Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe to produce ethanol fuel in 2011 http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Staff ReporterFriday, 22 October 2010 12:17 HARARE – The construction of the biggest ethanol plant in Africa at Chisumbanje in Chipinge has gathered momentum with indications that Zimbabwe could start getting cheap ethanol fuel by March 2011. Green Fuel, the ethanol distillery company spearheading the project …
Dispossessed Dutch farmers file compensation suit in court http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell22 October 2010 Thirteen former commercial farmers of Dutch origin, whose farms were seized by Robert Mugabe’s government, have approached a court in America in an attempt to seek compensation for the losses. The group is trying to get the court to seize funds …
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Zimbabwe’s land reform: challenging the myths http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by IAN SCOONES Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:29 During the past decade, Zimbabwe has undergone a tumultuous land redistribution. The way forward on the land issue is a challenge facing us all. In an attempt to stimulate constructive national debate on this vital …
Zanu’s still born bio-diesel project http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Sandile MaeraWednesday, 20 October 2010 09:26 CHIPINGE – The US$600 million ethanol project in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi has still not taken off due to faction infighting, as Zanu (PF) fat cats squabble around the feeding trough. (Pictured: Sugarcane is being grown to fuel the bio-diesel project, …
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Farm group warns of ‘final push’ for commercial land http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell18 October 2010 A farming rights group has warned that there is a “final push” to seize Zimbabwe’s handful of remaining commercial properties, ahead of fresh elections. In the past few weeks a number of farming families have been left destitute after their …
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THE NINTH MOFOKENG LECTURE, 2010 – Jeremy Gauntlett THE LIE OF THE LAND: LAW AND LAND SEIZURE IN ZIMBABWE 1890 – 2010 President and Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the High Court, members of the Lesotho Law Society and its Executive, members of the Mofokeng family, other honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen: …
New, old farmers wrangle over infrastructure http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Correspondent Saturday 16 October 2010 HARARE — More than half of nearly 12 000 blacks allocated medium sized farms under President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land redistribution programme are locked up in disputes with the former white owners mostly over infrastructure and equipment, according to a government …
Zimbabwe – the unintended effects of land and indigenisation laws by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London 15/10/10 What has been dubbed “legitimised looting in the guise of indigenisation and the racist land seizures” could be argued as having got unintended results in achieving more inequalities and investor boycott. In what clearly appears to be …
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