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Zimbabwe’s government has signed a $3.5 billion compensation deal for white commercial farmers who were evicted from their land two decades ago.
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"The toilets there are not properly maintained as there is sewage overflowing in the market daily. In addition, there are no proper security measures in place at the market."
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A top level report given to the Western Cape government paints a dire picture of the impact of the lockdown on hunger and community kitchens.
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Police officers have been deployed to a volatile protest in Kraaifontein, following an anti-land occupation operation in the area. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut confirmed that ...
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13 August 2020
The Namibian
A RESIDENT of Okahandja submitted a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Commission today calling for an investigation into alleged corrupt land deals implicating councillors and officials at the town.
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31 July 2020
Elephant
Rather than addressing food scarcity, genetically modified crops may render African farmers and scientists more, not less, reliant on global markets.
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13 August 2020
Fin24
Zimbabwe will use land as security if it fails to get international guarantees for the 30-year sovereign bond it wants to issue to raise US$3.5bn to compensate white farmers.
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07 August 2020
Elephant
The majority of urban residents in Kenya cannot afford to go to established restaurants and eateries. To cater to their needs, food kiosks have sprouted in cities such as Nairobi. These kiosks not only serve delicious and nutritious food, they are also meeting places for the urban working class.
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07 August 2020
Elephant
As the city turns hostile and Kenyans fearful of suffering hunger flee to the rural areas, COVID-19 has presented us with an opportunity to eliminate the colonial mentality that views the rural countryside as the segregated homeland of a silenced underclass and to renew the rural-urban relationship as a mutually beneficial support system.
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14 August 2020
GroundUp
“They bring fridges, stoves and beds, and then call the media so it looks like we are evicting people but we are not” says City spokesperson
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14 August 2020
GroundUp
Councillor says illegal occupations are jeopardising housing plans for the area
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13 August 2020
GroundUp
Over ten years ago the Public Protector said what steps needed to be taken. But the Department of Water and Sanitation has failed to implement them
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12 August 2020
News 24
As the lockdown enters its fifth month, shack dwellers in a newly built informal settlement in Soshanguve say they are being evicted and have nowhere else to go.
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11 August 2020
News 24
Axed chairperson of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders and Nkosi Mwelo Nonkonyana has taken the "House" and traditional affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha to court.
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In one scene, migrants shouted ‘no camera’ at the reporting crew filming them from a larger chartered vessel. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/maps-and-graphics/2020/08/12/cartoon-British-TV-media-migrant-boat-coverage?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations. https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
Allegations of corrupt land deals in Okahandja. Resident calls for a probe by the Anti Corruption Commission https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=93685&page=read
JOEVA ROCK & RACHEL SCHURMAN - Seeds of Neo-Colonialism: Why GMO's Create African Dependency on Global Markets | The Elephant https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2020/07/31/seeds-of-neo-colonialism-why-gmos-create-african-dependency-on-global-markets/#.XzZcQfjfzfs.twitter
Zim weighs using land as security for the $3.5bn bond meant to compensate white farmers https://www.news24.com/fin24/Economy/Africa/zim-weighs-using-land-as-security-for-the-35bn-bond-meant-to-compensate-white-farmers-20200813 via @fin24
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