Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
500 000 Hectares Of Planted Maize Crop A Write Off – Made http://www.radiovop.com Bulawayo, March 08, 2012- Zimbabwe faces serious hunger as 500 000 hectares of the planted maize crop during the 2011-2012 farming season is a write off, Agriculture and Mechanization Minister, Joseph Made has revealed. “According to the final crop assessment by the government, this …
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Former farmer loses bid to remain in retirement home http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell08 March 2012 A former Lowveld farmer has lost his bid to remain in his retirement home, bringing an end to an almost four year battle to retain his property rights. 74 year old Peter Hingeston this week entered into a plea bargain with …
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Govt backtracks on Green Fuel deal http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterWednesday, 07 March 2012 14:53 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is reversing its build, operate and transfer (BOT) deal with Green Fuel on the Chisumbanje ethanol project under the guise of a joint venture plan. State Enterprises and Restructuring Agency (Sera) executive director Edgar Nyoni yesterday …
Chegutu man gets ten years in jail for reconnecting ZESA http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda07 March, 2012 The recent case of a Chegutu resident, hit with a ten-year jail sentence for reconnecting his electricity, has highlighted the desperation of many who are being disconnected by the power authority for non-payment of bills. According to the state run Herald …
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Internet in Zimbabwe still affected by cable damage http://www.swradioafrica.com By Lance Guma06 March 2012 Internet users in Zimbabwe, including Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) served by TelOne, are still getting slow and intermittent internet service, three weeks after two separate shipping accidents severed a crucial internet and phone link for the region. In one of the accidents, a ship …
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‘Zimbabwe Ministers Looted Free Farming Inputs Meant for Poor Farmers’ http://www.voanews.com 05 March 2012 Vice President Joice Mujuru was quoted in the state controlled Herald newspaper as saying the cabinet ministers and some ZANU-PF and GMB officials are believed to have resold the inputs including ammonium nitrate and maize seed to unsuspecting farmers Gibbs Dube | Washington Vice …
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Repercussions of 99-year leases Sunday, 04 March 2012 00:00 Emilia Zindi Agriculture Editor A senior Government official revealed at a recent parliamentary portfolio committee meeting that all A2 farmers will be required to pay a maximum fee of US$90 000 to get 99-year leases, which would be used as collateral to secure loans from commercial …
Indigenisation deprive Zim of $6,3bn http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterMonday, 05 March 2012 13:02 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s financial services sector has missed out on $6,3 billion worth of lines of credit from international banks due to uncertainty posed by the country’s indigenisation programme, economist Erich Bloch has said. The Bulawayo-based analyst, told businessdaily two major foreign …
Nation’s maize crop wilting, says ZFU http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 03 March 2012 18:58 BY OUR STAFFTHE Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) says the country’s entire maize crop is in dire need of rain following the isolated and sporadic rainfall experienced in some parts of the country.In its weekly market guide, the ZFU said the condition of the maize crop remained …
Govt mulls new plan to rescue ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 03 March 2012 19:03 BY NDAMU SANDUGOVERNMENT edged closer to introducing mandatory fuel blending last week after a crucial meeting endorsed the plan in a move that could rescue the US$600 million ethanol project in Chisumbanje. There has been a slow uptake of ethanol from Chisumbanje as …