Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Matabeleland hit by serious food shortage http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 06 March 2010 19:57 BULAWAYO – Matabeleland South and North provinces will require urgent food aid in the next two months owing to widespread crop failure this season. The number of people in need of emergency food aid has been put at 1,3 million with Matabeleland South …
Zanu PF faction fights threaten ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 06 March 2010 17:01 ZANU PF factionalism is threatening to derail an ambitious Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) project in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi with some party heavy weights claiming they are being sidelined. Last year ARDA and Billy Rautenbach’s Rating and Macdom Investments entered …
Gunning for Zimbabwe’s Cape assets http://www.timeslive.co.za Mar 7, 2010 12:00 AM | By Karen Van Rooyen Four Cape Town properties belonging to the Zimbabwean government could be sold off to compensate a group of dispossessed farmers. Following a landmark ruling in the High Court in Pretoria, South African civil rights group Afri Forum is scheduled …
Zimbabwe To Compensate White Commercial Farmers http://news.radiovop.com 05/03/2010 07:08:00 Harare, March 05, 2010 – In an interesting and surprising twist of events, the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Government has finally agreed to compensate white commercial farmers who had their land grabbed from them, Radio VOP can exclusively reveal. “We are now going to set up a Compensation …
Zambezi Authority issues floods warning http://www.zicora.com/ Posted By Own Staff Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:32 Areas that are downstream of Kariba Dam have been warned of possible flooding as the Zambezi River Authority plans to open the dam’s floodgates to relieve pressure on the dam wall. In a statement, ZRA advised the general public to take …
10 families marooned http://www.herald.co.zw Saturday, March 06, 2010 Bindura Bureau Flash floods swept across Mbire District on Tuesday leaving about 10 families marooned. Though details were still sketchy at the time of writing, it is understood that more families have been affected. Mashonaland Central Civil Protection Unit chairman Mr Josphat Jaji said the provincial leadership …
GMB to retrench 2000 http://www.zicora.com Posted By Own Staff Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:28 GRAIN Marketing Board is set to retrench 2 157 ‘idle” workers countrywide due to viability problems. The retrenchments are compulsory as a voluntary scheme attracted a few takers.GMB board chairman Charles Chikaura said retrenchment of workers “has become unavoidable after special …
SHOCKER: BBC: South Africa: 2010: 90% of White Farms handed over to Blacks have FAILED! Date Posted: Thursday 04-Mar-2010[Well, we have been saying this and predicting this for the last 10 years, and here it is. Years ago I posted an article saying that 80% of black self-help projects in South Africa have failed. The …
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Eric Bloch: Right objective, wrong methodology http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:30 IN the last two weeks this column erroneously projected negative economic consequences of the enactment, on February 12, of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Regulations, 2010. The error was not that the projection of adverse impacts upon the economy was incorrect, but that …
Candid Comment: Indigenisation threatens economic recovery http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:04 FOLLOWING the signing of the global political agreement between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations in 2008 which led to the creation of the inclusive government last year, economic stability had relatively returned to Zimbabwe. The country had begun to emerge …
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