news africa coming out in the next 13 minutes after more than 20 years of isolation zimbabwe is trying to boost its in an economy by reconnecting with the international community. to grab. the country called the world that it's ready for business. so what do you want to do you want to. show me the 20 what do you want to do my land according to the over that's. coming out. across africa are growing at a fast rate that is booming business costs so the iranians will be looking at a situation in my life. any michael jr 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 a bedbug obvious governments began season redistributing the country's prime farmland then you move is designed to reassure the international community. and the rupee and union begin talks about future ties bought in zimbabwe it. is still being targeted correspondents that are you visit that the states and the district of japan get in money. and filed this report. but we have the same breach of his appeared in court papers over the past 4 months. refusing to make wait for the. money. so what do you want to do is go 229 and show me the 202 what do you. what do you

want to do me my land according to the overhead. and reach it has lived within city of losing their $1000000.00 investment in our will cut a packet in fig tree and options 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 about was a remote eastern corner close to the border with most of the. thing is to excise standards if anybody's to export produce around the world. this is a fill i will cattle patted the blonde is families in 201586 wanting about 1000 pounds of i will paddle to front despite the challenges that zimbabwe is facing but of late in the last 3

months occupiers coming here to define armed with an awful and that they say they were given by the government to occupy about half of the land that is on the by the instate but if that is allowed to happen include britain the live you would know about $600.00 without what employed in different operations at least the state. last week president a man that was cabinet passed a decision to stop fresh land or keep patients on productive funds in light of the disturbances that fuck the states and it's not our policy is governments to hound and to our businesses it's not all police to disrupt productive lands is not our police to do to disrupt all conscious to kate's lands all property.

however the coalition of farmers union a zimbabwean 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 is embodied was lend reforms if they wanted the country much of that redistributed land is either under utilized all completely i do for fun is like richard protection of property rights is important for security of tenure. joining me now is our correspondent privileged we shall never be from zimbabwe privileged thanks for joining us now your reports it's on the alleged land keys involving money province ministers 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. choose the last week the cabinet said and made it the season 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 at the moment is in a process of reengaging with the international community and also they called on me

is not feeling very real so if there is a productive land that is exporting like fuel the government is saying that it should be supported in this has been welcomed by even economists even farmers organisations they are welcoming this move saying that they've been calling for the protection of consent because they support they call on me. now you've mentioned the dialogue between zimbabwe. union has begun its use of force that zimbabwe desperately needs to revamp its economy now what can you tell us about this and why is that a priority for. yeah you know it is that political dialogue between the e.u. and the. 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 is time and it better time to engage with the international community. and clearly is a big deal is them by the way in helping stating the economy. how important really is it is in bad way economy is mainly dependent on agriculture over the years since the eighty's zimbabwe was regarded is the bread basket of africa so if you look at it. big since 2000 when the land reform had been agriculture he had gone down so it's a revival he's very important for the zimbabwean economy and. right now you find there really are 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 many things that are. now today is world environment it is a reminder to protect and across africa's areas cities are growing and what raw material is especially in high demand side and then this is leading to growing land use disputes and threatens to system our correspondent reports from. 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 harder sand it 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 were going to go they say the santas for their parents were 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 who owns a guest house on the lake has been observing the entries in the eagle center 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 they taking every day they were taking 50 tons during. the beach in front of for a guest house is still intact because there's no excess wrote but she's worried about the future although clear law in place and that excess 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 manning departments trying to get everybody together is extremely difficult the environmental officer 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 this recession is overwhelming so indeed maybe i for other people with a mighty c 3 do that west road to go in that one but the procedures have to be followed 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 deepening 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 cement alluding once to offer up turn it's of jobs to the local sand removalists. she thinks it's the only way to save lake malawi so it can still provide a livelihood to local residents and an inspiration to visitors. that's all we have time for and you know if you use africa check out our website and facebook page for more stories on story of tiny goodbye i'm pissed you saw.

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