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ZANU PF officials implicated in wildlife bribes scam http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda11 September, 2012 A group of ZANU PF officials who were recently given land and granted hunting licenses in the Save Valley Conservancy have been accused of trying to sell the licences back to the white owners, whose licenses were cancelled. The allegations came from the Conservancy’s …

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Vic Falls club illegally seized by government http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda10 September, 2012 Tour operators in Zimbabwe are concerned about their future after a recent government takeover of the Victoria Falls Boating Club. According to Newsday newspaper, government plans to establish their own boating facility at the Club ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general …

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War veterans storm Mzembi’s office http://www.thestandard.co.zw September 10, 2012 in LocalWAR veterans on Friday stormed Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Walter Mzembi’s offices demanding an explanation as to why the recent allocation of conservancies to a few politicians was being resisted. REPORT BY PATRICE MAKOVAThe former freedom fighters, led by Joseph Chinotimba, who is himself not …

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Save Conservancy – Article in the Herald and a Response   The Herald, 30th August 2012 Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor   In the past two weeks or so, Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi, south of Masvingo, has hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons, yet when one follows the hullabaloo with a trained ear, …

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Mzembi playing politics while I am making dollars — Mahofa http://www.dailynews.co.zw Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:16MASVINGO – Former Gutu South MP Shuvai Mahofa, one of the 25 Zanu PF officials accused of forcing their way into the lucrative Save Valley Conservancy, has accused fellow party member and Tourism minister Walter Mzembi of playing politics with the issue. Mahofa …

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Zanu PF officials in wildlife bribes scam http://www.dailynews.co.zw Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:18HARARE – Willy Pabst, the Germany industrialist and hunting enthusiast who has been leading a campaign to save wildlife sanctuary, the Save Valley Conservancy, from occupation by Zanu PF officials has made sensational claims that party stalwarts have been asking for bribes from owners of the targeted …

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Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy, Indigenisation And ‘The Lie Of The Land — By Takura Zhangazha http://africanarguments.org September 6, 2012 On the surface of it, it would appear that the political dispute over the Save Valley Conservancy in South Eastern Zimbabwe is yet another story of ‘illegal land-grabs’. It must however be said at the onset that this …

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