Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Imports killing food sector –– Natfoods http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:19 NATIONAL Foods Holdings (Natfoods) has partly blamed government’s waiver allowing duty free imports of basic commodities for its US$1,4 million loss before tax. Natfoods chairman Todd Moyo said the influx of imported food commodities following the acute shortages that hit the country …
Cotton farmers breach contracts http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:08 BUSI Matutu is fed up with cotton farming. The past year has not been as rewarding as she expected. With no adequate funding to grow the cash crop in Gokwe, she has now switched to maize production. Thanks to the assistance from humanitarian aid agencies …
Eric Bloch: Constructive economic empowerment possible http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:51 NOT only with justification, because of its unjust, inhuman, foolhardy, and economically destructive consequences, but also because it is so deviously and racialistically discriminatorily conceptualised, and because its economic impacts can only intensify the suffering and distress of millions of Zimbabweans, this …
Empowerment our divine right http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:42 THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has never, is not and will not contemplate seizing foreign owned companies outside the premises of the law. The Zimbabwe indigenisation agenda in this country has been hijacked by alarmists who seek to nicodemously get international sympathy without adjudicating the …
Malaysia expresses anger over seizure of Zim farm http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell10 March 2010 The Malaysian government has officially protested the seizure of a Malaysian-owned banana plantation in eastern Manicaland, in a move which threatens diplomatic ties between the two countries. An official from Kuala Lumpur’s embassy in Harare, Mohamad Nizan Mohamad, told …
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Nkomo seeks to rescue banana plantation http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=27829 March 10, 2010 By Our Correspondent HARARE – Vice President John Nkomo has moved in to help Malaysian and Dutch investors regain control of their banana plantation which was seized by a retired army general who is now Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania. Fangundu Farm was invaded in December …
Ex-Governor Chased Out Of Farm http://news.radiovop.com 10/03/2010 13:33:00 Masvingo, March 10, 2010 -Embattled former Masvingo Governor Willard Chiwewe, who was unceremoniously relieved of his duties by President Robert Mugabe in his maiden term, two years ago, is seeing red after his sucessor, Titus Maluleke this week ordered him to vacate a farm which the former …
Bleak future for winter wheat production http://www.herald.co.zw, Wednesday March 10, 2010 By Martin Kadzere ZIMBABWE could be bracing for another year of food insecurity, amid bleak expectations for both the maize harvest next month and the forthcoming winter wheat production. A recent maize crop assessment conducted by the Government has revealed that write off, a …
The subjugation of the people of Zim for the sake of power http://www.swradioafrica.com Ben Freeth: WHEN ECONOMIC SUICIDE BECOMES POLITICAL SALVATION. Are Zimbabwe’s “Land Reform program,” “the new Indigenisation Laws” and “Political Subjugation of the People for Power,” the same thing? And what should people do about breaking the dictatorship so that Zimbabwe can be …
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CFU’s membership drive http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Staff ReporterTuesday, 09 March 2010 13:23HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) has embarked on a membership drive targeting former members, in a move meant to provide it with the “financial wherewithal” to mount an effective legal challenge of the country’s controversial land reform programme. The union, which, …