ABSTRACT

Zimbabwe’s new administration indicated its willingness to end the compensation dispute, which lasted for two decades with former commercial farmers (FCFs), by signing the global compensation agreement (GCA). In the agreement, the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) offered to pay the sum of 3.5 billion, United States Dollars (USD) to the FCFs for their expropriated farmlands. A study carried out by the Valuation Consortium (Valcon) before the GCA signing revealed that most of the FCFs accepted the compensation offered by the expropriating authority. Thus far, no study has been done to assess the level of satisfaction of the affected FCFs, with the GCA provisions. Therefore, this study evaluated the views of FCFs and members of the Compensation Committee (MsCC) on this subject. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey which was mailed directly to the Chairperson of the FCFs, who sent it to other members to respond to issues raised. The study found mixed views by the FCFs on their levels of satisfaction with the GCA. Thus, the study concluded that compensation offered was not entirely satisfactory because it did not include accruals for delayed payment, professional fees, and a detailed breakdown of the compensable heads of claim.

摘要

津巴布韦新政府表示愿意通过签署全球补偿协议 (GCA) 来结束与前商业农民 (FCF) 持续了 20 年的补偿纠纷。在协议中，津巴布韦政府 (GoZ) 提出向 FCF 支付 35 亿美元 (USD) 以用于其被征用的农田。评估财团（Valcon）在签署 GCA 之前进行的一项研究显示，大多数 FCF 接受了征用当局提供的补偿。到目前为止，尚未进行任何研究来评估受影响的 FCF 对 GCA 条款的满意度。因此，本研究评估了 FCF 和薪酬委员会 (MsCC) 成员对此主题的看法。数据是通过问卷调查收集的，问卷调查直接邮寄给 FCF 主席，后者将其发送给其他成员以回应提出的问题。该研究发现，FCF 对他们对 GCA 的满意度有不同的看法。因此，该研究得出的结论是，所提供的赔偿并不完全令人满意，因为它不包括应计延迟付款、专业费用和可赔偿索赔项的详细细目。