the former farmers four months to decide on a 20-year bond that would see the government paying US$70 million per year as compensation for their assets expropriated during the land reform exercise.
An aggrieved former farmer who spoke to Business Times said CFU leadership accepts “everything” tabled by the government. Said the former farmer:
<blockquote>
We are saying we don’t want the bonds as they take time to recoup our money but the leadership is taking time to tell the government that we don’t want them.
Why do we have to wait for December to tell the authorities that bonds are not viable given our age?
The problem is that some of our leaders still have pieces of land which they were removed from and they don’t share the same pain we have.
</blockquote>
The CFU president Andrew Pascoe is reportedly still farming at his Ivordale Farm located 45km East of Harare along Nyamapanda road.
Recently, former CFU president Charles Tuffs urged the former farmers to exercise patience and “give the government a chance”.

Divisions Rock Former Farmers | Report

Government officials in Matabeleland North Province are considering establishing some form of compensatory system for villagers who are losing their livelihoods to wild animals, especially communities that live close to the Hwange National Park.
Wild animals, among them elephants, lions and buffaloes, encroach into surrounding villages in search of food and water and end up attacking people.
In 2021 alone, more than 80 people were trampled to death by elephants.
This was revealed by Godfrey Mukwakwami, Matabeleland North Director for Economic Development while speaking to the United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to Zimbabwe, Edward Kallon who had paid a courtesy call to the province. Said Mukwakwami:
<blockquote>
We are having problems at Hwange National Park because of climate change. 
There is insufficient water and food within the conservancies and animals are now straying into human settlements.
We are having many problems and that has led to human-wildlife conflict, as the animals are also destroying villagers’ crops.
We are trying to come up with some form of a compensatory system whereby the affected villagers, most of whom are of a lower income, can be compensated.
We will be glad to have some technical assistance from your organisation as to how that can be addressed.
As you are aware, wild animal herds are controlled by conventions, we just cannot dispose of them. There are a lot of laws which protect those animals.
There might be a need to have some study of some sort to see what can be done to address the human and wildlife conflict happening in those areas adjacent to Hwange National Park.
</blockquote>
In response, the UN resident coordinator acknowledged he was aware of the human and wildlife conflict after it was brought to his attention when he visited Hwange National Park.
He said he would look at how UN systems could assist, adding that “something needs to be done definitely.”
More: <a href="https://cite.org.zw/govt-mulling-compensation-for-villagers-affected-by-wildlife/">CITE</a>

Govt Mulling Compensation For Victims Of Human-Wildlife Conflict

The government says some financiers are coming on board to help it honour its promise to pay US$3.5 billion to former commercial white farmers whose assets were expropriated during the land reform programme.
At least 4 000 white farmers were left landless after the government compulsorily acquired their farms during the land redistribution programme in the early 2000s.
Of the US$3.5 billion, the government is supposed to pay US$1.75bn at the end of this month.
The balance would be paid in instalments of US$437.5m per year for the next four years.
Speaking to Business Times, Foreign Affairs and International Trade deputy minister David Musabayana said:
<blockquote>
There are some other players that are coming on board to help us compensate the farmers and there are other bonds that we are processing to raise money to pay out farmers.
We have started paying off the distressed farmers like the elderly and the sick and there are some budgets that were approved for the payments of farmers.
</blockquote>
Commercial Farmers Union president Andrew Pascoe said:
<blockquote>
We are carrying out a number of meetings with the government to map the way forward but so far nothing concrete has been agreed upon.
We are yet to reach any agreements and we will go back to our members after a week or two.
</blockquote>
In 2021, the government paid US$1 million to former commercial farmers but commentators described the amount as too little since a total of US$3.5 billion should be paid within the next four years.
More: <a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/govt-gets-funding-for-former-farmers/">Business Times</a>

Govt Gets Funding For White Former Farmers

The government is considering borrowing money directly from private investors to fund the first half of a $3.5 billion compensation agreement with white farmers whose land was seized for redistribution to blacks two decades ago.
Government, which last month appointed London-based Newstate Partners to help raise the money, needs to secure $1.75 billion by July next year to meet its obligations.
While the government is likely to press ahead with publicly stated plans to sell an international bond to finance the compensation accord, that option probably won’t be viable, said the source who asked not to be identified as the information hasn’t been disclosed publicly, Bloomberg reported.
A bond is deemed too expensive and in any case, will need a guarantee from a multilateral lender.
That’s unlikely to be forthcoming as Zimbabwe hasn’t paid its arrears on more than $8 billion in debt, meaning it can’t borrow fresh capital from them.
If money is raised from private investors, a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) could be set up offshore and a portion of the country’s tax or royalty earnings from mineral exports could be diverted into it to repay them over a number of years with interest, the Bloomberg source said.
The SPV could also be used as a guarantee to bolster the confidence of potential lenders, the source added.
Zimbabwe’s main exports include platinum-group metals, gold and tobacco.
Efforts by the publication to get a comment from Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and permanent secretary George Guvamatanga were fruitless as they didn’t respond to calls and text messages seeking comment.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/08/zim-may-borrow-to-pay-evicted-white-farmers/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Govt May Borrow To Pay Evicted White Farmers

