Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
In 2000, the total number of Large Scale Commercial Farmers was approximately 4500. Land divisions were as follows: Source Commercial Farmers’ Union Also there were approximately 350 000 permanent employees and about 250 000 casual workers who together with their families amounted to about 1.8 million people who lived and sourced their livelihoods off …
Rhino poaching surge in S. Africa linked to organised crime http://www.africasia.com KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, March 21 (AFP) The rhinoceros walking down the road at South Africa’s largest game reserve had no horns, one of the few to survive a surge in poaching that has sent killings to a 15-year high. A startled tourist …
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Mugabe snatches land from Chiyangwa http://www.zimeye.org/?p=15187 By John Chimunhu Published: March 21, 2010 HARARE – Government has issued notice that it will compulsorily acquire land belonging to property tycoon Phillip Chiyangwa for undisclosed urban developments. Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Herbert Murerwa on Friday published a notice confirming that President Robert Mugabe wants Chiyangwa’s …
Zanu PF Sets Up Liberation War Zones http://news.radiovop.com 21/03/2010 15:23:00 Mwenezi, March 21, 2010 – The Zanu PF youth militia under the command of newly appointed politburo member, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, has turned back the clock of time, setting up liberation war style ”liberated zones” in the whole of Mwenezi in a desperate attempt to totally …
Mnangagwa named in extortion scam http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 20 March 2010 20:42 DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting off embarrassing allegations that he is demanding “protection fees” from beleaguered white commercial farmers in the Midlands. Senior Zanu PF officials (names supplied) are reportedly demanding as much as US$5 000 from each farmer so that Mnangagwa can …
‘Security forces blocking unionist from Tribunal’ http://www.zimonline.co.za by Caroline Mvundura Saturday 20 March 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s security forces, who have hounded trade unionist Gertrude Hambira into hiding in South Africa, want to prevent the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) leader from attending a regional court hearing on commercial farmers later …
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Indigenisation Regulations To Be Amended http://news.radiovop.com 20/03/2010 21:23:00 Harare, March 21, 2010 – The Zimbabwe government is within the next few days expected to make radical changes to the controversial indigenisation regulations announced by the Minister of Indigenisation and Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere in January. This will be a major climbdown by President Robert Mugabe and …
We are all indigenous… http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 18 March 2010 19:24 UNDER the Economic Empowerment Regulations 2010 an indigenous Zimbabwean is defined as “any person who, before the 18th April, 1980, was disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the grounds of his or her race, and any descendant of such person…” This, thankfully, covers every person then living …
Death Notice – Norman Travers Norman Meckiffe Travers passed away peacefully on Thursday 18th March in Marondera. Dearest and most cherished husband of Gill, beloved father of Barbara, John, Simon and Alastair. His devoted family and grandchildren will miss him beyond words. Our mountain has left us. The Burial Service will be at Castle Kopje on Imire …
GMB announces new maize price Agriculture Reporter THE Grain Marketing Board has announced the 2009/10 maize floor price of US$325 per tonne, a price described by farmers as viable. With effect from April 1, there will be an increase of US$60 from the previous season’s price of US$265 per tonne. Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union president …