23 h. ago Betrayal of Zimbabwe's white farmers: 'Tiny fraction' of those whose land was taken by Mugabe in the 2000s have received promised compensation

More than two decades ago over 4,000 commercial farmers lost their land to black counterparts amid the land reforms of then president Robert Mugabe.

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52 h. ago Zimbabwe farmers' group rejects compensation deal for past land seizures

A group representing many of the white farmers whose land was seized during Zimbabwe’s land reforms over two decades ago has rejected a compensation deal with the government

Economics

7 d. ago Zimbabwe starts compensating white farmers 25 years after land seizures

Step is requirement for restructuring country’s debt, including new IMF programmeZimbabwe has started to make compensation payments to white former farm owners, 25 years after Robert Mugabe’s government began confiscating land.The government paid $3.1m (£2.3m) to a “first batch” of 378 farms, the ministry of finance said in a statement on Wednesday, the first payout under a 2020 agreement to pay $3.5bn in compensation. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Zimbabwe makes first compensation payments to white farmers over land seizures

Zimbabwe has started compensating white farmers who lost land during chaotic and often-violent land reforms more than 20 years ago, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said

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2 w. ago Bungling vegan who tried to 'save' lamb by kidnapping it and making it wear a nappy is guilty of animal cruelty

Louise Murguia, 49, kidnapped the lamb from farmer Stuart Ludwell's land overnight on March 23, 2024 because she thought she could take better care of it.

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2 w. ago Vegan activist nearly killed lamb after kidnapping it from a field and giving it a shampoo wash and food bought off Amazon

Louise Murguia, 49, kidnapped the lamb from farmer Stuart Ludwell's land overnight on March 23, 2024 because she thought she could take better care of it.

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3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for controversial £600million historical theme park in heart of Oxfordshire

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

Economics

3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for £600million historical theme park that denies it is linked to Russia or the far right

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

Economics

3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for £600million historical theme park that denies it is linked to Putin or the far right

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

Economics

3 w. ago Trump considers shock reparations plan for hundreds that were 'treated very unfairly' under Biden

Donald Trump said he wants to set up a White House 'compensation fund' for a group of people he said were 'treated very unfairly' by Joe Biden.

Politics