Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mugabe vetoes Blackberry service http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk President Robert Mugabe, fearing agitated citizens calling for regime change, is refusing to licence the BlackBerry service in Zimbabwe.28.09.1109:29amby Staff Reporter Zimbabwean citizens are tech-savvy and emboldened, a fact that has raised fears okaying the Blackberry service could result Egypt and Tunisia-style uprisings. The Canadian mobile phones have flooded the country, but it …
ZANU PF delays deployment of SADC team to join JOMIC http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda28 September 2011 A senior member of the MDC-T on Wednesday blamed ZANU PF for holding up the deployment of a regional team that will bolster the operations of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC). The MDC-T deputy spokesperson and MP for Bulawayo …
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Finance Minister: Zimbabwe Owes Debt to White Farmers http://www.voanews.com September 28, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, says white farmers who were evicted from their homes and farms by President Robert Mugabe’s supporters must be paid compensation, but says the government can’t finance that debt. Biti told a meeting of his supporters in …
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COMMERCIAL FARMERS’ UNION CLASSIFIEDS WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2011 For those wishing to receive the CFU Classifieds by Email ‘free of charge’ please send details of Name, Company, Physical address, Contact phone numbers and Email address to where the Classifieds are to be sent to advert@cfuzim.org for our database records If you would …
Farm worker disputes http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Farm workers are clashing with new farmers of grabbed properties amid reports of bad farm management, changes of employment, appalling remuneration and a bleak future.23.09.1110:31amby Fungai Kwaramba Harare Many farm workers witnessed how the black farm owners grabbed the land, and some were caught up in the often-violent evictions. “We were better off under …
‘Erosion of judiciary’s independence in Zim’ http://www.iol.co.za/ September 25 2011 at 01:25pm AFP Politically motivated arrests, ahead of general elections scheduled for 2012, seem to be on the increase in Zimbabwe. This is according to a report on the rule of law in Zimbabwe, compiled by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, which also raised concerns about …
Constitution process in chaos http://www.timeslive.co.za/ JAMA MAJOLA | 25 September, 2011 03:52 The constitution -making process in Zimbabwe is in disarray as thematic committees capturing data in narrative forms were locked in heated arguments this week on how to do it and what guidelines to use. The situation throws President Robert Mugabe’s election plans further into disarray. Checks …
Wikileaks: Delta boss planned deal to enable government to buy up 400 farms http://www.insiderzim.com/ Saturday, 24 September 2011 07:01 Delta Corporation boss Patrick Rooney told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald 10 years ago that his company was arranging a credit facility that would enable the government to buy 300 to 400 commercial farms that had been …
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CFU to work with govt on land reform http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Only 200 white commercial farmers are actively engaged in farming activities, the Commercial Farmers Union has confirmed.22.09.1104:33pmby Ngoni Chanakira Harare The once-powerful farming association had more than 4 500 members before the controversial land resettlement programme began in 2000. Marc Carrie-Wilson, CFU’s Legal Affairs Manager, told The Zimbabwean …
CFU to work with govt on land reform http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Only 200 white commercial farmers are actively engaged in farming activities, the Commercial Farmers Union has confirmed.22.09.1104:33pmby Ngoni Chanakira Harare The once-powerful farming association had more than 4 500 members before the controversial land resettlement programme began in 2000. Marc Carrie-Wilson, CFU’s Legal Affairs Manager, told The Zimbabwean …