Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
IOM to resettle Zimbabwean farm violence victims http://www.apanews.net/ APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday that it was resettling more than 340 Zimbabwean families displaced by farm violence in the east of the country last year. The organization said in a statement that the 342 families have been living in two emergency …
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Evicted white farmers become destitute http://www.thestandard.co.zw Saturday, 24 July 2010 16:17 SOME white commercial farmers who accepted compensation from the government after their farms were seized under the violent land reform programme are now destitute, farmers’ representative bodies have said. An estimated 200 out of the 4 000 white commercial farmers that were in the …
Top military establishment should be ‘engaged’ over rights abuses SW Radio Africa News Stories for 22 July 2010 By Tichaona Sibanda 22 July 2010 The organ for National Healing and Reconciliation has been tasked to ‘engage’ the country’s top military brass, in order to involve them in efforts to create an environment of …
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Zapu demands return of properties 2010 07 07 http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2010-07-07-zapu-demands-return-of-properties DUMISANI SIBANDA Jul 07 2010 10:23 Bulawayo An MDC-T deputy minister, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, who is a former freedom fighter has added his voice to the growing calls for the return of Zapu properties confiscated at the height of the Gukurahundi era …
Mutasa threatens cops with arrest 2010 07 06 http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2010-07-06-mutasa-threatens-cops-with-arrest KELVIN JAKACHIRA Jul 06 2010 09:09 Zanu PF stalwart and controversial Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in the President’s Office, Didymus Mutasa, has allegedly threatened to cause the arrest and detention of police officers who dare assist besieged white commercial farmers in …
Farm Workers Are Ill-Treated And Abandoned 2010 07 04 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00073.htm Sunday, 4 July 2010, 1:04 pm Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation Spotlight interview with Gertrude Hambira (GAPWUZ – Zimbabwe) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * …
Farm abuses documentary steals show at ILO The Zimbabwean Written by TAPIWA ZIVIRA Friday, 25 June 2010 16:18 SWITZERLAND – A video documentary highlighting the atrocities committed on Zimbabwe’s farm workers was the centre of attraction at the Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival held on the sidelines of the International Labour Conference last week. Produced …
Businessmen in extortionist barter deals with Masvingo villagers The Standard Saturday, 12 June 2010 18:45 MASVINGO — Villagers in lowveld areas of Chikombedzi and Mwenezi have resorted to exchanging cattle for a few bags of maize as hunger begins to bite. The districts received very little rainfall during the just-ended season resulting in some …
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White farmers in Zimbabwe struggle against increasing violence The Telegraph – UK The Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance (SACFA) has reported a spate of farm seizures and arrests in recent weeks. By Leah HyslopPublished: 9:39AM BST 11 Jun 2010
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BY ZIMBABWE POLICE CONTINUES AT NYAMANDHLOVU S•A•C•F•A Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance Police on Monday afternoon cut the power supply to Highfields Farm in Nyamandhlovu thus cutting off the water supply to Gary Godfrey’s 10 000 laying hens, 130 penned cattle and 260 sheep also penned. At least one of the cattle …
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