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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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South African courts come to the aid of white Zimbabwean farmers http://business.timesonline.co.uk March 4, 2010 Jan Raath Harare Zimbabwe’s dispossessed white farmers will at last be able to put the heat on President Mugabe. Four former farmers have been given the right to seize Zimbabwean government property in South Africa in pursuit of their compensation …
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Army officials lease land to whites http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Staff ReporterMonday, 01 March 2010 07:15TENGWE – Top army officials who grabbed land during the infamous land reform programme are reported to be leasing their farms to former white commercial farmers after failing to utilise them.An investigation by this paper indicated that most farms in Tengwe, …
State agriculture utility to let farms http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Tafadzwa Mutasa Wednesday 03 March 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state-owned Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is on a drive to lease out to private companies all its estates that lie derelict after years of mismanagement as it tries to improve the country’s agriculture production. Condemned as …
SA moves to ensure productivity on farms http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Wednesday 03 March 2010 JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will implement the “use it or lose it” principle to ensure resettled farmers maintain production at redistributed farmland, a government official said on Tuesday. “You know, use it or lose it will work now, with the …
Zimbabwe to review local ownership law: minister (AFP) – 7 hours ago HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cabinet will review new local ownership rules that have sparked concern among business leaders, the industry minister said Wednesday, saying the law had been published “prematurely”. Zimbabwe published a law three weeks ago requiring that major foreign firms divest 51 …
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Indigenisation law to dominate Council of Ministers meeting Thursday http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda3 March 2010 The dispute between ZANU PF and the MDC over the recently gazetted indigenisation regulations is set to dominate Thursday’s Council of Ministers, which is to be chaired by the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe met on Monday during …
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Zimbabwe needs foreign capital – Mandiwanza http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by JOHN CHIMUNHUTuesday, 02 March 2010 14:37 HARARE – The Zimbabwean economy needs foreign capital if it is to emerge from the doldrums Robert Mugabe has driven it into through years of mismanagement and corruption, a senior executive linked to the President has said. Anthony Mandiwanza, a …