‘Agriculture has potential to stem poverty’

‘Agriculture has potential to stem poverty’ Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:07   Tabitha Mutenga, Staff Reporter   A Zambian farmer representative has urged Zimbabwean farmers to take farming seriously, saying agriculture was key to poverty alleviation. Evelyn Nguleka, a Zambian National Farmers Union (ZNFU) representative, told delegates to a Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) congress in …

Government should carry out the land audit – PM

Government should carry out the land audit – PM Thursday, 12 July 2012 The Prime Minister notes with concern that some Ministers in Government will be embarking on a partisan land audit outside the Government processes. A report in the State media today indicates that the Zanu PF Land reform department led by Local Government Minister Ignatius …

Parliament Blocks Electoral Bill, Demands Changes

Parliament Blocks Electoral Bill, Demands Changes http://www.voanews.com/ 11 July 2012 Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington DC After passing a controversial human rights law, the Zimbabwe parliament on Wednesday rejected the Electoral Bill that precludes the diaspora vote and is fraught with loopholes seen as favoring President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party. The House of Assembly blocked the proposed law …

Zimbabwe says power debt down to under $20 mn

Zimbabwe says power debt down to under $20 mn http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Sapa-AFP | 12 July, 2012 20:30 Energy-starved Zimbabwe has cut its debt to power providers to under US$20 million from around $100 million in a bid to resume imports after major regional suppliers cut it off, the energy minister said Thursday. “We have currently made strides to …

Zim set to amend Securities Act: Biti

Zim set to amend Securities Act: Biti http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterThursday, 12 July 2012 17:13 HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti yesterday said government will this week gazette major amendments to the Securities Act aimed at improving the country’s capital markets regulatory and supervisory functions. Speaking at TN Bank’s listing ceremony on the Zimbabwe …

Coltart and Kasukuwere clarify school indigenisation

Coltart and Kasukuwere clarify school indigenisation http://www.swradioafrica.com Staff Reporter12 July 2012 Recently Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere caused a major panic when he said schools were to be indigenised, meaning they had to hand over 51% of their shares. The new regulations to take over private schools were published in a notice in the Government Gazette last week. But …

Zimbabwe in talks with Chinese firm on power plant

Zimbabwe in talks with Chinese firm on power plant http://af.reuters.com Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:09pm GMT Print | Single Page[-] Text [+] By Nelson Banya HARARE, July 12 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government is in talks with China Railway International over plans to build a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant to ease the southern African country’s electricity shortages, …

Conflicts over urban agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe – by Anna Brazier

Conflicts over urban agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe – by Anna Brazier http://africanarguments.org July 10, 2012 Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, maize stalks cleared into heaps and …

Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Farmers Stranded As Grazing Lands Diminish

Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Farmers Stranded As Grazing Lands Diminish http://www.voanews.com 10 July 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Subsistence farmers in drought-stricken areas of Matabeleland South and some parts of the Midlands Province are being forced to pay up to $40 a month to access grazing land in farms occupied by beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform program. Some of …