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Green Fuel to revolutinise local market http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ Taking shape … The ethanol plant at Chisumbanje11/04/2011 00:00:00 by Gilbert Nyambabvu GREEN FUEL, a $600 million agro-industrial and renewable energy complex under development at Chisumbanje in Manicaland is, this June, expected to produce its first litre of ethanol in a development that could potentially revolutionise the local fuel market by …
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Goldman Prize: Zimbabwe’s rhino rescuer honoured http://news.bbc.co.uk Monday, 11 April 2011 02:11 UK By Victoria Gill Science and nature reporter, BBC News Raoul du Toit is director of the Lowveld Rhino Trust in Zimbabwe Raoul du Toit, a Zimbabwe-based conservationist who has taken a very direct approach to saving Africa’s Critically Endangered black rhino, has …
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The Plight of the Elderly in Zimbabwe To view a short video on the tragic plight of the elderly in Zimbabwe please click in the below address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV-LD8DWEps Please help where you can or contact us at ARAC arac@cfuzim.org Thank you.
Zim’s wildlife players siphon millions Saturday, 22 January 2011 22:29 By Tafadzwa Chiremba MAJOR players in Zimbabwe’s wildlife industry, with a million hectares of conservancy estates distributed among only a handful of them, are reportedly prejudicing the country out of millions of United States dollars by under-declaring their hunting proceeds while siphoning huge sums into …
Zanu PF tried to bribe me: Mtetwa http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 10 April 2011 15:32 BY PATIENCE NYANGOVE AWARD-winning human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says Zanu PF officials tried to bribe her so that she would stop representing President Robert Mu-gabe’s opponents.Mtetwa, who was last week announced the winner of the United States’ Case Western Reserve University’s 2011 Inamori Ethics …
Farmers shake off ‘dependency syndrome’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 10 April 2011 15:55 BY JENNIFER DUBE A group of communal farmers from Nyanzira village in Murewa believe they have graduated into commercial farming despite occupying very small plots.One of the villagers, Beatrice Mapuranga (53) considers herself a businesswoman even though all she has is a five-hectare plot and a …
Hunger stalks Matabeleland villagers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 10 April 2011 16:01 BY NDUDUZO TSHUMA BULAWAYO — Matabeleland is set to face food shortages as crops in the region have largely wilted due to moisture stress, it has been learnt. Most parts of the country, including Matabeleland region, experienced a prolonged dry spell at the beginning of the year …
Chaotic land reform is hurting timber industry http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Apr 9, 2011 10:59 PM | By HARARE CORRESPONDENT About 30000 hectares of land and $1.2-billion in potential revenue have been lost to Zimbabwe’s chaotic land reform due to unrelenting disruption on timber estates. With 5047 hectares of prime forestry land having been lost to bounty-hunters, including 500 illegal gold …
US firm sues Reserve Bank http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Gift PhiriSaturday, 09 April 2011 14:57 HARARE – A US auditing firm is suing Zimbabwe’s bankrupt central bank for failing to pay US$34million for service rendered in February 2006. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) failed to pay Alex Stewart International for auditing its books in 2006 to ascertain …