Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
31 Josiah Chinamano Avenue. P.O. Box 374 Harare, Zimbabwe Tel: +263-4-251490/6 Email: kmatare@czi.co.zw 18 February 2010 The Prime Minister Republic of Zimbabwe Right Honourable M R Tsvangirai Munhumutapa Building Samora Machel Avenue Harare Dear Sir Business Council of Zimbabwe (BCZ) Response to Statutory Instrument 21 of 2010 As you know, the BCZ is made …
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Condolences MASON – MIKE – ex Tengwe It is with great sadness that we annouce the sudden and untimely death of Mike Mason, aged 49. Son of Pat and the Late Colin Mason, husband to Sharon, father to Ashleigh, Megan, Campbell & Jenny, grandfather to baby Riley and brother to Pete and Shelagh. Please join …
Livestock easy target for cross-border smugglers http://www.sowetan.co.za 18 February 2010 Chester Makana THE increasing theft of livestock is adversely affecting communal farmers, the Masisi Livestock Forum said yesterday. The forum says rustlers are smuggling the stolen animals to Zimbabwe and Mozambique, . President of the forum Sunday Mpofu was commenting after smugglers stole 20 cattle at Masisi …
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Zimbabwe’s Controversial Indigenisation Regulations Dropped http://news.radiovop.com/ 16/02/2010 22:35:00 Harare, February 17, 2010 – Zimbabwe’s Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has backed down from implementing his controversial indigenisation regulations gazetted two weeks ago as pressure mounted on Zimbabwe to review the legislation which was widely feared it would scare away investors. The regulations, which …
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We had no need for land – resettled Zimbabwe peasants confess http://www.zimdaily.com By CHAKWANDA MANGEPA Published: Thursday 18 February 2010 HARARE – Beneficiaries of the chaotic land reform programme have confessed that their participation in the land grab exercise was a result of greed to merely snatch the farm houses from the white community and not …
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The Herald – 17 January 2010 Nine die of diarrhoea in Mwenezi Health officials investigating eight cholera-related cases in the area From George Maponga in MASVINGO NINE people have died of severe diarrhoea caused by suspected food poisoning in different parts of Mwenezi District, while health officials are investigating eight cholera-related cases in the area. …
Conservation strategy to save Africa’s big cats teaches old dogs new tricks http://www.theglobeandmail.com GEOFFREY YORK MOLOPO RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA – From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 12:00AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 3:20AM EST gyork@globeandmail.com In a vast wilderness of thorn trees and grasslands on the edge of …
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SA moots new land policy http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Correspondent Tuesday 16 February 2010 JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s government on Monday said it plans to introduce a new draft policy on land tenure this year aimed at quickening the country’s snail-paced transfer of land to landless black people. Thousands of poor blacks are still waiting for the …
Tsvangirai Says Zimbabwe Food Situation Critical http://news.radiovop.com 16/02/2010 06:35:00 Harare, February 16, 2010 – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe is drawing an urgent drought mitigation plan as the country’s food situation has reached “catastrophic” levels with most parts of the country having received below normal rainfall. “I’m sure we are already faced with a …
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Zimbabwe’s tobacco sales marked by higher productionhttp://www.busrep.co.za/ February 16, 2010 Zimbabwe’s annual tobacco selling season began on an upbeat note Tuesday when a bumper crop went under the hammer, attributed by industry officials to good prices and more farmers. In all, 77 million kilograms (77 000 metric tonnes) of tobacco were sold, an increase from …
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