Veld fires destroy timber

Veld fires destroyed timber http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Zwanai SitholeTuesday, 08 March 2011 17:37 HARARE – Veld Fires emanating from newly resettled farmers last year destroyed a total of 1 694.3 hectares of timber in Manicaland province, it has been revealed. The statistics released by the Timber Producers Federation (TPF) cited Chimanimani and Nyanga districts as the most affected …

Birth of indigenisation super minister

Birth of indigenisation super minister http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/ 09 March, 2011 06:43:00    VINCENT KAHIYA IN May last year Public Service minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro took umbrage at his MDC-T colleague Finance minister Tendai Biti’s announcement that government had frozen civil servants’ salaries. His gripe was that the Finance minister was encroaching into his purview as Labour minister. He warned Biti that …

Wildlife land reform policy will have huge impact on tourism

Wildlife land reform policy will have huge impact on tourism http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda9 March 2011 A leading wildlife expert in Zimbabwe has warned that government’s push to implement the controversial wildlife based land reform will have ‘a huge’ impact on tourism. Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force told SW Radio Africa on Wednesday that …

Zimbabwe land reforms target wildlife reserves

Zimbabwe land reforms target wildlife reserves http://news.yahoo.com AFP/File – Wed Mar 9, 5:55 am ET HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwean authorities will force the country’s predominantly white wildlife park owners to join with black partners in a new round of controversial land reforms, state media said on Wednesday. “Government is now implementing the wildlife-based land reform policy after five …

N Korea begs food aid from Zimbabwe

N Korea begs food aid from Zimbabwe http://www.theaustralian.com.au * Rick Wallace, Tokyo correspondent * From: The Australian * March 09, 2011 12:00AM NORTH Korea has resorted to begging for food from another impoverished global pariah — Zimbabwe. A diplomatic source in South Korea said Africa had become the focus of North Korea’s aid efforts, Seoul-based newspaper JoongAng …

Zimbabwe election report back in court

Zimbabwe election report back in court http://www.businessday.co.za ERNEST MABUZAPublished: 2011/03/08 06:28:27 AM THE Presidency, in its appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment which ordered it to hand over a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, argues that sufficient evidence was placed before the courts in justifying the refusal of access …

Zim Euromoney Conference – no time for mixed messages

Zim Euromoney Conference – no time for mixed messages By Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London 08/03/11 How Zimbabwe will manage to lure investors at the Euromoney Conference which opened in Harare Tuesday, a day after Zanu-Pf youths reportedly seized a South African company’s project, EasiPark is mind-boggling. With the country short of US$10 billion for capital …

Politburo to endorse company seizures

Politburo to endorse company seizures http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Guthrie Munyuki, Deputy News EditorTuesday, 08 March 2011 18:52 HARARE – The Zanu PF supreme decision making body, the Politburo, will convene a special meeting on Wednesday to officially endorse the anti-sanctions campaign which seeks to seize companies owned by Europeans and Americans. President Robert Mugabe is expected to chair the …

Keynote address by PM Tsangirai at Euromoney Investment Conference

Keynote Address by PM Tsvangirai at the Euro Money Investment Conference   KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE M.R. TSVANGIRAI AT THE EURO MONEY INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, HARARE 8-9 MARCH 2011   Deputy Prime Ministers Professor Mutambara and Hon Khupe Government ministers here present Your Worship, the Mayor …

Govt tried to lure investment despite mounting violence

Govt tries to lure investment despite mounting violence http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell08 March 2011 The unity government is this week once again trying to lure international investment into Zimbabwe, despite mounting violence across the country and fears of worse to come. The three principals in the coalition government, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, on Tuesday launched …