Porous borders aid rhino poachers

Porous borders aid Rhino poachers – AfriForum http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Mxolisi NcubeWednesday, 04 August 2010 12:46 JOHANNESBURG – A South African civil rights group this week called on that country’s government to engage other nations, including Zimbabwe, in its on-going efforts to stop rhino poaching, cases of which are escalating by the day. Civil rights …

No more ‘GMO’ chickens from South Africa, says Zimbabwe

No more ‘GMO’ chicken from South Africa, says Zimbabwe. Now to see if there is such a thing. http://www.csmonitor.com Zimbabwe has banned genetically modified chicken from South Africa amid complaints that producers there are flooding the Zimbabwe market. But South African producers say there’s no such thing as GMO chicken. By Savious Kwinika, Correspondent / …

Desperate appeal to SA government over land attacks

Desperate appeal to SA government over land attacks http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell04 August 2010 A South African farming family in Zimbabwe has made a desperate appeal to Jacob Zuma’s government to intervene in a worsening invasion of their property. Philip and Ellen Hapelt from Grasslands Farm in Somabhula have been fighting for several months to …

Agricultural Recovery and Compensation Report for Congress 2010

Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe Congress 2010 AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY AND COMPENSATION (ARAC) REPORT TO CONGRESS 2010 Mr President, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is with great pleasure that I stand before you today and present this report on behalf of the Unions displaced farmers. ARAC came into being earlier this year and took over …

Zimbabwe Crop Producers’ Association for Congress 2010

Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe Congress 2010 ZIMBABWE CROP PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION REPORT TO CONGRESS 2010 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome. THIS PAST CROPPING SEASON This past year’s rainy season started off late, with fair rains into the early part of January, when areas throughout the country experienced a very dry spell. The southern areas …

Zimbabwe Crop Producers’ Association for Congress 2010

       Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe Congress 2010    ZIMBABWE CROP PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION REPORT TO CONGRESS 2010 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome. THIS PAST CROPPING SEASON This past year’s rainy season started off late, with fair rains into the early part of January, when areas throughout the country experienced a very dry spell. …

Labour Report for Congress 2010

      Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe Congress 2010 ANNUAL LABOUR REPORT TO CONGRESS 2010 Zimbabwe’s remuneration strategy to date has been based on correcting historical wrongs, therefore concentrating on what the worker   needs rather than what he/she produces . Productivity based remuneration ensures we only eat that which we have either grown, …