Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
CFU EGM set for month end http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Vusimuzi BhebheSunday, 14 November 2010 12:23 HARARE – The Commercial Farmers Union will hold an emergency congress on November 30 to discuss the proposed restructuring of the organisation whose membership has been hit by President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reform programme. The union said in a …
Controversy over lodge proposals in Mana pools http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Wild Zambezi NewsSunday, 14 November 2010 13:59 The cash-strapped Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has asked stakeholders to ratify four new 24-bed lodge developments for Mana Pools, three of these along the eco-sensitive river frontage and one inland. This comes less than a year …
Family, friends and elephants Dear Family and Friends, Under a wide blue sky a warthog and her three babies ran across a reddirt road below a kopje. The piglets ran with tails straight up, likeaerials, as they followed their mum into the surrounding bush. In thesky nearby half a dozen vultures circled low over a …
Zimbabwe Enemies Unite on Tobacco http://online.wsj.com NOVEMBER 13, 2010 By FARAI MUTSAKA HARARE, Zimbabwe—For years, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and his allies have sought to drive white farmers from their land, and the farmers have fought back through the courts. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization has managed to bring the two warring camps …
WHO set to decide on tobacco ingredients ban http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 November 2010 20:43 THE World Health Organisation (WHO) will next week meet to decide on proposed tobacco blending ingredients ban, a development that could negatively affect Zimbabwe’s economic recovery and lives of an estimated 850 000 people. Through its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control …
Ethanol project set to transform energy sector http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 November 2010 21:15 A MASSIVE US$600 million ethanol project, set to transform the country’s energy and agriculture sectors, is taking shape in Chisumbanje in Chipinge, Manicaland, with the first production of the fuel expected in the first quarter of next year. The ambitious project is …
Not knowing when to plant http://www.irinnews.org/ Photo: Kate Holt/IRIN Maize, the staple grain in Zimbabwe under pressure Harare, 12 November 2010 (IRIN) – When light rain fell for two consecutive days in late October 2010, Gabriel Musonza, a 65-year-old farmer in a village about 70km northwest of Harare thought the main farming …
Former Minister Matongo facing jail in farm case http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda12 November, 2010 The former Deputy Minister of Information, Bright Matonga, is facing imprisonment in a court case in which he is accused of refusing to return farming equipment that he seized from a white commercial farmer in Chegutu.A warrant of arrest was issued …
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Poachers kill 20 rhinos in Zim http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Tobias Manyuchi Friday 12 November 2010 HARARE — Armed poaching syndicates have stepped up activities in the southern African region killing 20 rhinos in Zimbabwe so far this year despite increased operations to curb illegal hunting, National Parks and Wildlife Management director Vitalis Chadenga said on Thursday. …
Power cuts and high costs causing major deforestation http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda10 November, 2010 The failure of the government to develop a stable and reliable electricity infrastructure has continued to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe’s landscape, causing massive environmental destruction. Years of corruption and mismanagement at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) have created daily power …
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