Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Business talks tough on fiscal policy http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:22 BY NDAMU SANDU BUSINESS has proposed the introduction of a levy that penalises exporters of unprocessed products to force companies to adopt value addition and employment creation. The proposal by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is meant to reinforce calls by economic blueprints to embrace …
Land invasions scare Chinese investors http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:29 BY NDAMU SANDU GOVERNMENT has frustrated a Chinese investor interested in a pulp and paper project in Manicaland after failing to provide assurance that forest plantations would not be invaded, a business executive said on Tuesday.Such an investment would have brought relief to the newspaper industry …
Mugabe nephew in property wrangle http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:25 BY NUNURAYI JENA AND CAIPHAS CHIMHETE PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s nephew has been accused of trying to seize a controlling stake in Lion’s Den Syndicate, which owns properties in Chinhoyi using the controversial black empowerment law.Lion’s Den Syndicate (Pvt) Ltd is owned by a group of white …
Land reforms erode property rights http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Friday, 15 July 2011 16:21 Farmers unable to access funding from banks Tabitha Mutenga, Staff Reporter THE negative effects of the country’s chaotic land reforms will forever haunt farmers as they have been unable to access funding from banks since the year 2000 when more than 33 million hectares of prime …
‘Sell-out’ minister may be next victim of skewed land policy http://mg.co.za/ JASON MOYO Jul 15 2011 President Robert Mugabe’s use of farmland to stifle dissent among his followers has been laid bare by the threatened invasion of a farm owned by a senior member of his party, who is regarded as a moderate. Tracy Mutinhiri is a …
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Chinese miners ‘poisoning Zim elephants’ http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za Eyewitness News | 6 Hour(s) Ago A Zimbabwean conservation group is claiming Chinese miners are poisoning elephants in the Zambezi Valley. The Zimbabwe Conservation Taskforce says it has reports of nine elephants being killed so far. The taskforce says the nine elephants were killed at Mushumbe Pools, reportedly with poisoned loaves of …
Time Bank offers govt US$5 billion facility http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 15 July 2011 08:13 Reginald Sherekete TIME Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd has submitted an innovative proposal for a US$5 billion syndicate loan facility to government to pay restive civil servants and settle Zimbabwe dollar deposits trapped in the financial system.The bank, which has re-invented itself from being a …
Scepticism persists over full GPA implementation http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 15 July 2011 08:17 Paidamoyo Muzulu WHEN negotiators dutifully announced that the coalition government partners had struck a deal on the timeframe leading to fresh elections as agreed under the GPA, the nation must have reacted with general scepticism.In the 30 months that Zanu PF and the two MDC …
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Army, Chinese form private military companies http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 15 July 2011 08:10 Faith Zaba THE army is now running private joint-venture companies in the agricultural and mining sectors with Chinese businesses which will be run on a commercial basis.In a recent interview with the Zimbabwe Independent, Commander of 3 Infantry Brigade in Manicaland, Brigadier-General Douglas Nyikayaramba, who chairs the …
Black frost destroys citrus, horticulture http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ A lot of farmers in Bulawayo’s peri urban farming area last week lost most of their horticulture crops and citrus produce to severe frost following a cold spell experienced in most parts of the country.12.07.1105:26pmZwanai Sithole Harare Farmers who spoke to The Zimbabwean said their crops had been destroyed by frost bite, …