Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa named in extortion scam http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 20 March 2010 20:42 DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting off embarrassing allegations that he is demanding “protection fees” from beleaguered white commercial farmers in the Midlands. Senior Zanu PF officials (names supplied) are reportedly demanding as much as US$5 000 from each farmer so that Mnangagwa can …
‘Security forces blocking unionist from Tribunal’ http://www.zimonline.co.za by Caroline Mvundura Saturday 20 March 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s security forces, who have hounded trade unionist Gertrude Hambira into hiding in South Africa, want to prevent the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) leader from attending a regional court hearing on commercial farmers later …
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Indigenisation Regulations To Be Amended http://news.radiovop.com 20/03/2010 21:23:00 Harare, March 21, 2010 – The Zimbabwe government is within the next few days expected to make radical changes to the controversial indigenisation regulations announced by the Minister of Indigenisation and Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere in January. This will be a major climbdown by President Robert Mugabe and …
We are all indigenous… http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 18 March 2010 19:24 UNDER the Economic Empowerment Regulations 2010 an indigenous Zimbabwean is defined as “any person who, before the 18th April, 1980, was disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the grounds of his or her race, and any descendant of such person…” This, thankfully, covers every person then living …
GMB announces new maize price Agriculture Reporter THE Grain Marketing Board has announced the 2009/10 maize floor price of US$325 per tonne, a price described by farmers as viable. With effect from April 1, there will be an increase of US$60 from the previous season’s price of US$265 per tonne. Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union president …
Urban agric boosts food security: Agritex Agritex has encouraged urbanites to take part in agriculture and boost the food security situation. Speaking at a field day at Gogo Mary Rakata’s plot in Harare North, Agritex officer Mr Elisha Dube said urban farmers had planted 7 655 hectares of maize, 124,4ha of sugar beans and 366ha …
Govt to rationalise farm sizes Government has said it will re-demarcate land allocated to farmers who are failing to attain optimum production owing to resource constraints. In an interview on Tuesday, Mashonaland Central Provincial Governor Advocate Martin Dinha said some farms were too big for occupiers to cope with. “This has seen some of the …
Plea for help From: “Zimbabwean Farmer”Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:55 PMContinued Eviction of White Commercial Farmers despite the agreements signed upon in the forming of GNU I am emailing out of desperation. Despite the agreements made in the forming of the GNU and the President of South Africa’s State visit that is currently underway …
‘Our ancestors are angry,’ say climate-devastated Zimbabwean farmers http://www.alertnet.org 16 Mar 2010 11:56:00 GMT Written by: AlertNet correspondent Selina Mutoleka and her AIDS-orphaned grandchildren struggle to grow enough food on their farm in Nyimo, Zimbabwe. Climate change is making Zimbabwe’s weather more unpredictable, threatening crops, but many local people attribute the growing problems …
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Billy Rautenbach fingered in escalation of violence in Manicaland http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda16 March 2010 Billy Rautenbach, the 51 year old multimillionaire businessman with close links to ZANU PF, has been accused by the MDC of hounding and intimidating its activists in Manicaland as political tension builds ahead of the constitution making programme. Rautenbach, who …
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