Full Coverage: Land

22.10.2004 A land tax on farms is to be implemented by the Namibian government. The aim of the tax is to address the “land hunger” that persists in Namibia against people who were previously disadvantaged under apartheid. The Namibian government has completed its valuation of the country’s commercial farms as the preliminary step to collection of the tax.

18.10.2004 Government and the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) have established a task force to mobilise $13.7 million by March for the expansion of irrigation farming in Zambia. After a good harvest in last farming season. Government is working towards improving the agricultural sector.

13.10.2004 The Coordination Body for Protection of the Old Fortress in Skopje (Skopsko Kale) held a press conference today to introduce the press with the current situation with the intention of the US Government to building a new Embassy Building in Gradiste, on Skopsko Kale. At the same time, the Coordination Body announced its campaign to collect signatures for the Petition for permanent protection of the fortress. The campaign will start on Thursday, October 14.

13.10.2004 Land is of great importance to many people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It provides employment, income and food for large sections of the population. The increasing pressures of population growth and land degradation are intensifying competition for land between different user groups. Further problems are being created by the loss of traditional land rights and unfair land distributions. This is leading to violent conflict between some groups. New land policies and initiatives are being formed throughout the region to try and reduce these conflicts.

05.10.2004 Four years after Zimbabwe's land reform campaign turned violent, South Africa and Namibia are facing the same conundrum, struggling to redress imbalances from British and German colonial rule.