nico he's in germany. why not learn with him. it's simple mind on your mobile and free. t.w. zealand in course. terms made easy. news africa coming out in the next 15 minutes after more than 20 years of isolation zimbabwe is trying to boost its income indeed by reconnecting with international community. to grab case heads around the country convince the world that it's ready for business. so what do you want to do. what do you want to do now and according to the over there. also coming out. across africa are growing at the phosphate. business. so the

environment could be looking at a situation in my life. it's great to have you on the show. president. promised white farmers stop land grabs belong to the past 2 decades after a battle gabby's government began season redistributing the country's prime farmland the new move is designed to reassure the international community. and the rupee and union begin talks about future ties. in zimbabwe. says he is still being targeted correspondence privileged with xan that are you visit the states and the district of japan in money. and filed this report.

that we have had the same reach it has appeared in court 8 times over the past 4 months. to make way for this. money. so what do you want to do is go $220.00. 202 what do you what do you want to do my land according to the information. and rachid has lived with them sittin it of losing their $1000000.00 investment in our packaging fic tree and located on the land in question we are now in the peak time of our export program and it's been extremely distracting to have to deal with these matters all over again when this should not be happening at all. suffolk coffee east it is one of the most productive farms in the country it is situated it is in but was

a remote eastern corner close to the border with mozambique to east its size standards if the liberty to export produce around the world. this is a fossil avocado planted the blond established in 201500 meters exploiting about 1000 tonnes of i will add those 2 front despite the challenges that zimbabwe is facing relaid in the last 3 months occupiers them with coming here to found and we've been awfully sad that they say they were given by government to function by about a half of the land that was on the by the estate but if that is allowed to happen in britain the live there would be $600.00 without what in roi in different operations at least the state. last week president won and that was

cutting it past the decision to stop fresh lend or keep patients on productive farms in light of the disturbances if i feel he states it's not our policy is governments to hound other businesses it's not all policy to disrupt productive plans is not our police to do to disrupt all conference to kate's lands all property. however the commission farmers union a zimbabwean says' government should fix land ownership policies and put a stop to acquisition of remaining productive farms we'd like to see this become policy clearly we've asked for a moratorium many times in the past and it would send a positive signal any time there is an interruption on productive land clearly. it sends a negative message at the present time. zimbabwe's lend reforms if it wanted the

country much of that redistributed lend is either underutilized or completely right for families like richard protection of property rights is important for security of tenure joining me now is our correspondents privileged from zimbabwe privileged thanks for joining us now your reports to slights on the alleged land keys involving money the province minister's son now what about this triggered government response. here's the case has been going for 4 months and. dorland occupiers have been coming to 5 states. several times wanting to take their lot to one of their land so on. tuesday last week the cabinet said and made a decision to say that their farm should not be touched and also the productive farms should be protected because they are bringing in foreign currency through the

exports that they are bringing to the country. now what was unique about this particular case that drew this response from the government. there the issue is that where zimbabwe is it at the moment is in a process of reengaging with the international community and also they called on me is not fulfilling very well so if there is a productive land that is exporting like fuel the government is saying that it should be supported and this is been welcomed by even economists even farmers organizations they are welcoming this move saying that they have been calling for the protection of consent because they support they call on me. now you've mentioned the dialogue between zimbabwe and the european union has begun its hope that they will not you support that zimbabwe desperately needs to revamp its

economy now what can you tell us about this and what why is that a scene for. yeah you know it is that political dialogue between the e.u. and zimbabwe popped in 2002 that was the last time they had a dialogue so this coming at this time it is very important for the government because government needs to reengage because something is in badly they really need international support when it comes to kick start seeing and reforming they call on me which is constrained at the moment and this is coming it. time and it's better time to engage with the international community. and clearly is a big deal in zimbabwe in helping stating the economy. how important really is it. the symbol of where economy is mainly dependent on agriculture over the years since

the eighty's zimbabwe was regarded is the bread basket africa so if you look at its . big good since 2000 when the land reform happened agriculture had gone down so it's a revival he's very important for the zimbabwean economy and. right now you find that many people are having to beg for food even for international support to get support but that never used to have been previously. thank you very much privileged from zimbabwe many thanks for your time. now today is weld environment state it is a reminder to protect and across africa's areas cities are growing and one raw material is especially in high demand side and in malawi this is leading to

growing land use disputes and threatens the system our correspondent reports from saying. lake malawi is one of the largest water bodies in africa. it's a vital source of fish and it's your wrist attraction but it is also under threat. more and more of its famous sandy beaches vanishing as the highly coveted sand is removed even though this is forbidden. all over the beach you can clearly see the damages of feel equal sand mining the sand has taken over here obviously they're waiting for somebody to pick it up in a larger scale and on top of it you can feel the sand is very soft but a little bit further down you find the hardest sand that has parts of stones inside and this is the sand that is ideal for construction. these children loading an ox cart with the sand quickly leave as we start filming.

you know people. who want you know they say the santas for their parents who are building a house. but only a few blocks away it's clearly visible how money is made with the booming santa business a truckload of sand sells for the equivalent of $120.00 euros nobody wants to talk to us on camera so we film secretly the sellers say this is the only way they can earn enough to make ends meet these that morning taking sand is not allowed we just get it from the beach it's not easy because it's illegal we usually get into trouble with the beach owners or with the police cement alluding owns a guest house on the lake has been observing the increase in illegal sand mining for years she thinks the lake can withstand the loss of a few oxcarts for now and then but not all truckloads on a daily basis then taking every day they were taking 50 tons going to.

the beach in front of her a guest house is still intact because there's no excess or wrote but she's worried about the future although clear last saw in place looting. the authorities don't enforce them enough. they're reacting extremely smooth when i say they're not reacting that would be a lie they are reacting but it's about having meetings about having meetings you meet with the local the chiefs the traditional authorities then you have to meet again with this other stakeholders which is environmental departments mining departments trying to get everybody together is extremely difficult the environmental officer did get a stop or die but the police have not acted on that stop or the local commissioner is aware of the problem and has promised to deal with it but he wants it won't be easy to find a solution that's acceptable to all parties. we are now well seeing that

the situation is overwhelming so all indeed may be for other people they might to see if we do that west road to go in that one but the procedures of before but scientists warn that the time is running out the lakes water quality is endangered and that has a serious impact on fish stocks you have different fish species that do well and breed well in shallow waters so the depending of the of the shores will affect those fishes and obviously going to decline in the short term most people just look at the immediate get the money they get certainly in the long term we start feeling the impacts and will start seeing things in future which is when people will start reacting and that will be too late. meanwhile cementer ludic wants to offer alternative jobs to the local sandra movers. she thinks it's the only way

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