Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe Constitution: problems mount http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 18 hours 42 minutes ago Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) last Friday disowned a national report on the constitutional making process that appeared in the government controlled Herald newspaper and accused Zanu-PF of trying to derail the charter making process. MDC-T spokesperson Douglas …
Summary On Politically-Motivated Human Rights And Food- Related Violations http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/ZPP231211.pdf Zimbabwe Peace Project – SUMMARY ON POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOOD- RELATED VIOLATIONSNovember 2011
Anhui farm project helps Zimbabwe’s agriculture http://www.chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2011-12-23 16:31By Wang Ziwei and Ma Chenguang (China Daily Anhui Bureau) Officers from Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Defense reaffirmed that the project launched in Zimbabwe by Anhui Provincial State Farms Group of China, has greatly enabled the development of local agriculture by increasing jobs, mitigating food shortages, promoting food supplies and …
ZESA owed over $500M in unpaid electricity bills http://www.bulawayo24.com by Staff reporter2011 December 22 23:41:15 Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings has said it is owed more than US$537 million in unpaid electricity bills by domestic, industrial, mining and agricultural consumers as at the end of November. Spokesperson Shepherd Mandizvidza said the power utility was failing to …
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AMA agro bills fail to entice market http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:10 Reginald Sherekete THE recently floated Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) bills failed, yet again, to entice the market with the tender raising only US$17,7 million from the required US$50 million, despite the special features placed on the bills. The AMA agro bills had received special features …
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Power outages affect surgery at Parirenyatwa hospital http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda22 December 2011 A four day power cut has seriously affected operations at Parirenyatwa hospital in the capital. Disruption in the supply of power has also forced authorities at the hospital to send patients home, while in serious cases patients were transferred to private hospitals for urgent operations. …
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Govt struggles to raise agric funds http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Business WriterWednesday, 21 December 2011 08:36 HARARE – The government is struggling to raise capital to support the 2011/2012 agricultural season after two critical fund-raising schemes were unsuccessful. This comes on the back of the Agricultural Marketing Authority’s (Ama) 360-day agro bills targeted at raising $100 million only realising $17,7 million …
Tobacco Farming Negatively Impacts Zimbabwe’s Indigenous Forests http://www.voanews.com December 21, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Zimbabwe’s indigenous forests are disappearing at an unprecedented rate. Thousands of new tobacco farmers say they have to use wood to cure their crop because they cannot afford coal mined in western Zimbabwe. The forests were in relatively good shape, compared to …
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Long bank queues return as cash shortages hit Zim http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda21 December, 2011 A shortage of cash has hit many banks in Zimbabwe as the Christmas holiday approaches, despite assurances by the Bankers Association that all banks had enough money for the festive season. Local reports said some banks had already run out of cash …
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