Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cattle rustlers terrorise villagers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:21 DESPERATE villagers in Chief Chirau’s area in Makonde district have written to police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri asking him to intervene after cattle rustlers believed to work in cahoots with rogue officers and politicians stole 47 head of cattle. The villagers from wards 11 and 12 …
Used car imports banned http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:40 THE government has banned the importation of second-hand vehicles as part of a raft of new measures aimed at arresting the carnage on the country’s roads. According to Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use) Regulations published in the government gazette of September 17, the Ministry …
Zim in Catch 22 situation over mulled elections http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 24 September 2010 09:18 ZIMBABWE’S business organisations, labour and politicians could be in a catch 22 situation as tension around holding next year’s general election hots up.The Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) — a grouping of employers — became the first business organisation to appeal …
Chegutu farmer pleads with PM Tsvangirai http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 24 September 2010 12:49 A FRENCH national whose Chegutu farmhouse was burnt to the ground by suspected Zanu PF supporters has expressed anger at Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s failure to intervene despite the property being protected by a bilateral investment and protection agreement.The occupation of farms protected …
Zanu PF invaders parcel out Glen Forest Farm http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 24 September 2010 16:08 ZANU PF members who invaded Glen Forest Farm just outside Harare are selling the land under the name of the late Joanna Mafuyana, wife of Zimbabwe’s founding father, Joshua Nkomo, who died in 1999, the Zimbabwe Independent has established. The case …
Zimbabwe illegal occupiers destroy animal reserve http://www.washingtonpost.com .By ANGUS SHAWThe Associated PressFriday, September 24, 2010; 7:23 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe — Illegal occupiers on an animal reserve in southern Zimbabwe have killed hundreds of animals and torn down several miles (kilometers) of protective fencing, a conservation group said Friday. Investigators of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force …
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“Investors Should Help Democratise Zimbabwe” http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG, Sep 23, 2010 (IPS) – While investors need assurances about property rights and the protection of investments before they will invest in Zimbabwe’s precarious economy, the state of democracy in the Southern African country should also be a consideration. These were some of the opinions …
Zimbabwe plans out-of-court settlement of dispute with German bank http://www.thezimbabwemail.com 23 September, 2010 02:51:00 APA Harare – Zimbabwe is considering an out-of-court settlement with German bank KfW Bankengruppe which is owed €40 million borrowed more than 12 years ago to rehabilitate the troubled Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), APA learns here Thursday Sources said …
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Russians Arrested, Face Deportation http://news.radiovop.com 23/09/2010 17:04:00 Bulawayo, September 23, 2010 -Zimbabwe’s immigration authorities are set to deport five Russian tourists for illegally exploring minerals in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South province. The five Russians – Volynkin Vladilir, Safonor Alexander, Vorob Vev, Valerity Kharitonov and Shokolov Ivor – were arrested last week at a new mining …
Gold panning behind latest farm invasions? http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Staff ReporterWednesday, 22 September 2010 18:49 HARARE – A new wave of farm invasions, particularly in Mashonaland West province is mainly motivated by gold panning, one of the affected parties has told Daily News. Plumway Estates, a US$3,6 million consolidated farming project, says a significant portion of …