Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Elderly Nyazura farmer faced with eviction http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Commercial Farmers’ UnionWednesday, 27 October 2010 09:23 Tiennie van Rensburg (73) and his wife Yvonne who own Rubeni Farm in the Nyazura district east of Harare were forced by senior army officers mid month to pack up the remainder of their household goods and vacate the …
Governor’s son evicts Nyazura farmer http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Sidney SaizeWednesday, 27 October 2010 16:54 MUTARE – Brian Mushowe, the son of the Manicaland Proincial Governor, Chris Mushowe has evicted 78-year old commercial farmer Martin Philippe Van Ransburg from his Ruebeni Farm in Nyazura. The farmer is now in Mutare staying with well-wishers. He was forced off …
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MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 October 2010 Commercial Farmers’ Union – Zimbabwe One Zim farmer shot, others forced off land as pre-election violence escalates The shooting at point blank range of another white farmer in the Selous district of Zimbabwe again highlights the deteriorating situation currently being faced in …
Donors raise US$52m for farm inputs http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 25 October 2010 HARARE – Aid agencies have raised US$52 million for farm inputs to Zimbabwean small-scale farmers as the southern African country targets a bumper maize harvest during the 2010/11 farming season which begins next month. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of …
Thousands join food relief programme in Zimbabwe http://www.sabcnews.com/ October 25 2010 , 7:59:00 At least 80 000 people have registered to join the food-for-work programme in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province in the wake of acute food shortages, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported today. Government introduced the food-for-work programme in Masvingo last week following poor harvests in most …
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New currency: Which way Zimbabwe? http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 24 October 2010 14:03 THE mention of the return of the Zimbabwean dollars is enough to frighten citizens who, a few years ago, endured hours in bank queues trying to get their hard-earned cash. It brings back memories of prices going up on an hourly basis and basic …
Africans urged to embrace scientific agriculture http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 24 October 2010 18:29 THERE is need to embrace scientific interventions in agriculture in order to improve Africa’s poor yields, especially in light of food crises on the continent, former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has said. Speaking on Africa’s agriculture to students and journalists at Columbia …
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Commonwealth throws Zim lifeline http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 22 October 2010 11:47 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter THE Commonwealth is quietly working on a multi-million dollar aid package to assist Zimbabwe emerge from a decade-long socio-economic bog as the 54-member bloc moves to re-engage Harare, which renounced its membership about seven years ago. The Financial Gazette can exclusively …
Down to their last five rhinos http://www.irishtimes.com Saturday, October 23, 2010 Horns of a dilemma: a programme of dehorning Zimbabwe’s black rhinos has begun, with the aim of reducing their value – but will poachers shoot them anyway? Photographs: John Downer/Getty and AP Horns of a dilemma: a programme of dehorning Zimbabwe’s …