President Mnangagwa Says "Agricultural Land Is Not For Sale"
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Agricultural land is not for sale adding that anyone who will be found selling farms allocated to them under the Land Reform Programme will face the wrath of the law.
He made the remarks while addressing Zimbabweans employed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at the weekend, the Chronicle reported.
His remarks come amid reports that Zimbabweans in the Diaspora have shown keen interest in investing back home, and owning farms. Many have previously fallen prey to fraudsters who sell agricultural land. Said the president:
Land is in three categories, there is agricultural land, that is not for sale. Agricultural land is not for sale. We have issued 99-year leases. Then there is urban land which is freehold, that one is bought and sold. Then there is communal land that you engage with the traditional leaders.
It’s unlawful in Zimbabwe to buy agricultural land, you can only buy freehold land, which is urban.
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However, each province has a Lands Committee, chaired by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, that committee is charged with the responsibility to discover land which is not being properly used, underused or derelict land, that is what we redistribute.
He said the Provincial Minister gives a recommendation to the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development who then gives an offer letter.
Annually, the country receives more than US$1 billion in remittances from the diaspora and President Mnangagwa said this makes those abroad vital in the development of the country.
