Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mugabe’s Vengeful Eviction of Black Nationalist Farmers ZANU (PF) is a creature of habit and Robert Mugabe has sharpened the one tool in his vast arsenal, effectively destroying persons who challenge his authority or support any opposition to his despotism and brutal hold onto the levers of power. Single-handedly, Mugabe has created disunity, tribal …
The following sites are useful in obtaining the current and forecasts of weather over Zimbabwe:[Harare is chosen as the station, but access to other cities, towns or stations are available] Weather Bonk.comhttp://weatherbonk.com/weather/summary.jsp?_units=c&where=Harare%2CZI Weather Underground.comhttp://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/67774.html (Harare has been selected for the above, but any major centre can be obtained) Eumetsat.orghttp://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/latestImages.html Weather.comhttp://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/ZIXX0004?from=36hr_topnav_business – and for the more …
Land Audit 2010 – What Happened to the US$ 2.5 billion handed to “New Farmers”? “ In 30 seconds, Haiti lost 60 percent of its GDP (gross domestic product),” and now requires an estimated US$3 billion dollars to rebuild its economy over the next ten years due to a natural disaster. Zimbabwe spent close to US$3 …
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Chaos Reigns in Burma Valley http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 30 January 2010 17:06 ONE of the country’s leading banana producing areas – Burma Valley – a few kilometres east of the city of Mutare in Manicaland is practically under siege. As the Zimbabwe ambassador to Tanzania Edzai Chimonyo fights a bitter war to wrestle Fangudu Farm from …
Zim white farmers to appeal to supreme court http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 01 February 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s beleaguered white farmers will ask the Supreme Court to order registration of a SADC Tribunal ruling outlawing government land reforms after a High Court judge conceded that the regional court’s ruling was binding but declined to register …
Magistrate’s conflict of interest exposed in land case http://www.swradioafrica.com By Violet Gonda 1 February 2010 Samuel Zuze, the Chipinge magistrate, who found four farmers guilty of refusing to leave their properties last Tuesday, has presided over a case in which he has a vested interest. He is the alleged beneficiary of a farm owned by …
Zimbabwe’s farmers warn of huge grain deficit http://af.reuters.com Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:46am GMT * Country would need to import over 1 million T of maize * Union says Zimbabwe ‘lucky’ if yield exceeds 500,000 T * Extended dry spell damages crops By Nelson Banya HARARE, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe may have to import …
Eviction for ‘trespassing’ farmers From The Sunday Independent (SA), 31 January Peta Thornycroft Harare – If the war vets, don’t get you, the magistrates will. And if they fail, the army will. And when all human agents fail, the drought is waiting. And don’t in any way count on your old friends the MDC to …
Sundayview: Land: A key Objective of the Liberation Struggle http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:42 THE right to own land and the right to education were the two key objectives of the liberation struggle. Landless peasants, whose sons and daughters formed half of the freedom fighters, were fighting primarily for land. The land hunger was …
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EX PARTE URGENT CHAMBER APPLICATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE CASE NO HC 502/10HELD AT HARARE In the matter between: CHIRIGA ESTATES (PVT) LTD 1ST APPLICANT(Represented by Algernon Tracy Taffs) STILFONTEIN ESTATES (PVT) LTD 2nd APPLICANT(Represented by David Hercules Joubert) SILVERTON ESTATES (PVT) LTD 3RD APPLICANT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE N.O 1ST RESPONDENT THE …
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