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Zimbabwe pays $200m to ex-commercial white farmers

Zimbabwe pays $200m to ex-commercial white farmers

Government has so far paid $200 million as compensation to former white commercial farmers whose land it acquired for resettlement, but was protected under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (Bippas). The payment of the compensation is part of efforts to send a positive message to foreign investors over private property rights. It comes […]

Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land

Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land

Residents of Rupa Sub County in Moroto District in Karamoja sub region have said that President Museveni is backing prominent Karimojong business man Mr Cornelius Kodet and some ministers to grab their land. The protesting residents on Thursday rejected a plan by Mr Kodet to build a cement factory called Ateker cement covering a total […]

Land Claims in South Africa – It’s About the Meaning of the Land, Not Just Money

Land Claims in South Africa – It’s About the Meaning of the Land, Not Just Money

Land distribution and people’s access to land have always been high on the political agenda in South Africa. Colonisation and land dispossession have been a strong feature of the country’s history, even more so during apartheid when land ownership became firmly concentrated in the hands of the white minority. After the first democratic elections in […]

Land Expropriation Without Compensation Key to Taking Forward Madiba’s Vision – Ramaphosa, Zuma

Land Expropriation Without Compensation Key to Taking Forward Madiba’s Vision – Ramaphosa, Zuma

Land expropriation without compensation is one of the key programmes that will take forward former president Nelson Mandela’s vision of a free South Africa, both President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. The current and former presidents were speaking at the government’s official centenary celebrations of Mandela at his birthplace in […]

Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini opposes South African land reform

Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini opposes South African land reform

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has told thousands of his subjects at a traditional royal gathering, known as Imbizo, that he will not allow the South African government to take away land from him. The king is opposed to a recommendation by a government panel which said that the land trust he presides over, the Ingonyama […]

Land Expropriation – What Does South Africa Have to Say?

Land Expropriation – What Does South Africa Have to Say?

As hearings into amending the Constitution’s property clause began in Limpopo on Wednesday, citizens had a chance to express their views on the country’s most controversial issue: expropriating land without compensation. We heard from those who have land and those who hope to get it. Amelia Mphela, 50, sat outside the hall and went over […]

Liberian Women Call On President Weah to Keep His Promise of Equal Land Rights

Liberian Women Call On President Weah to Keep His Promise of Equal Land Rights

“Laws on marriage, divorces, property rights, child custody and land ownership all contain powerful clauses that marginalise our women in favour of men” A promise by Liberian President George Weah to change laws that discriminate against women is spurring campaigners to push for legal reform to protect wives’ land rights. Women are lobbying Weah to […]

‘We Condemn the Illegal Occupation of Land’ – President Ramaphosa

‘We Condemn the Illegal Occupation of Land’ – President Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has said during his Presidency budget vote debate in Parliament that the government condemns the illegal occupation of land. “Land reform is an essential part of our economic growth strategy,” Ramaphosa told the House on Wednesday. “The Freedom Charter says that the land shall be shared among those who work it. “We […]

Niger Rose Brilliantly to Meet the Challenge at the Renaissance Conference, Mobilising over 23 Billion Dollars to Fund the Country’s 2017-2021 Economic and Social Development Plan

Niger Rose Brilliantly to Meet the Challenge at the Renaissance Conference, Mobilising over 23 Billion Dollars to Fund the Country’s 2017-2021 Economic and Social Development Plan

Following 2 days of meetings in Paris with technical and financial partners, fund providers and investors, Niger can be proud of a considerable diplomatic and economic success. Resolved and persuasive under the guidance of its President Issoufou Mahamadou, the government of Niger successfully raised over 23 billion dollars to support the country’s efforts to finance […]

“In ten years, the digital economy will probably weigh 10% of African GDP”- Mobilitas Group

“In ten years, the digital economy will probably weigh 10% of African GDP”- Mobilitas Group

The ADIE (the state agency in charge of the information technology policy) has formalized today the dematerialization of two procedures of the urban planning services: obtaining the certificate of conformity, an administrative act that attests the conformity of the construction work carried out following the procurement of the building permit. And, the urban planning certificate, […]

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