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Zanu PF divisions deepen in Mash Westhttp://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 28 January 2010 20:29 POLITICAL divisions in Zanu PF’s Mashonaland West province are deepening as the party’s executive and senior politburo members fight for control of the province. Three members of the provincial executive who were suspended on January 15 at a meeting called for by Local …

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Zimbabwe High Court Issues Stay of Magistrate Eviction Orders AgainstFarmershttp://www1.voanews.com Lawyer David Drury, representing the three farmers, said Kudya’s rulinggives a temporary reprieve to the farmers, although their land has beenoccupied by unruly crowds of hundreds believed to be ZANU-PF militia members Gibbs Dube | Washington 28 January 2010 A Zimbabwean High Court judge has …

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Court issues arrest warrants for white farmershttp://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Friday 29 January 2010 HARARE – Four Zimbabwean white farmers who were ordered to leave their properties within 24 hours last Tuesday have been issued with warrants of arrest by a magistrate in the southeastern farming town of Chipinge, the Commercial Framers Union (CFU) said …

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One Million Casualties of Land Reformhttp://www.ipsnews.net/ By Ann Hellman JOHANNESBURG and CAPE TOWN, Jan 25, 2010 (IPS) – The seizure of large commercial farms – almost all white-owned – has continued despite the formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe. The country’s farm workers say they are the biggest losers. The workers say that Southern …

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Hope and crops scorched again Photo: IRINWeather turns against farmersHARARE, 26 January 2010 (IRIN) – Garai Hokonya, 53, a smallholder farmer in Chivhu district, about 120km southwest of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, has resigned himself to the unpalatable truth that the 12 hectares of maize he planted by hand are being devastated by an unseasonal and …

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Four farmers evicted by courts as land takeover continueshttp://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell26 January 2010 Four Chipinge commercial farmers have all been ordered to immediately vacate their properties or face a possible jail term, as the state’s takeover of farms under so-called land ‘reform’ continues. Magistrate Samuel Dzuze on Tuesday found all four farmers guilty of …

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British embassy clarifies UK position on sanctions http://www.swradioafrica.com/  By Lance Guma 25 January 2010  The British Embassy in Zimbabwe has moved to clarify comments made by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who had suggested targeted sanctions on companies and members of Mugabe’s inner circle would only be removed on  the advice of the MDC. Responding to questions in parliament …

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Zim government still to respond on farm invasion subpoena http://www.swradioafrica.com/  By Alex Bell 25 January 2010  The government has until Thursday to notify a South African civil rights group if it intends on opposing its application to sue over the ongoing invasions of South African owned land in Zimbabwe.  The group, AfriForum, served legal papers on the …

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Joseph Made Rewarded For Managing Mugabe’s Farms http://news.radiovop.com  24/01/2010 20:47:00  Harare, January 25, 2010 – Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has continued to earn a salary from the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) which he left 10 years ago when he was appointed a government minister as a thank you for managing President Robert Mugabe’s …

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