Zimbabwe has started engaging South Africa to facilitate the compensation of Zimbabweans who contracted respiratory diseases while working in South Africa’s gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WENELA).
Mineworkers who were exposed to harmful substances and contracted lung diseases at the South African gold mines are set to receive compensation worth R10 000 to R500 000.
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima told State media that Zimbabwe and South Africa have activated an agreement made under the two countries’ Bi-National Commission to establish a Joint Taskforce to facilitate payment of the compensation.
Beneficiaries of the payments are obliged to be tested for respiratory diseases, with 400 prospective beneficiaries having been tested in Bulawayo to date. Said Minister Mavima:
<blockquote>The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the National Social Security Authority is conducting medical examinations and registration of potential beneficiaries for Compensation for Pneumoconiosis to facilitate claims for compensation through the Tshiamiso Trust which was established to process the claims.
The initial phase has targeted three provinces, Harare, Bulawayo and Masvingo. Around 400 ex-miners and their dependents have been registered in Bulawayo through the medical surveillance programme.
The rest of the provinces will be completed with lessons learnt from the initial phase.</blockquote>
Ex-Wenela Miners Association of Zimbabwe president Lungelwe Mkhwananzi implored other potential beneficiaries to undergo the tests.
The Johannesburg High Court in 2019 ruled that workers who contracted either Silicosis or Tuberculosis will get compensated upon receiving the diagnosis.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/ex-wenela-workers-government-steps-in/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

Ex-WENELA Workers Urged To Undergo Tests

Zimbabweans health workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 and recovered, are reportedly celebrating in anticipation of the US$650 compensation promised by the government.
Before the government announced that all its workers who contracted COVID-19 whilst executing their duties will be rewarded, workers were reluctant to go to work without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).
However, following the announcement, some workers’ representatives and workers themselves were very comfortable to go and face the situation in anticipation of getting mild COVID-19 symptoms so that they will be rewarded for their bravery and illness.
A nurse based at a clinic in Gokwe North, Midlands Province said she wanted to contract COVID-19 so that she could raise funds to pay for her child who is enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the nurse said:
<blockquote>I want to pay fees for my UZ child, so I want to contract COVID-19 so that I can get some money and pay fees for my child on one go.</blockquote>
As fate would have it, the nurse contracted COVID-19 but did not exhibit any serious symptoms and has since fully recovered.
As a result, health workers have been scrambling to get tested in the hope that they will return positive results in order to get the US$650.
Nurses, like the rest of the civil service, are currently earning a fraction of what they used to take home before October 2018 when the government converted their USD salaries to RTGS dollars.

Some Nurses Want To Contract Coronavirus... Eye US$650 COVID-19 Compensation - REPORT

The government plans to use profits from a mining venture to help settle a US$3.5 billion compensation claim from white former farmers who were forcibly removed from their land during the chaotic land acquisitions at the turn of the Millenium.
Kuvimba Mining House Ltd., of which the government owns 65%, intends to raise $1 billion for acquisitions and capital expenditure.
The company’s Chief Operating Officer David Brown said they will invest a “significant amount” of the cash raised on the Darwendale platinum project, which belongs to Kuvimba’s Great Dyke Investments unit.
Great Dyke is partially owned by Russian investors and the government is wooing investors from as far afield as Russia, Cyprus and Nigeria to try and develop new mines.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said proceeds from Kuvimba will…
<blockquote>… be used to compensate the former white commercial farmers who lost their farms in 2000.</blockquote>
In addition to compensating White farmers, profit from Kuvimba will be used for pension payments that are in arrears, Ncube said.
Kuvimba means “trust” in the language of Zimbabwe’s biggest ethnic group, the Shona.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/africa/harare-eyes-mining-profits-to-compensate-white-farmers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a></h4>

Govt Says It Will Use Mining Profits To Compensate White Former Farmers

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said it will petition government over failure to compensate 400 000 former commercial farm workers who lost their sources of livelihoods when their employers lost their farms under the Land Reform Programme (LRP) at the turn of the Millenium.
This follows a pledge by the government to pay US$3.5 billion compensation to former commercial farmers for the improvements that they undertook on the farms before they were sequestrated.
ZCTU president Peter Mutasa on Thursday expressed concern over the Global Compensation Deed’s deafening silence on any plans to compensate black workers who toiled on the same farms. He said:
<blockquote>We are writing to the government putting forward our demands on behalf of the former farm workers as we support our affiliate General Agriculture Plantations Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ).
This is clear that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube do not respect workers and the poor. We are very disappointed.
It is unimaginable that a government which is supposed to be acting for the benefit of the people will prioritise paying few former farm owners only and neglect around 400 000 workers.</blockquote>
Mutasa said any payments made by the government and the international community towards the ex-commercial farmers should also address ex-workers’ welfare.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zctu-vows-govt-confrontation-for-ignoring-ex-labourers-in-deal-with-ex-farmers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

