Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Fresh wave of farm invasions hits Zimbabwe Gulf Times DPA/Harare White farmers and their lawyers are struggling with a new wave of violent invasions of what is left of the embattled community’s farms, agricultural union officials said yesterday. Arrests, abductions and illegal seizures of land in the last two weeks have come in spite of …
Police abduct farmer’s wife Written by The Zimbabwean Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:35 Shamva- Gary and Jane Sharp who had been evicted from their farm in the Shamva area won a court case last Wednesday allowing them to return to their farm and collect their belongings. No sooner had Mrs Sharp walked out of the …
ZANU PF wants only 10 white farmers in province http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 17 May 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s chaotic land reform programme assumed a new twist last week amid reports that only 10 white farmers would be allowed to remain in the country’s Mashonaland Central province under a new plan hatched by hardliners …
Hunger stalks Buhera villagers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 08 May 2010 18:59 BUHERA – Along a narrow dusty road from Muzokomba to Zangama village in Buhera district are patches of lifeless and sun-burnt crops in the small fields. Even in the morning breeze, the dry maize leaves make a crackling sound under the feet while some tear-off …
Rights lobby wants justice for murdered farmer http://www.timeslive.co.za/ May 9, 2010 12:00 AM | By Doubt Dube The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has expressed concern at delays in the prosecution of two war veterans facing murder charges after they allegedly killed a white commercial farmer at the height of controversial government-sponsored land reforms …
Farm owner and wife attacked in Centenary http://www.swradioafrica.com/ Gerry Jackson05 May 2010 A farmer and his wife in Centenary were badly beaten at the weekend. There have been few details but a Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) statement said James and Wendy de la Fargue were attacked while they were sleeping. It appeared that they were …
RBZ Official Throws Out Farmworkers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sandra Mandizvidza 2 May 2010 ABOUT 80 Chinhoyi families are stranded after they were evicted from Friedwall Farm in Chinhoyi by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Edward Mashiringwane last week. Mashiringwane accused the farm workers of refusing to work for him at the farm he forcibly took …
MDC official’s deaths expose poor disaster preparedness http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 01 May 2010 19:31 THE death of former Gweru Rural Member of Parliament and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary for lands and agriculture, Renson Gasela together with two other party officials in a horrific accident has exposed glaring handicaps in the country’s police and fire …
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Former Farm Workers Stranded and Living In Squalor http://news.radiovop.com 27/04/2010 10:47:00 Masvingo, April 27, 2010 – Ten families evicted from a farm by a former Zanu (PF) provincial lands secretary have been living in the open for almost a week at the 35 kilometre peg along the Masvingo-Mutare highway, Radio VOP has discovered. Despite the …
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Farm invasions worsen plight of displaced: WFP http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Correspondent Tuesday 27 April 2010 HARARE – Ongoing farm seizures in Zimbabwe pose one of the greatest threats to the hopes of a better life by the thousands of people displaced by the country’s political crisis, according to the World Food Programme. The UN agency …