Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Press Statement IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE CASE NUMBER SC 81/2010 Today the Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) and several of its members made application before five judges of the Constitutional Court in Harare to seek relief against a wide range of flagrant violations of their Constitutional rights. The CFU considers the …
Dollarisation: its immediate impact, how did we survive? http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by BRIAN MACGARRY Monday, 27 September 2010 17:07 The year 2009 began with Z$ inflation running at about 10,000%/month; i.e. currency adding 24 zeroes in a year. The ten zeroes lopped off in August 2008 were back and pressure to change to …
Zanu PF supporters invade wildlife farms http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Oscar NkalaWednesday, 29 September 2010 15:50 BULAWAYO – A group led by Zanu PF supporters and war veterans has invaded Denlynian and Tamari Wildlife farms in Beitbridge where they have ransacked the places amid reports that property worth millions of dollars was looted. The Daily News understands …
Intimidation of farmers intensifies but PM remains silent http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell29 September 2010 The intimidation of the country’s remaining commercial farmers is once again intensifying, and there have been no attempts from the government, particularly the Prime Minister, to prevent more illegal farm seizures.Farmers across the country have turned to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai …
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Construction of the Bubi-Lupane Dam has resumed after the government released $2, 6 million for completion of the project. The project, expected to be completed by December, will provide consistent water supply to over 60 000 people in Lupane. Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) Bubi-Lupane Dam resident engineer, Paul Dengu told NewsDay that …
Starvation rocks Mat South http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Albert MazhaleTuesday, 28 September 2010 11:40 GWANDA – Villagers in some parts of Matabeleland South now accept maize as payment for cattle amid reports pupils are dropping out of school due to starvation. Villagers in Nhwali are barter trading a single beast for as little as ten bags of …
War Vets Demand More Land http://news.radiovop.com/ 27/09/2010 12:49:00 Bulawayo, September 27, 2010 – War veterans who were allocated land in Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, are demanding more land, saying they were allocated small portions during the 2000 land grabs. District chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in Nkayi, Michael Tshaliba, …
Army, police implicated in poaching http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 27 September 2010 HARARE – Senior ZANU PF officials, policemen and soldiers have been fingered in a fresh wave of poaching activities taking place in the Beitbridge area where more than 200 zebras have been slaughtered for their skins in the past two months. Animal …
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Top Zanu PF chefs linked to Farmtec http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 25 September 2010 16:57 FARMTEC Spares & Implements, one of the companies that led the seizure of Reserve Bank assets over a US$2,1 million debt has links to Zanu PF chefs, according to investigations by The Standard.Farmtec supplied the RBZ with tractors in 2008 at the …