Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
War vets take over fishing lodge in Hippo Valley http://www.swradioafrica.com Posted by Tererai Karimakwenda on Monday, January 9, 2012 Mteri Lodge By Tererai Karimakwenda09 January, 2012 Two lodges that cater to fisherman, and a small game reserve on the Hippo Valley Estates, were illegally taken by war vets in late December. Gerry Whitehead, one …
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White Zimbabwean farmers struggle to build city lives Ten years into Zimbabwe’s land reforms, life-long farmer John Browning has found a job at a food company’s factory in Harare, supervising the night shift. Tim Philp, a former Zimbabwean farmer, at his new workplace: a factory in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Photo: AFP/DESMOND KWANDE By Charlotte …
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Bromley Farm: Murerwa intervenes http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff WriterSaturday, 07 January 2012 11:41 HARARE – Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Herbert Murerwa has intervened to end the nightmare of 130 families that were living in the open along a railway line after being evicted from Bromley Farm on the outskirts of Harare. New owner of the farm …
Zim faces bleak farming season http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 06 January 2012 16:16 Shame Makoshori, Farming Reporter ZIMBABWE should brace for yet another poor agricultural season triggered largely by an unpredictable rain pattern partnered with lack of funding, experts warned this week. They warned that farmers would battle to acquire fertilisers and chemicals due to the absence of bank financing …
Made defends GMO ban http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 06/01/2012 00:00:00 by NewZiana ZIMBABWE will not allow the production of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) even if they could help ensure food sufficiency, agriculture mechanisation minister, Dr Joseph Made has insisted. Made said the government would, instead, concentrate on making available fertilizer, seeds, irrigation and other essential farm inputs to boost food production rather …
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Q&A: Zimbabwe’s ‘Cold War, Which Is a Racial War’ http://www.voanews.com January 05, 2012 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Photo: Reuters Zimbabwean farmers attend a meeting of white commercial farmers in the capital Harare, 2010 (file photo). Zimbabwe’s long-running land controversy continues to undermine the economy, as many of 200 or so remaining white farmers battle to …
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Minister Mohadi in wrangle over Beitbridge farm http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda05 January, 2012 Despite being extremely wealthy and a Minister who is supposed to stand for law and order, co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi is reportedly involved in a legal battle to take over another farm in Beitbridge, with allegations the row has turned into physical assaults and …
Zimbabwe Power Demand to Rise 29% in 2012, Supply Authority Says http://www.businessweek.com January 03, 2012, 12:00 PM EST By Godfrey Marawanyika Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe’s electricity demand is projected to increase 29 percent this year, boosted by the mining industry, the state power utility said. Demand rose 6.2 percent last year from 2010, Fullard Gwasira, a …
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