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business. so the environment will be looking at a situation in my lab. it's great to have you on the show now zimbabwe's president. promised white farmers stop land grabs belong to the past 2 decades after robert mugabe's government began season on 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 bought in zimbabwe's east. is still being targeted correspondence privileged was shown that are you visited the states and the district of chip. in my province and filed this report.

we have the same preacher who has appeared in court 8 times over the past 4 months days in dublin pharma faces charges of refusing to make way for the son of the eastern province money and provincial minister ellen simba makoni so what you want to do is go 229 yes show me the 202 what do you what do you want to do me my land according to the infinite. and reach it has lived with i'm sittin it of losing their $1000000.00 investment in our kind of packaging fic tree and all churches 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. subtle cause he states he is one of the most productive farms in the country it is situated it

is in baba's a remote eastern corner close to the border with what some peak. is to excise standards if anybody's to export produce around the world. this is a fossil i will coddle potted plant if it's done really in 2050 and i'm writing this next one thing about 1000 pounds before i will have a 2 front despite the challenges that zimbabwe is facing but afraid that in the last 3 months occupiers coming here to define on we've been awful is that they say they were given by government to occupy about a half of the land that is going to buy their in-state but if that is allowed to happen including britain they live in the woods of about $600.00 with what employed in different operations at least the state. last week president of

cabinet passed a decision to stop fresh led occupation unproductive funds in light of the disturbances if i feel course he states it's not our policy is governments to hound other businesses it's not all police to disrupt productive plans it's not our police to do to just robs all conscious to kate's lands or property however the commission farmers union or zimbabwe ses 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 land is either under utilized or completely i do for fun like richard protection of property rights is important for security of tenure. joining me now is our correspondent privileged shuttered from zimbabwe privilege thanks for joining us now your reports through slights on the alleged land keys involving money province minister's son now what about the government's response. yes the case has been going for 4 months and. the orlando occupiers have been coming to 5 states. several times wanting to take their law to one of their land so. houston 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 keys that drew this response from the government. there the issue is that with zimbabwe is it the moment is in a process of reengaging with the international community and also they call on me is not feeling very well so if there is a productive land that is exporting like fuck you the government is saying that it should be supported and this is being welcomed by even the economist even farmers organizations they are welcoming this move saying that they have been calling for the protection of consent because they support the corny. now you mention the dialogue between zimbabwe and the european union has begun its use supports

that zimbabwe desperately needs to revamp its economy now what can you tell us about this and why is that a priority for. yeah are you not is that political dialogue between the e.u. and the. bob we 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 zimbabwe really needs 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 takes time and. better time to engage with the international community. and clearly is a big deal in zimbabwe in helping street in 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 the regarded is the bread basket of africa so if you look at its. big get since 2000 when the land reform happened agriculture had gone down so it's a revival is very important for the zimbabwean economy and. right now you find very 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 time. now today is world environment state it is a reminder to protect vironment across africa's areas cities are growing and fast one raw material is especially in high demand sun and in malawi this is leading to

growing land use disputes and threatens to your closest our correspondent reports from saying. lake malawi is one of the largest water bodies in africa. it's a vital source of fish and the cheeriest 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 are 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 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 a stand 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 cementer looting who owns a guest house on the lake has been observing the increase in the eagle sand mining for years she thinks the lake can withstand the loss of a few ox carts full now and then but not all truck loads on

a daily basis that taking every day they were taking 50 tons going to bring it in from 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 place new dick says the authorities don't enforce that mean that. they're reacting extremely smooth. when i say they're not reacting that will 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 office and did get a stop order 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 you need maybe a 4 other people in my t.c. if we do that he 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 shows will affect those fishes and do obviously go into decline in the short term most people just look at the immediate against the money they get certainly in the long term we start feeling the impacts and we'll start seeing things in future which is when people will start reacting and that will be too late. meanwhile cement wants to offer up to native jumps to the local sandra move us. she thinks it's the

only way to save lake malawi so it's can still provide a livelihood to local residents and an inspiration to visitors. it's all we have time for and didn't use africa check out our website and facebook page for more stories thanks for the time to get by on you so. take a look closely with a wonderful people and stories that make you so special your wedding. was a. kickoff one. interrupted

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