Commission flags chaotic land reforms

The Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) established by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to probe the country's land ownership patters in the aftermath of the land reform programme has issued a damning assessment of government's tenure system. According to a preliminary audit report presented to Agriculture Minister Parrence Shiri, the much-vilified land reform programme is crumbling. ‘On issues of security of tenure, the tenure documents given to farmers are shambolic because they came from different allocating authorities. This made it impossible to verify the legal status of genuine farm beneficiaries,’ the report states. New Zimbabwe reports that it also flags double allocations that have triggered land disputes and the corrupt allocation of land by government officials.