Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
COMMERCIAL FARMERS’ UNION CLASSIFIEDS WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 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 …
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Poachers devise new tricks to evade detection http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 28 August 2011 10:55 BY CHIPO MASARAFrom fresh reports of illegal hunting in Zimbabwe, it would appear as though the poachers are adamant on wiping out all wildlife and as long as the authorities, whose job is to protect the natural resource neglect to fulfil their mandate, the country’s …
How a General stole a farm: My family’s story – Guy Watson-Smith (2004) http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/6958#more-6958 August 25th, 2011 This narrative was written by Zimbabwean farmer Guy Watson-Smith in 2004, recounting his experiences at the hands of General Solomon Mujuru. We are re-printing it as he wrote it at that time. General Mujuru died in a …
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CFU returns to Harare Agric Show http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Commercial farmers have returned to this year’s Harare Agricultural Show, nearly a decade after they pulled out of the annual exhibition in protest at the state-sponsored farm invasions that began in 2000.24.08.1111:58amby Vusimusi Bhebhe “We have not had a stand at the show for a number of years, for obvious reasons, …
Zimbabwe raises electricity tariffs 31 percent http://af.reuters.com Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:06am GMT By Nelson Banya HARARE Aug 25 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s electricity regulator has ordered a 31 percent tariff increase, in a move it said was meant to ensure the state-owned power utility ZESA’s profitability, the authority said on Thursday. The increase would see the average tariff …
Chisumbanje villagers furious over lack of consultation for Ethanol project http://www.swradioafrica.com Lack of consultation infuriates Chisumbanje villagers A week of drama has been experienced in Chisumbanje as over a thousand villagers refused to be cowed by Macdom pvt ltd.The much publicised Ethanol project hangs on a thread if the Macdom and ARDA remains stubborn by imposing and defining …
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Crisis Looming As Company Takeover Kickstarts http://www.radiovop.com Harare, August 23, 2011- The government has started issuing withdrawal licences to companies that failed to comply with the controversial black empowerment laws that analysts dismiss as legalised thievery by the governing coalition partner, Zanu (PF). Radio VOP has it in high authority that Harare adminstration has started writing to a number …
No farming implements http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Most small-scale farmers resettled here under President Robert Mugabe’s chaotic land reform programme no longer have farming implements, a survey has revealed.19.08.1107:34amby Tony Saxon The small scale farmers, many of them war veterans who were resettled on the former white owned farmers, sold all the implements they were given by the government. The veterans, who …
Rampant poaching decimates Kariba wildlife http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Rampant poaching is threatening to wipe out wildlife in the Kariba national park area where animal rights activists warn of a surge in sightings of snares planted by poachers.19.08.1105:42pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe The Kariba Animal Welfare Fund said last week that poaching activities threatened to decimate entire herds of buffalo, waterbuck, impala and …