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Under the sanctions law, the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, the US Secretary of the Treasury votes against any new loans, credits or debt relief for the Zimbabwean government from international financial institutions. (Shuttershock)

US Republicans propose bill on removal of Zimbabwe sanctions

If the Department of State Policy Provisions Act is passed into law, the US will support Zimbabwe borrowing money from international lenders such as the World Bank

Post-1994 land laws mimic apartheid

​Land reform: A broken ladder

The government’s land reform programme appears to be failing to promote the widespread productive use of land to provide household food security

Surge in attempts to take land from white farmers in Zim

The Commercial Farmers’ Union said there had been at least 20 "incidents" on white-owned properties in recent weeks, with some being asked to leave.

David Conolly’s farm is being taken from him by senior civil servant Ray Ndhlukula.

The farm is mine, insists Mugabe aide

Ray Ndhlukula is resisting an order restraining him from taking over a farm in Matabeleland South, which is owned by a white commercial farmer.

Audit reveals children given farms in Zim land reforms

An interim audit of Zimbabwe land reforms has found that policy regulations were flouted by some people who registered land in their children’s names.

Zim: Land issues still a legal minefield

Zimbabwe’s courts have become the battleground for disputes about the land resettlement programme.

Zim finance minister dismisses proposal to settle farmers’ claims

Zimbabwe’s government is unlikely to entertain a proposal by a farmers’ union, with Finance Minister Tendai Biti calling it an "elitist solution".

‘Only elite got rich in Bob’s land grab’

‘Only elite got rich in Bob’s land grab’

Mugabe and his allies have seized nearly half Zimbabwe’s commercial farms in a land grab widely blamed for the economic collapse.

Trial exposes farm lootings

Trial exposes farm lootings

A man arrested for stealing and selling farm equipment has implicated top Zanu-PF officials.

Farmers seize Zim property in South Africa

White farmers whose land was seized under Zimbabwe’s land reforms have claimed a house owned by Robert Mugabe’s government in South Africa.