Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Water at core of sustainable development March 26, 2015 Opinion & Analysis This file picture shows one of Bulawayo’s supply dams, Lower Ncema at 67,7 percent full Thulani NdlovuON December 22, 1992 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 through which March 22 of each year was declared World Day for Water, to make a …
160 face starvation as Zesa shuts down irrigation March 25, 2015 Local News Marvelous Moyo Gwanda CorrespondentAT least 160 families face starvation after Zesa cut power to the Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District over a $37,000 debt. The irrigation scheme committee chairperson Mhlangano Moyo yesterday told Chronicle nothing would be harvested from the irrigation scheme …
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‘Maleme a landmark victory for Zimbabwe’ THE resistance of the Matobo villagers to the Maleme Ranch take-over by a State spy shows that people power can emerge victorious against any regime, no matter how brutal and Zimbabweans can draw lessons from it to push back injustices, analysts said. NQOBANI NDLOVUSTAFF REPORTER State spy Rodney Mashingaidze …
Editorial Comment: Prepare for efficient food distribution March 14, 2015 Opinion & Analysis What started as a promising 2014/2015 summer cropping season is turning out to be a disaster. An estimated 300,000 hectares of maize are a write-off due to a prolonged dry spell. It is now feared that most households will run out of food …
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Maleme: a farming paradise locals refuse to lose March 16, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Bongani Masuku outside her fowl run at Maleme Ranch. Inset: Some of the vegetables grown at Ebenezer College Arnold Mutemi Features EditorFor the past three years, Bongani Masuku, a subsistence farmer’s wife from Matobo district in Matabeleland South province, has managed to pay …
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Provincial ministers appeal for foood aid March 13, 2015 Local News Cde Shuvai Mahofa Harare BureauProvincial ministers for almost all of the country’s eight rural provinces have appealed for urgent food aid, saying many people will be short of food by April, as their crops were severely affected by floods and the prolonged dry spell. Their …
Zim to compensate evicted farmers JOHN KACHEMBERE, SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER • 11 MARCH 2015 12:36PM • 0 COMMENTS are on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on email0More Sharing Services SHARE THIS ARTICLE: HARARE – Zimbabwe has made a commitment to compensate white commercial farmers who lost their property during the chaotic and …
CIO BOSS UNDER SIEGE APPROXIMATELY 40 villagers were yesterday detained by police officers as pressure mounted on a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss to give up Maleme Ranch in Matabeleland South. NQOBANI NDLOVU STAFF REPORTER Villagers are resisting the allocation of the farm to CIO boss Rodney Mashingaidze and have vowed to fight to the …
Corruption: A cancer eating into Zimbabwe February 19, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Conrad Gweru CorrespondentVice President Emmerson Mnangwagwa recently noted that, “ . . . the prevalence of corruption and fraudulent activities in our society is unacceptable and can only derail the efforts that are in place to achieve the goals set out in the Constitution.” The …
Spot fines saga in Concourt February 19, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter—A Harare motorist yesterday approached the Constitutional Court challenging the traffic police’s practice of demanding spot fines. Mr Andrew Makunura argues that the practice is unconstitutional and that the law enforcement agents must be ordered to stop this. The debate was sparked by High Court …