Agriculture & Land
At the World Christian Economic Forum in July, Ben Freeth presented a paper on Zimbabwe – 29 July 2019 … Read More
Zimbabwe needs to import 800 000 tonnes of maize; 5 million people require food aid says UN – 3 July 2019 ...Read More
Mnangagwa dangles land carrot to war veterans – 2 July 2019 .. Read More
The long road to compensation for Zimbabwe’s farmers, a time line – 9 April 2019 … Read More
Zim land a dead asset and dispossessed commercial farmers need compensation said finance minister – 4 March 2019 ... Read More
Zimbabwe’s land audit is nearing completion as ED grapples with aftermath of disastrous land programme – 17 December 2018 ... Read More
Wheat crisis: A bread and butter issue, Zim is by all accounts broke -17 September 2018 … Read More
Food dependent Zimbabwe sits on 1, 83mln hectares of irrigable land while 2 million people may need donor support – 1 December 2018 ... Read More
15 000 cattle succumb to tick-borne diseases, notably January Disease – 13 November 2018 ... Read More
‘Command Agriculture here to stay’ says Air Marshal Elson Moyo, claiming its success – 27 October 2018 … Read More
Land audit gets underway in Zim as the govt seeks to address agrarian reform ‘injustices’, the State-owned Herald reports – 22 October 2018 ... Read More
Latest land audit is to identify land utilisation patterns and optimal farming activities, writes the State-owned Herald – 22 October 2018 ... Read More
The failure of Zimbabwe’s populist-based land reform has lessons for South Africa, writes author William Gumede – 16 October 2018 … Read More
Locals who were allocated farms during the land grab must pay compensation, not the State, says Shiri – 4 October, 2018 ... Read More
A former farmer tells the story of the Zimbabwean land seizures, their background and consequences – 28 August 2018 ... Read More
Zimbabwe’s Dr Tshuma warns SA of consequences of expropriation without compensation – 17 July 2018 ... Read more
30,000 tonnes of German wheat received, more to come – 1 July 2018 ... Read More
Freehold title is vital to attract foreign investment, says property rights expert Craig Richardson – 24 May 2018 ... Read More
Property rights are key to economic development”, says renowned expert Prof Craig Richardson – May 2018 ... Read More
Compensation vital for revival of agriculture - 18 May 2018 ...Read More
Life is tough: Statistics and the human faces of Zimbabwe’s land chaos by Cathy Buckle – 11 May 2018 ... Read More
ANC in South Africa: Expropriation has nothing to do with land, it’s about losing votes, says Moeletsi Mbeki – 15 May 2018 ... Read More
“The farmer is the farm” – opinion piece by Flip Buys, Solidarity Movement in South Africa – 30 April 2018.... Read More
Labour conference presentation by economist John Robertson: The prospects for Foreign Direct Investment – April 2018 ... Read More
Could Zimbabwean coffee once again be on speciality menus? A fascinating insight into the former coffee industry – 1 March 2018 ... Read More
Africa: benighted continent on the brink by Hannes Wessels, Africa Unauthorised – 13 March 2018 ... Read more
Judgment in Zuma case re SADC Tribunal closure to be handed down on Thursday 1 March – 28 February 2018 ... Read More
Land expropriation: a case of basic human rights by AgriSA – 28 February 2018 ... Read More
Restore property rights on agricultural land and revive the economy, writes Zimbabwean economist John Robertson – 23 February 2018 ... Read More
Hearing of court case against President Zuma re the closure of the regional court, the SADC Tribunal – 6 February 2018 … Read More
‘Mugabe’s fast-track land reform a great mistake’ says board chairman of agricultural authority ARDA – 6 February 2018 … Read More
White farmers urged to apply for land leases and to withdraw court cases – 2 February 2018 ... Read More
Leases will not stand security for bank loans, writes Advocate Fadzayi Mahere – 1 February 2018 ...Read More
Crop failures countrywide, Zim to miss 4,5% economic growth projection – 26 January 2018 ... Read More
Mnangagwa unrepentant on Zim land acquisition – 16 January 2018 ... Read More
Land compensation vital for economy says Prof Ian Scoones, response from Dr Dale Doré – 9 January 2018 ... Read More
Parliament to investigate agricultural inputs abuse – 9 January 2018 ... Read More
The Strategic Dismantling of White Farming in Zimbabwe: 2000-2005 by Angus Selby, Oxford ... Read More
Tobacco farmers should lead reforestation programmes in face of uncontrolled deforestation – 23 October 2017 ... Read More
Fertiliser crisis looms amid acute economic challenges – 13 October 2017 ... Read More
Only modernised commercial farms will fill Africa’s plate, economists warn -10 October 2017 ... Read More
The collapse of former Lipton Tea Plantation in South Africa after “land reform” replicates Zimbabwean failures – 14 August 2017 ... Read More
Zimbabwe imports maize worth $82m despite 'bumper harvest' claim – 8 July 2017 ... Read More
Mugabe’s fresh land grab threats ‘are racist, nonsensical’ says MDC – 7 June 2017 … Read More
Bureaucratic bungling, poor planning to affect wheat hectarage - 1 June 2017 .... Read More
Germany demands compensation for BIPPA-protected farms – 17 May 2017... Read More
Open letter to all dispossessed Zimbabwean commercial farmers from Ben Freeth re compromises by The Compensation Steering Committee (CSC) and the Valuation Consortium - 9 May 2017 ... Read More
A Zimbabwean Perspective: The Importance of Taking a Principled Stand” – presented at Afriforum Safety Summit in South Africa – 6 May 2017 ... Read More
