Zim fights SA ruling in favour of farmers http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell15 April 2011 The Zimbabwe’s government has this week resumed its fight to have three South African court rulings, in favour of dispossessed farmers in Zimbabwe, overturned. Last year, several properties and other assets belonging to the Zim government were identified for auction, as possible compensation for …
Eric Bloch: Indigenisation: Setting the record straight http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 20:48 By Eric Bloch UPON reading Psychology Maziwisa’s reply in last week’s issue of this paper to my recent articles on Zimbabwe’s indigenisation and economic laws, my initial reaction was to ignore it and thus accord it the contempt that it blatantly deserved. That is not …
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Perennial congestion at tobacco auction floors http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 20:29 Bernard Mpofu ZIMBABWE’S perennial problems at the tobacco auction floors are far from over despite an increase in the number of auction floors operating in the country, experts have said.Last week, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) suspended new deliveries and bookings at the then two …
‘Culture of suppressing truth stifling healing’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:02 Nqobile Bhebhe THE Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration’s drive to realise transitional justice is being hampered by a culture of suppressing the truth deeply entrenched in Zanu PF as well as the exclusion of victims of violence, politicians and human rights activists have said. …
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Zanu PF mobilises support for indigenisation http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:17 Brian Chitemba ZANU PF has tasked its politburo members to visit every province to mobilise party supporters to back the indigenisation programme in what has been widely viewed as an election campaign by the former liberation movement. According to some politburo members, a resolution was …
Service chiefs snub national healing http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:35 Brian Chitemba SECURITY ministers and service chiefs snubbed Vice-President John Nkomo and ministers responsible for the Organ on National Healing and Reconciliation who had summoned them last week to a meeting to address selective application of the law and political violence. National Healing and Reconciliation co-minister Moses …
‘Indigenisation loopholes open to challenges’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:40 Chris Muronzi GOVERNMENT could have exposed itself to legal challenges amid legal consensus that the controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act and regulations violated constitutionally enshrined rights.Legal representations made to the Chamber of Mines’ executive committee by legal gurus Nick Willsmer and Sternford Moyo show that the …
The Food Crisis in Zimbabwe The BBC carried a story today about the rise in global food prices. The IMF stated that on average prices for food had risen 36 per cent this year and among these was a 74 per cent increase in maize prices. In the past, perhaps since about 1950, Zimbabwe had …