Zimbabwe Land Reform Archives – Provoker Magazine

Ex-white farmer, Pezold channels US courts to acquire US$277 million for Zimbabwe’s “racist land grab”

It is now over three decades since the revolutionary Land Reform Program that took place under Late President Robert Gabriel Mugabe. However, the matter has given rise to problems for the Zimbabwean government to this day. The views relating to this reform are in stark contract to each other. The ex-white farmers who were removed… Continue reading Ex-white farmer, Pezold channels US courts to acquire US$277 million for Zimbabwe’s “racist land grab”

“Sorry for taking your land” :Government as they pay the first $1 million in compensation to white farmers

Two of the few remaining white Zimbabwean farmers, Ben Freeth )in green) and Mike Campbell (in beige) fight through the courts to stay on their land. Mt Carmer Farm, Chigutu, Zimbabwe. December 2008

The Land Reform programme that took place after Mugabe had come into into caused serious outrage. Several years later, the white farmers who had their land repossessed where still seeking compensation. Since the beginning of the land reform program in 1980, the white farmers are finally receiving compensation, as was agreed in 2019. As a… Continue reading “Sorry for taking your land” :Government as they pay the first $1 million in compensation to white farmers

Peterhouse educated Tendai Beast Mtawarira highlights his struggles in Zimbabwe

Tendai Mtawarira of South Africa during the 2019 Springbok Squad Announcement at Ulwazi Centre MultiChoice City, Johannesburg, on 26 August 2019 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

The Rugby star, Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira seriously ruffled some feathers on social media. He was accused to misrepresenting Zimbabwe in the media. Ironic, right? The Beast has gone throughout his Rugby career almost literally being hailed by Zimbabweans. He was always considered to have represented the country well and flown the flag high. He played… Continue reading Peterhouse educated Tendai Beast Mtawarira highlights his struggles in Zimbabwe

Why are former white farmers being compensated for the land, they stole?

The Zimbabwean government is going to compensate former white commercial farmers for the land, and the big question is why? When the colonial settlers landed in Zimbabwe in the late 1800s under the guise of missionary work, with the Cecil John Rhodes’s British South Africa Company (BSAC) in tow they chased, hanged, shot and did… Continue reading Why are former white farmers being compensated for the land, they stole?