Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘Shift to proactive environmentalism’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 29 May 2011 14:01 BY CHIPO MASARA THE main reason why we are faced with a myriad of environmental problems, most of which we are having serious difficulties correcting, is because we have taken a laid-back reactive approach to environmentalism for too long.Due to countless years of abusing the environment and …
Farmers call for policy to standardise organic produce http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:32 BY JENNIFER DUBE STAKEHOLDERS in the agriculture sector are pushing for a national policy to promote organic agriculture which they say can uplift harvests to 13 tonnes per hectare.The Zimbabwe Organic Producers and Promoters Association (Zoppa) Trust has started lobbying various stakeholders, including government, …
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Security Council must act on Zim – HRW director http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Mxolisi NcubeSaturday, 28 May 2011 13:35 JOHANNESBURG – An international human rights expert has called on the United Nations Security Council to act on continuing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe before the situation degenerates into a civil war.Human Rights Watch (HRW) United Nations Director, Philippe …
Zimbabwean Conservationist Seeks to Protect Black Rhinos http://www.voanews.com Goldman Environmental Foundation recognizes efforts of Raoul Du Toit Jackson Mvunganyi May 27, 2011 Zimbabwe has one of the largest populations of black rhinos in the world.But conservationists say their numbers are declining, mostly because of man-made problems, including poaching and human encroachment, as people look for new land to …
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Poachers gun down rhino Daily News 21 May 2011 Oscar Nkala Poachers armed with AK$& rifles last week gunned down a black rhino in the Intensive Conservation Area around the Sinamatela range of the Hwange national Park and engaged parks rangers in a fierce gun battle before fleeing the scene without their booty. Although the …
Footprint of destruction Daily News 21 May 2011 Oscar Nkala ZanuPF instigated farm invasions turned vast areas of previously safe animal sanctuaries into wastelands of perennial plunder by foreigners, government officials, religious ministers and ordinary rogue national parks rangers, according to a Gwayi Conservancy Hunting report released recently. The detailed report of 2003 reveals that …
Magistrate takes leave to work as ZANU PF advisor in COPAC http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda26 May 2011 A Harare based regional magistrate, Never Katiyo, has taken sabbatical leave from his Rotten Row court room to work as a ZANU PF technical advisor on the drafting of a new constitution. He usually presides over his cases using court …
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Zim farm invasions intensify as SADC snubs human rights http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell26 May 2011 Zimbabwe’s remaining commercial farming community is facing a fresh onslaught of invasions by ZANU PF land grabbers, in the wake of the closure of the regional human rights court. Leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) last week dissolved the human rights …
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Zimbabwe growers call for government intervention http://tobaccoreporter.com May 25, 2011—Zimbabwe’s tobacco growers are disgruntled over the flue-cured prices being offered at the country’s auction floors and are urging the government to intervene, according to a story in The Standard. This year, the number of registered tobacco growers surged to 60,000 from last year’s 15,000 because of the profitable …
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