Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Rusape farmer arrested after week of harassment By Alex Bell A Rusape farmer who has endured more than a week of intimidation and threats by land invaders was arrested on Friday, for refusing to leave his farm. Koos Smit and his family have for the past week remained locked inside their home, after a mob …
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 …
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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 …
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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 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 …
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 …
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 …
All denied security of tenure over landJanuary 5, 2010Jupiter PunungweIN reply to my recent posting on the land issue, one reader stated that “The land issue has been politicized. It’s Mugabe who directs his courts on what to do and say and hence my concern at the independence of the Zimbabwean judiciary.” It seems this …
Govt Violated Rule Of Law: Sadc Tribunalhttp://www.thezimbabwestandard.com Saturday, 29 November 2008 20:22 A Sadc tribunal has ruled that 78 farmers facing eviction can keep their farms because the land reform undermined the rule of law. The Namibia-based tribunal on Friday ruled in favour of the white farmers who had gone to the regional court seeking …
Ex-MP Defies Court Orders Over Farm Occupationhttp://www.thezimbabwestandard.com Saturday, 25 October 2008 20:18Former Gutu North MP, Lovemore Matuke is in contempt of court after he breached a court order not to interfere with activities at a farm he invaded in Gutu.As farm invasions and confusion continue in Masvingo, Matuke who is also the provincial Zanu PF …