ZCTU To Engage Govt Over Former Farm Workers' Compensation

White former commercial farmers are set to be compensated for the infrastructure developments they did on farms which were acquired by the government.
The government announced recently that evaluations will be done in the country’s provinces, and $53 million has been set aside for compensation.
However, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) has come up with its own valuation and expects the total amount to be US$10 billion. In an interview with Zim Morning Post, CFU president Ben Gilpen said:
<blockquote>We appreciate the move by the government to compensate us, from the researches we have done, we realised that the government need USD10 billion for this whole process and we think that the government should approach other partners to help raise the amount needed.</blockquote>
Around 4 000 white farmers lost their farms at the turn of the millennium after the government embarked on the land redistribution exercise.
However, the process was so chaotic that it destroyed the country’s agro-based economy which has not recovered since.
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White Former Commercial Farmers Expect US$10 Billion Compensation

The government says it has started to identify and register white former commercial farm owners to be compensated for land acquired during the Land Reform Programme.
The government has already set aside RTGS$53 million for the exercise. The compensation will be for infrastructural developments done on the land by the former farmers.
A joint statement released by Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube reads in part:
<blockquote>In this regard, the Ad Hoc Compensation Working Group, comprising Government officials and representatives of former farm owners, is working towards the computation and establishing the compensation quantum figure for farm improvements based on an agreed method of valuation.
Given the significant progress made to date, it is anticipated that this comprehensive farm improvements valuation exercise will be completed by the end of May 2019.
The completion of the work of the Ad Hoc Compensation Working Group will enable Government and former farm owners, in conjunction with cooperating partners, to progress towards closure of the land issue.
… In the meantime, the Government’s accelerated farm valuation exercise for farm improvements is expected to be complete by the end of this month.
This will pave the way for both parties to reach an agreement on the compensation quantum figure for farm improvements by the end of May 2019.</blockquote>
Interim advance payments will be made directly to the former farmers by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Meanwhile, reports claim that the government has issued a directive that all remaining white commercial farmers be issued with 99-year leases rather than the 5-year leases they were being given under a previous arrangement.
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Govt To Identify & Register White Former Farmers For Compensation

Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) Director Ben Purcell-Gilpin said the $53 million proposed by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube cannot solve the compensation issue.
In his 2019 national budget presentation on Thursday, Ncube proposed $53 million to compensate white farmers. Despite stating that the money proposed by Ncube will not be enough, Purcell-Gilpin said it showed Government has not forgotten about the need to repay those who lost their farms over the past 18 years, He said some of the farmers are in desperate financial straits.
Purcell-Gilpin said it was also possible that most of the $53 million allocated under Thursday’s budget would compensate foreign landowners, who were protected by BIPPA trade agreements. Around 40 Dutch farmers under BIPPA trade agreements have been trying for years to get around $25 million from Government.
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$53 Million Not Enough To Compensate White Former Farmers- CFU Director

Responding to questions in Parliament last Wednesday, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri said new farmers are contributing to the compensation of the former white farmer.
He however said the new farmers are not making the contributions directly but through Government. Said Shiri:
<blockquote>It is true that the new farmers have to contribute towards the cost of improvement on the farms and that money ultimately is used for compensating the former farmers. There are improvements that were done on the farms and the new farmer is utilising those improvements. Let me categorically state that the compensation is not being done directly from the new farmer to the former farmer but is being done through Government. It makes sense that instead of labouring the tax payer, the person who is directly benefitting from those improvements contributes towards the compensation of the former farmer. We also have the aspect of the leases that are paid by the farmers at the rate of three dollars per hectare per year. All that money is meant to actually go towards the compensation of the former farmers.</blockquote>
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New Farmers Contributing Towards Compensation Of White Farmers

On Thursday, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa revealed that government has so far paid out $134 million as compensation to former white farmers who lost land during the government’s fast track land reform programme. It is estimated that the government needs around $1 billion to compensate at least 4 500 former white commercial farmers. The International Monetary Fund has made it a condition for Zimbabwe to compensate the white farmers who lost their properties in order to be eligible for funding from international institutions. Speaking at that budget review on Thursday, Chinamasa said:
<blockquote>On account of operations and maintenance for ministries and government departments, $220 million went towards recapitalization of our public enterprises, $134 million went towards the compensation of former farmers</blockquote>
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Govt pays $134m to former white farmers, $1 billion needed to compensate other farmers

Masvingo provincial administrator Fungai Mbetsa has revealed that the government has released $1, 5 million which will be used to compensate 1, 995 families from Chigwizi transit camp. The floods also known as the Tokwe Mukosi Disaster occured in 2014 and displaced thousands. The government stills owes the victims $7,3 million.
Mbetsa said:
<blockquote>We received $1,5 miliion from the central government to compensate about 1 995 Chingwizi villagers.
A total of $7,5 million is outstanding what we received is 20% of that amount which is $750 each family and the money is being transferred directly into their bank accounts</blockquote>
Over 1 000 people evicted in Chivi to pave way for the newly constructed Tokwe-Mukosi dam are yet to receive compensation for their destroyed homes, property and livestock.
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