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Zimbabwe’s white farmers plan to seize government property http://www.telegraph.co.uk White Zimbabwean farmers whose land was grabbed by Robert Mugabe plan to turn the tables by seizing Zimbabwean-owned property in South Africa. By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger In Johannesburg Published: 7:00AM GMT 07 Mar 2010 Lawyers for dispossessed farmers believe that on Monday …

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China buys up African rhinos ‘to farm for horn’  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ March 7, 2010 Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor RHINOS, among the world’s most endangered and iconic animals, are being farmed on Chinese wildlife reserves in order to harvest their horns, a report by international conservation monitors has suggested. The monitors have found that China has imported …

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Zimbabwe laws – Economic Empowerment – A continuing conversation  http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=6298 By MUTUMWA MAWEREPublished: March 7, 2010 What time is it in Zimbabwe? Is it indigenization time? If black economic empowerment is good for South Africa, why should indigenization be bad for Zimbabwe? If the three principal political parties agreed that at this defining hour in …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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