99-year leases can be cancelled: Govt

99-year leases can be cancelled: Govt http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Ninety-nine year land leases offered to new farmers could be terminated should the beneficiaries fail to utilize the land for two consecutive years, the ministry of lands officials said over the weekend.05.10.1109:46amby Jane Makoni The government gave 99-year lease letters to a few top party and government senior officials believed to …

Government suspends proposed vehicles ban

Government suspends proposed vehicles ban http://www.thezimbabwemail.com 04/10/2011 20:46:00    by HAHARE – Government has suspended the proposed ban on the importation of second hand vehicles of more than five years till further notice. The Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development, Nicholas Goche said after wide consultations, the proposed ban on the importation of second hand vehicles has been …

AG’s Dilemna Over Prosecutors’ Strike

AG’s Dilemna Over Prosecutors’ Strike http://www.radiovop.com Harare, October 05, 2011 – The Attorney General’s Office (AG) on Tuesday reportedly failed to draft an urgent chamber application seeking to stop a potentially crippling work boycott by prosecutors. Informed sources told Radio VOP that the three Deputy Attorney Generals (DAG)’s failed to draft the urgent chamber application to file at …

Give resettled farmers title: banker

Give resettled farmers title: banker http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Naume Muza     Tuesday 04 October 2011 KADOMA — Zimbabwe’s government should give title to black villagers resettled on former white commercial farms newly to pave way for banks to lend to the new farmers against their properties, one of the country’s leading bankers has said. TN Bank founder Tawanda Nyambirai said …

UK nurse and husband seize Zimbabwe farm

UK nurse and husband seize Zimbabwe farm http://nehandaradio.com/ October 4, 2011 1:14 pm By Staff Reporter A Zimbabwean nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the United Kingdom is at the centre of a political storm after she and her husband were named in the seizure of a white owned farm in Chegutu.Zanu PF militants …

Zimbabwe’s power situation: a closer look

Zimbabwe’s power situation: a closer look   http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=6923 Got any power? Got any water? Got any explanations that make sense? Maybe this one does. The statement below is from the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Power Company. Chairman’s Statement Zimbabwe Power Company 2nd October 2011 (10pm) Starting with the end in Mind It is important that …

Beatrice farmer & 84 workers threatened with eviction

Beatrice farmer & 84 workers threatened with eviction http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell03 October 2011 A commercial farmer in Beatrice and his 84 workers have all been handed eviction notices and ordered to vacate the property by the end of the week, as the ongoing seizure of land in Zimbabwe intensifies. Wayne Greaves and his staff are in …

Mr Land Grab at it again in Zimbabwe

Mr Land Grab at it again in Zimbabwe http://www.timeslive.co.za JAMA MAJOLA | 02 October, 2011 00:57 Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs, Kembo Mohadi, who already owns vast tracts of farmland, has been accused of gross nepotism after grabbing more land from neighbouring resettled farmers to give to his son and nephew. The minister, a major actor in …

Zanu PF chefs exploiting farm workers

Zanu PF chefs exploiting farm workers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 01 October 2011 18:55 BY JENNIFER DUBEJAMAYA Muduvuri, a former Zanu PF senator, won the hearts of Chegutu’s Twyford Farm workers when for some time he continued to pay them handsomely after taking over the property from a white commercial farmer in 2009. Some 28 lucky workers who survived …