Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mutharika forced to quit Zim land trial http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Malawian lawyer Peter Mutharika has been forced to resign from the arbitration panel in two international court cases in which groups of foreign investors are suing the Zimbabwean government for breaches of bilateral investment treaties following objections about his impartiality by some of the claimants.19.08.1106:01pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe Mutharika was one of …
High losses blamed for missed tobacco targets http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 18 August 2011 18:26 Paul Nyakazeya THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says the industry failed to meet this year’s projected target of 177 million kgs of tobacco owing to crop losses of up to 31%at the farms and 21% during the re-handling process.The tobacco selling season officially …
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Elephant tramples boy to death A 16-year-old boy was on Monday trampled to death by a bull elephant that is part of a herd of 25 terrorising villagers in Chimbuwe, Mukumbura and Kaitano areas in Mashonaland Central province. The jumbos are suspected to have escaped from the Mbire conservancy area last week. Mashonaland Central provincial …
No end to rhino poaching ABOUT 60 000 rhinos or 85 percent of their global population have been wiped out since 1970, says the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), one of the world’s largest conservation organisations. Efforts to stop poaching in Zimbabwe have been partially successful, but the future of the world’s most wanted …
Wildlife-base land reform the way to go IN some areas of Zimbabwe, the number of wild animals is growing, not as a consequence of conservation but of utilisation. Zimbabwe’s game and nature reserves cover 13 percent of the country’s total surface area. Wildlife is also extensively managed on twice as much land on private farms, …
The farmer Mujuru evicted speaks out http://nehandaradio.com August 18, 2011 1:49 pm This is the story of how Retired army General Solomon Mujuru came to occupy the farm that he died in, 60 km outside Harare in Beatrice. The farmer Guy Watson-Smith and his wife were forced out and left with a suitcase of clothes after Mujuru sold …
Farm invasions continue across Zimbabwe http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell18 August 2011 The remaining white commercial farmers across the country are facing intensified threats by mobs of land invaders, as the lawless invasions of farms continue. Last week Banket farmer Roy Crawford was reportedly abducted from his farm and tied up with barbed wire, apparently for “failing to chant …
Last white farmers targeted http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Mobs loyal to President Robert Mugabe have launched a new offensive to beat and intimidate the remaining white farmers, dashing hopes that the government would keep its promise to restore the rule of law.16.08.1104:28pmby Chief Reporter The latest officially orchestrated attacks come after a pledge by Mugabe to end the seizure of white …
Thousands destitute after Nyazura farm invasions http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell16 August 2011 See pictures of the du Toit farm after the invasion Thousands of people have been left destitute after a spate of land invasions in Nyazura in recent months. Four of the remaining five white commercial farms in the district have been invaded by a mob …