Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Chief Defies Charumbira Over Farm Seizure http://www.radiovop.com Harare, May 02, 2012-A Zimbabwean traditional leader has defied a rebuke by Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira to vacate a farm which he invaded in Mashonaland Central province. According to a memorandum written by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s Internal Security and Intelligence (PISI), Chief Chiweshe recently seized Heyshot farm in the …
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African farmers grow trees as a natural crop fertilizer http://www.csmonitor.com In Africa, planting trees along with corn in soil that is low in nitrogen can substantially increase corn production without expensive fertilizers. In a decade, the number of small farmers using Fertilizer Tree Systems has ballooned from a few hundred to more than 250,000. …
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Ethanol plant to sack 4,500 workers http://www.newzimbabwe.com 01/05/2012 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter UP to 4,500 workers at the US$600 million ethanol plant in Chisumbanje could lose their jobs as Energy Minister Elton Mangoma continues to resist pressure to introduce compulsory blending of petrol. Green Fuel has already ceased ethanol production after exhausting storage capacity at the Chisumbanje plant …
Dis-array in Zimbabwe Court Case- Lawyers, witnesses dump Zanu PF Heavyweights in court Friday, 20 April 2012 06:56 administrator CHIREDZI – Prominent Zanu PF politicians, Retired Colonel Claudius William Makova, self-styled war veteran Francis Zimuto, Sharon Musakwa and thirteen other applicants had a bad day at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts when a lawyer renounced agency …
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Mugabe and Tsvangirai to receive draft constitution on Wednesday http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda01 May 2012 Principals to the GPA will receive a draft copy of the new constitution on Wednesday, COPAC-co-chairman Douglas Mwonzora said on Tuesday. ‘We managed to resolve some issues on devolution, death penalty and citizenship,’ Mwonzora said, adding that the country …
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No imminent privatisation of parastatals: PM http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:54 BY NQOBILE BHEBHEPRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says government is not in a hurry to privatise loss-making parastatals as this will expose Zimbabweans to exorbitant utility rates. Addressing an International Business Conference in Bulawayo, which ran concurrently with the just ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), Tsvangirai said …
Zanu PF land invaders threaten scenic Vumba http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:58 BY CLAYTON MASEKESAMUTARE — Zanu (PF) supporters resettled as A1 farmers in Vumba and Burma Valley areas have been accused of destroying the scenic Eastern Highlands by indiscriminately cutting down indigenous and exotic trees and wanton hunting of wild animals.Owners of private properties and A2 …
Zanu PF elites in land dog fight: Part II http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Everson Mushava, Staff WriterFriday, 27 April 2012 10:48 HARARE – But Mugwadi in November last year ordered the arrest of the resettled farmers on criminal charges of trespassing after he obtained a High Court default judgment by Justice Francis Bere evicting the A1 farmers from the …
Sata slams sanctions, supports grabbing of white owned farms in Zimbabwe http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/ April 27, 2012 President Michael Sata Thursday bemoaned the effects of what he called illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.He also supported the land reform programme, saying the liberation struggle would have been in vain had land remained in the hands of a …
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