Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Power shortages set to continuehttp://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:07 ZIMBABWE will continue to experience power shortages. A Zimbabwe Power Company generation report dated January 24 2010, seen by Business Digest, shows that all is not well at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) with only one unit operating at Hwange. The other five are tripped due …
Zimbabwe Seeks Zambezi Water Project Go-aheadhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 28 January 2010 18:30 ZIMBABWE is seeking permission from Sadc countries to draw water from the Zambezi River to ease water problems in the Matabeleland region. Water Resources Development Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that the country was yet to get the authority …
Court sets aside eviction rulinghttp://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 28 January 2010 19:23 THE High Court has set aside its own ruling ordering a retired army general, Edzai Chimonyo, to vacate Fangundu Farm (Pvt) Ltd, which he occupied over the festive season. Chimonyo is Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania. The occupation of the plantation may have far-reaching consequences in …
Zanu PF divisions deepen in Mash Westhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 28 January 2010 20:29 POLITICAL divisions in Zanu PF’s Mashonaland West province are deepening as the party’s executive and senior politburo members fight for control of the province. Three members of the provincial executive who were suspended on January 15 at a meeting called for by Local …
Zimbabwe High Court Issues Stay of Magistrate Eviction Orders AgainstFarmershttp://www1.voanews.com Lawyer David Drury, representing the three farmers, said Kudya’s rulinggives a temporary reprieve to the farmers, although their land has beenoccupied by unruly crowds of hundreds believed to be ZANU-PF militia members Gibbs Dube | Washington 28 January 2010 A Zimbabwean High Court judge has …
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Court issues arrest warrants for white farmershttp://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Friday 29 January 2010 HARARE – Four Zimbabwean white farmers who were ordered to leave their properties within 24 hours last Tuesday have been issued with warrants of arrest by a magistrate in the southeastern farming town of Chipinge, the Commercial Framers Union (CFU) said …
One Million Casualties of Land Reformhttp://www.ipsnews.net/ By Ann Hellman JOHANNESBURG and CAPE TOWN, Jan 25, 2010 (IPS) – The seizure of large commercial farms – almost all white-owned – has continued despite the formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe. The country’s farm workers say they are the biggest losers. The workers say that Southern …
Hope and crops scorched again Photo: IRINWeather turns against farmersHARARE, 26 January 2010 (IRIN) – Garai Hokonya, 53, a smallholder farmer in Chivhu district, about 120km southwest of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, has resigned himself to the unpalatable truth that the 12 hectares of maize he planted by hand are being devastated by an unseasonal and …
Four farmers evicted by courts as land takeover continueshttp://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell26 January 2010 Four Chipinge commercial farmers have all been ordered to immediately vacate their properties or face a possible jail term, as the state’s takeover of farms under so-called land ‘reform’ continues. Magistrate Samuel Dzuze on Tuesday found all four farmers guilty of …
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British embassy clarifies UK position on sanctions http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Lance Guma 25 January 2010 The British Embassy in Zimbabwe has moved to clarify comments made by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who had suggested targeted sanctions on companies and members of Mugabe’s inner circle would only be removed on the advice of the MDC. Responding to questions in parliament …
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