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US internet executive under fire for killing an elephant in Zimbabwe

by ...Wildlife and Conservancies April 4, 2011No Comments

US Internet Executive Under Fire For Killing An Elephant In Zimbabwe http://www.voanews.com Following the posting of a video showing Bob Parsons shooting a “problem” elephant, animal rights activists quickly launched a campaign to boycott his Web domain name-hosting business, GoDaddy.com Sandra Nyaira | Washington 01 April 2011 Competing US domain name providers were offering promotions encouraging potential customers …

VP Nkomo allegedly pays farm staff US$50

by ...The Courts (archives) April 4, 2011No Comments

VP Nkomo allegedly paying farm staff US$50 http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 01/04/2011 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter VICE President John Nkomo allegedly pays his farm hands a paltry US$50 per month, two ex-employees jailed for stealing from him have claimed. Qhawe Sibanda, 32, and Nhlanhla Siziba, 31, were jailed for nine years when they appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate accused of …

Zimbabwe magistrates strike on Monday

by ...The Courts (archives) April 4, 2011No Comments

Zimbabwe Magistrates Strike On Monday http://www.radiovop.com 02/04/2011 10:39:00 Harare, April 02, 2011 – Zimbabwe’s magistrates will on Monday finally embark on a countrywide strike action for an indefinite period to press for an increase in their salaries. In a statement issued Friday, the Magistrates Association of Zimbabwe said its members were disheartened by the lack of commitment by …

Property rights under attack

by ...Indigenisation (archives) April 4, 2011No Comments

Comment: Property rights under attack http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 01 April 2011 12:44 AFTER earlier unnerving markets with indigenisation regulations compelling foreigners to dispose of controlling stakes in companies valued at US$500 000 to indigenous Zimbabweans, Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere, as we report in more detail elsewhere in this paper, is at it again. He has amended …

New mining BEE law a bombshell

by ...Indigenisation (archives) April 4, 2011No Comments

New mining BEE law a bombshell — Analysts http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 01 April 2011 13:05 Chris Muronzi WHEN government gazetted empowerment regulations compelling foreigners to “cede” controlling stakes in companies valued at US$500 000 to indigenous Zimbabweans in March last year, foreign investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) retreated, triggering a share plunge on the exchange until the last …

CFU Calling 01 April 2011

by ...CFU Calling April 1, 2011No Comments

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CFU Classified 30 march 2011

by ...Classifieds March 31, 2011No Comments

COMMERCIAL FARMERS’ UNION CLASSIFIEDS WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH 2011 If you would like to view our classifieds on the web please go to www.cfuzim.org CONTACT THE EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBERS GIVEN WITH THE ADVERTS ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE: THE CLASSIFIEDS OFFICE IS OPEN FROM 7.30AM TO 12.30PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY TO TAKE YOUR …

Farmers sceptical about complicated exchange market

by ...Finance and Economics (archives) March 31, 2011No Comments

Farmers Sceptical About “Complicated” Exchange Market http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Stanley Kwenda HARARE, Mar 30, 2011 (IPS) – Kindness Paradza has a mission. After he lost his job as a journalist when the ZANU-PF government closed his newspaper in 2004, he ploughed his life savings into a 2,000 ha farm he received as part of Zimbabwe’s controversial “land reform programme”. …

Break the monopoly, diversify economy – ZSDA

by ...Agriculture (archives) March 29, 2011No Comments

Break the monopoly, diversify economy – ZSDA The multipurpose use of sugarcane has brought hope and diversity in Zimbabwe with the demand of ethanol on the increase for fuel and power generation. Further, the monopoly in the sugarcane milling sector will soon be broken with the commissioning of a second milling plant earmarked for …

New farmers to dominate the cane industry