GAPWUZ Press Statement

                    4th Floor, Sanders Hse, Cnr 1st St/ J.Moyo, HarareTel: +2634734141, 0912 588 684, 0912 263 557gertrudehambira@hotmail.com, giftmutisamas@yahoo.com                                                      GAPWUZ Statement 21 January 2010                                                                                                The General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) urgently calls for a stop to the continued farm disturbances, which have resulted in a serious farm labour crisis …

CFU Press Statement 21 January 2010

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  The Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe ISSUED BY: CFU President Deon Theron 21 January 2010 Zimbabwe:  New wave of violent farm evictions  The Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) deplores the fact that Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has failed to stop a few extremists from openly threatening, physically attacking and illegally evicting …

Murderers and torturers appointed to Zimbabwe’s Constitutional outreach programme

Murderers and torturers appointed to Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Outreach Programme Posted by ZDN on January 15, 2010  The Inclusive Government in Zimbabwe has started its Constitutional Consultative Programme (CCP), as outlined in the terms of the GPA. No doubt, this fact was proudly presented at the Maputo meeting of the SADC Troika on Security, which met yesterday …

Constitutional Reform bode postpones consultations

Reforms body postpones consultations http://www.zimonline.co.za  by Sebastian Nyamhangambiri Monday 18 January 2010  HARARE – Zimbabwe’s constitutional committee has postponed public consultations on the proposed new constitution to allow an audit of members to ensure that only accredited members will be deployed to record the  views of citizens on the new charter, a top official told ZimOnline …

Zimbabwe faces hunger as crops wilt

Zim faces hunger as crops wilt http://www.zimonline.co.za  by Own Correspondent Monday 18 January 2010  HARARE -The Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) says Zimbabwe is staring hunger this year, warning that crops in the southern half of the country are already wilting due to moisture stress.  It said below-average precipitation and high temperatures experienced during the …

Invaded Rusape farming family in crisis

Invaded Rusape farming family in crisishttp://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell18 January 2010 Concerns have been raised about the welfare of a Rusape commercial farming family, barricaded inside their home by land invaders who have also cut off the farm’s electricity and water supplies. Koos Smit and his family have faced a worsening crisis on their De …

Government Abandons Cloud Seeding

Govt abandons cloud seedinghttp://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Natasha HoveMonday, 18 January 2010 12:37BULAWAYO – Plans by the government to conduct a cloud seeding exercise to induce rain have been shelved owing to lack of finances.Sources in the Meteorological Services Department told The Zimbabwean that the government had failed to begin the process owing to lack of …

CFU Press Release 5 January 2010

MEDIA RELEASE                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe   5 January 2010   Zim farm sieges continue, military intervention to speed up evictions?   Another Zimbabwean farmer, Rudolf (Dolf) du Toit (69), came under siege over the weekend in the Rusape district east of Harare.  Du Toit, who has a chronic heart …