Liam Philp News Today

GMB chief executive officer Edson Badarai told the Zimbabwe Independent that the parastatal was working on modalities to pay the farmers.

Farmers have also been affected by the power crisis — a perennial problems that government has left to deteriorate with little action.

Half of the settlement was supposed to be paid out within a year, with the remainder paid over five years.

Ramping up gold output will be important for Zimbabwe, which has struggled to generate enough foreign currency on the official markets.

Some officials said the failure to hold the election may have been caused by the absence of the lobby group’s director, who was unwell at the time.

“There’s so much land available, so many opportunities for horticulture”