Cows for collateral, how Zim has fallen, write Forbes magazine – 16 April 2017 ... Read More
Zim must pay its debt and the commercial farming sector must be rebuilt in some form – 20 March 2017 ... Read More
In a surprising turn of events, Julius Malema from SA’s EFF party says Mugabe must go – 23 January 2017 ... Read More
Chinese farmers take over former white-owned farms in Zimbabwe to cash in on tobacco – 17 September 2016 ... Read More
Why the Land Compensation Fund cannot be funded by rent for land seized from white commercial farmers, by Ben Freeth – 30 August 2016 ... Read More
Government announces a US$500 million “command agriculture” scheme to solve food insecurity – 12 August 2016 ... Read More
Government faces US$30 billion compensation bill for expropriated white-owned farms – 30 June 2016 ... Read More
National Healing and the Land Question” – a presentation by Ben Freeth, executive director of the Mike Campbell Foundation,
for the Heal Zimbabwe Trust – 30 March 2016... Read More
Land reform in South Africa – and comparisons with Zimbabwe by Eddie Cross – 26 May 2016 ... Read More
Update on disputes under the Chinese, Dutch and Swiss investment treaties - 8 March 2016 ... Read More
The political character of land reform in Zimbabwe – 14 December 2015 ... Read More
Agriculture in Zimbabwe: What is the future? Presentation by Ben Freeth – 20 July 2015.... Read More
Land reform nightmare, stunning admission of failure and the legal chaos – 11 June 2015... Read More
Starvation looms due to poor rainfall, farm takeovers and wrecked irrigation schemes - 27 April 2015 .... Read More
Ben Freeth’s presentation on protecting property rights at the AfriForum land conference in SA – 18 March 2015.... Read More
Mugabe admits land reform blunder in birthday interview - 27 February 2015.... Read More
Grain silos for strategic reserves are crumbling due to years of neglect by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) – 19 February 2015 ... Read More
Rural poverty on the rise in Zimbabwe - 12 September 2014 ... Read More
South African land reform: cloud cuckoo land or calculus of power? by Andries du Toit – 11 August 2014 ... Read More
South African farms are also dying as the transfer of agricultural land to black people fails – 1 August 2014... Read More
Sir Richard Branson’s response to South Africa’s EFF party re: “You’re buying stolen land!” – 22 June 2014..... Read More
South Africa’s EFF party’s letter to Sir Richard Branson: “You’re buying stolen land!” – 23 May 2014..... Read More
Beneficiaries of land reform will be expected to pay rent, says the Zanu PF government – 30 June 2014 ... Read More
SA govt’s latest policy proposals around land emulate Zimbabwe’s disastrous policies – 30 June 2014... Read More
Newly appointed judges demand farms under the land reform programme – 25 June 2014.... Read More
Zimbabwe’s marginalization of white Africans is unacceptable… 12 June 2014 ... Read More
Francis farmer murders, escalating violence and land invasions – 23 May 2014 ... Read More
Without a climate of investment security, BIPPAs will not work says the CFU – 16 May 2014 ... Read More
Ben Freeth – response to Dave Joubert’s letter on compensation/restitution for farmers - 26 March 2014... Read More
Invitation from Mills Fitchet (South African land valuers) re compensation/restitution - 23 March 2014 ... Read More
Letter from Dave Joubert re compensation/restitution for farmers - 21 March 2014… Read More
Land reform hosts linger on in debris of land take-overs – 7 March 2014..... Read More
Why Africa can’t feed itself – 11 November 2013 .... Read More
World Bank Conference 2013: Securing land rights and improving land use at grass roots -April 2013 ...Read More
International law: principles of compulsory acquisition and compensation by Dr Dale Dore – 29 January 2013 ... Read More
Land in Zimbabwe: Past mistakes, future prospects - report by the British Africa All Parliamentary Group – December 2009 ... Read More
The Nationalist Narrative & Policy in Zimbabwe... Read More
Land as a ‘racial’ issue and the lost opportunities to resolve the matter... Read More
Land Policy in Zimbabwe: A framework for discussion papers... Read More
Why the land issue continues to define Zimbabwe's past, present and future... Read More
Zimbabwe Land Series: Introduction ... Read More
The Truth About Mugabe’s Land Reform – 31 July 2013…Read More
Claims of land reform ‘success’ negated - 3 June 2013 ... Read More
Land Reform. How Successful? - May 2013 ... Read More
Zim's obligations under international law to acquire land and pay just compensation - 29 January 2013 ... Read More
Land Reform and its Economic Impact - graphs - October 2012 ... Read More
Land Reform Caused Demise of Masvingo - October 19, 2012 ... Read More
Agribank set to cut branches, lay-off staff - 14 Feb 2010... Read More
The Cost of Zimbabwe's Continuing Farm Invasions -18 May 2009... Read More
Destruction of Agriculture in Pursuit of Power - April 2008 ... Read More
A Tribute to the Farmers of Zimbabwe - March 2008 ... Read More
Background to the Land Crisis - 26 March 2008 ... Read More
Cost of Destabilisation of Agriculture - 15 November 2007 ... Read More
The British Role in Land Reform - 24 October 2007 ... Read More
The Endgame: Ben Freeth - 2002 ... Read More
Power, not land, lies at the heart of Zimbabwe’s farm takeovers, writes journalist Graham Boynton – 10 September 2001 ... Read More
UK offers £36m for Zimbabwe land reform - 6 September 2001 ... Read More
The parallel world that hides the true menace of Mugabe by Graham Poynton – 6 September 2001 ... Read More