{"id":2422713,"date":"2025-04-11T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zimbabwe-pays-white-farmers-affected-by-often-violent-land-seizures-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:08:18","slug":"zimbabwe-pays-white-farmers-affected-by-often-violent-land-seizures-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zimbabwe-pays-white-farmers-affected-by-often-violent-land-seizures-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe pays white farmers affected by often-violent land seizures &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzimbabwe-pays-white-farmers-affected-by-often-violent-land-seizures-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2422713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Zimbabwean government has begun compensating white farmers who were forcibly removed from their lands over 20 years ago during a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zimbabwe-flooding-global-climate-summit-with-bloated-entourage-of-100-people\/\" title=\"Zimbabwe Flooding Global Climate Summit with &#039;Bloated Entourage&#039; of 100 People\">land reform program<\/a><\/a>. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced that $3.1 million will be distributed among 740 farmers affected by the campaign that aimed to resettle Black families. This initiative is part of Zimbabwe&#8217;s efforts to mend relations with Western countries that have imposed sanctions on it due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a> linked to the land seizures under former President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>The government will distribute the funds as part of a previously established agreement,but this first payout only represents a small fraction (1%) of the total compensation owed under a larger $311 million deal. While some farmers have received compensation, many have not signed the agreement and continue to hold onto their title deeds. The compensation provided does not account for the full value of the land but rather for buildings and infrastructure lost. The broader goal of the compensation program is to help reform Zimbabwe\u2019s economy and improve international relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zimbabwe begins compensating white farmers affected by often-violent land seizures<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2089597\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zimbabwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zimbabwean government<\/a> will compensate white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/farming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">farmers<\/a> who were forcibly removed from their land more than 20 years ago in a bid to mend ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Western nations<\/a> that have sanctioned it over human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government would disburse $3.1 million to 740 white farmers who lost their land during a resettlement campaign in 2000 and 2001 aimed at relocating 300,000 Black families. About 4,000 white farmers were displaced under orders from former President Robert Mugabe, who justified the evictions as redress for colonial-era land inequities. Zimbabwe gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1980.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3377970\/witkoff-meets-putin-russia-peace-deal\/\">Witkoff meets Putin in Russia as Trump says to &#8216;get moving&#8217; on peace deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3377745\/istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu-court-erdogan-suppression\/\">Arrested Istanbul mayor debuts in court, accuses Erdogan of political suppression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3375651\/china-xi-jinping-tariff-faceoff-prepared-not-enough\/\">Xi Jinping has spent his career preparing for tariff faceoff. It may not be enough<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;One of our commitments as we try to reform the Zimbabwe economy, to clear our arrears, is really to compensate the former farm owners who lost their farms during the land reform program,&rdquo; Ncube<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cq5wwp5eelxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> told<\/a> the BBC. &ldquo;We have now begun to honor that agreement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The $3.1 million payout represents 1% of the $311 million the government agreed to pay the first group of farmers under a 2020 deal brokered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. So far, 378 of the 740 farmers have received their funds. The remaining compensation will be paid through treasury bonds.<\/p>\n<p>The compensation does not cover the value of the land itself &mdash; which the government argues was originally seized unfairly by colonists &mdash; but rather the cost of buildings and infrastructure the white farmers had.<\/p>\n<p>Most farmers, however, have not signed the agreement and continue to hold on to their title deeds.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Zimbabwe paid out $20 million to foreign farmers from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and a few countries in Eastern Europe who lost their land, which was protected by bilateral agreements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3227614\/trump-ending-cbp-one-migrant-app-border-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP ENDING CBP ONE MIGRANT APP COULD HAVE UNINTENDED BORDER CONSEQUENCES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more than two decades, Zimbabwe has faced sanctions by the United States and other Western countries over the violent eviction of white farmers, which were widely condemned as human rights abuses. The government is now seeking to repair relations with the West and reengage with the international community.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa has shown support for several of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s controversial decisions, such as his efforts to deport illegal immigrants; he agreed to slash tariffs on U.S.-imported goods to zero in response to Trump&rsquo;s so-called reciprocal tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2089597\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2089597\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe starts compensating white farmers displaced by land seizures over 20 years ago to improve relations with Western nations that imposed sanctions due to human rights violations. 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