Meat shortage looms in Zim aheqad of SA import ban

Meat shortages in Zim loom ahead of SA import ban http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za Eyewitness News | 3 Hours Ago Zimbabweans are bracing themselves for chronic shortages of beef and pork following a ban on imported animal products from South Africa. The three-month ban has been imposed to prevent the spread of Rift Valley Fever. Zimbabwe’s poultry producers …

Zimbabwe Black Empowerment Leader Tries to Take Over White-Owned Firm in Harare

Zimbabwe Black Empowerment Leader Tries to Take Over White-Owned Firm in Harare http://www1.voanews.com Though ZANU-PF provincial official Mliswa said he has acquired shares in the firm, some worried that indigenization is getting ahead of itself Gibbs Dube | Washington 12 April 2010 Though Zimbabwean indigenization regulations were only published in March and according to Prime …

S. Africa to challenge Zimbabwe farmers compensation

S. Africa to challenge Zimbabwe farmers compensation (AFP) – 6 hours ago CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s government on Friday said it will fight a court ruling that allowed white farmers who lost land under President Robert Mugabe’s reforms to claim a Zimbabwean state-owned house. The 2.5-million-rand (344,000 dollar, 254,000 euro) house in Cape Town …

Lawyer to wrestle South African gvt on Zimbabwe farmers’ case

Lawyer to wrestle South African gvt on Zimbabwe farmers’ case http://www.zimeye.org/?p=15699 By A Correspondent Published: April 2, 2010 (CAPETOWN)  The lawyer representing farmers who have taken a move to attach Zimbabwe government assets in South Africa for payment of compensation, has threatened to wrestle the South African government if they oppose the move. ‘If they …

Zimbabwe responds to property attachments in SA

Zimbabwe Responds To Property Attachments In SA http://news.radiovop.com 01/04/2010 22:27:00 Harare, April 02, 2010 – The Zimbabwe Government property in South Africa is protected by diplomatic immunity and cannot therefore be attached, Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa told the State-owned Herald in its Friday edition. Chinamasa was responding to reports that a civic organisation in …

‘Farming God’s Way’

‘Farming God’s Way’ http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50900 By Ephraim Nsingo GURUVE, Zimbabwe, Apr 2, 2010 (IPS) – Mbuya Erica Chirimanyemba is a marvel among women, and men! Watching her digging holes in dry ground earlier this year, her neighbours thought the old lady had gone berserk. But 60-year-old Chirimanyemba was putting an alternative farming technique into practice. And …

ANC youth leader: South Africa will seize white-owned land

ANC Youth Leader: South Africa Will Seize White-Owned Farms http://www1.voanews.com/ Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg 04 April 2010 African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema, at a rally in Harare in neighbouring Zimbabwe, 3 April 2010 The controversial youth leader of South Africa’s African National Congress has praised Zimbabwe’s program for taking over thousands of …

Zimbabwe Dairy Industry Seen on Verge of Collapse Following Decade of Land Reform

Zimbabwe Dairy Industry Seen on Verge of Collapse Following Decade of Land Reform http://www1.voanews.com/ Zimbabwe’s national dairy herd is down to just 22,000 cows from 192,000 in 2000 when supporters of President Robert Mugabe started seizing white-owned farms Gibbs Dube & Loirdham Moyo | Washington 05 April 2010 Zimbabwe’s dairy industry has declined to the …