VAWZ Newsletter 3
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Ordre National du Merite – Mr Clive Stockil
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CFU Calling 5 August 2011
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Presidential herd under fire
Presidential herd under fire http://www.timeslive.co.za/ VLADIMIR MZACA | 07 August, 2011 04:23 The presidential herd – a herd of elephants granted “perpetual protection” by President Robert Mugabe – faces severe threats as mines and human settlements mushroom in their conservancy in Matabeleland North. Environment and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema has declared that doing anything that harms …
Farmers fight on
Farmers fight on http://www.timeslive.co.za/ HARARE CORRESPONDENT | 07 August, 2011 04:22 The Commercial Farmers Union, which last week elected a new leadership, is pushing for the compensation of white farmers dispossessed by President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reforms. The CFU says the land grab has cost the Zimbabwe economy $12-billion in lost agricultural production over the past decade. …
Tobacco – ‘A magnificent recovery’
Tobacco – ‘A magnificent recovery’ http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Until a decade ago, Zimbabwe produced leaf for cigarettes such as Camel, Marlboro and Winston. After the land grab, however, it lost all those rankings. Now the crop is on the rebound and officials say it on course to reach the projected 170 million kg this season.06.08.1106:15amby Staff Reporter Tobacco worth US$345,2 …
170 farmers await trial – CFU
170 farmers await trial – CFU http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ About 170 white farmers are awaiting trial while more than 30 others have already been convicted of refusing to vacate farms illegally occupied by Zanu (PF) thugs, an official of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) said last week.05.08.1106:26pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe CFU legal adviser, Marc Carrie-Wilson, said in a report that persecution …
Veld fire destroys US$77 000 maize
Veld fire destroys US$77 000 maize http://www.herald.co.zw/ Friday, 05 August 2011 02:00Herald ReporterA VELD fire razed a 61-hectare commercial maize crop in Mvurwi destroying an estimated 420 tonnes of the cereal valued at US$77 000.The incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Arda Farm owned by Zanu-PF Councillor Cde Sydney Chidamba.Police in Mvurwi on Wednesday picked up Cde …
Mutare police top brass war spills into court
Mutare police top brass war spills into court http://www.herald.co.zw/ Friday, 05 August 2011 02:00 Court ReporterINFIGHTING among the top brass in the police in Manicaland province has spilled to the High Court with the Officer Commanding Mutare Urban District Chief Superintendent Joseph Chani filing a US$250 000 defamation lawsuit against his boss.Chief Supt Chani has issued summons against …
Land tenure audit now without delay
Land tenure audit now without delay http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 04 August 2011 18:13 IT was a bit of a relief to hear the Reserve Bank governor admitting in his monetary statement last week that the land reform programme was a failure, not so much because of anything else but because of the ineptitude of those who were allocated the …