DDF recapitalisation to revive rural development
Senior Reporter
The recapitalisation of the District Development Fund will see the institution being able to bust sanctions and go back to its mandate of providing sustainable rural development to uplift livelihoods of people in communal areas.
Government is recapitalising the DDF through provision of machinery for its various programmes.
DDF is a Government department under the Office of the President and Cabinet tasked with the development and maintenance of infrastructure, water supplies, road services, hire of plant and equipment, and tillage services.
At its inception, in terms of rural roads programme, DDF had four operational units comprising two graders, four tippers, a frontline loader, a dozer, flatbed, and water bowers.
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17 March 2021 | Agriculture
WE NEED LAND: Farmers want government to allow them to make use of unused resettlement farms to increase their production.
PHOTO: ESTER KAMATI
ESTER KAMATI
OTJIWARONGO
Farmers have requested that government allow them to make use of resettlement farms which are not currently in use in order to increase production.
Wilma Gaweses, who owns a small garden in Otjiwarongo, suggested that unproductive farms be made available for use by farmers who wish to expand their operations and increase production.
During an engagement with farmers in the Otjiwarongo constituency on Monday, Agro-Marketing Trade Agency (AMTA) managing director Lungameni Lucas shared statistics of fresh-produce production in Namibia.
Source: South Africa News Agency
Cabinet has, at its ordinary meeting the week, approved the Land Court Bill and the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Amendment Bill of 2021, among others.
“Cabinet approved the submission of the Land Court Bill to Parliament for processing. The Bill establishes a specialist Land Court, with its judgements, orders and decisions appealable at the proposed specialist Land Court of Appeal,” said Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Thursday.
The Bill will resolve the challenges that were experienced under the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act 22 of 1994) such as backlogs in land claims and dispute resolution mechanisms when disputes arise.
Africa Report
IT IS economic déjà vu for Zimbabwe as the central bank battles spiralling inflation. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is attempting to introduce ever-higher denomination notes; but inflation still approaches 400%.
Faced with a three figure annual inflation rate, Zimbabwe’s central bank has announced that it is planning to introduce higher denomination banknotes for the convenience of the public.
The higher denomination banknote, which will come in the form of 50 Zimbabwean dollars (Z$), will not be adequate to buy even a loaf of bread.
This is the second time that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is printing higher denomination banknotes in a period of one year after it introduced Z$10 notes in May 2020, followed by Z$20 notes in early June the same year as part of measures to increase physical money supply as well as curbing cash shortages.