Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
AfriForum to take legal steps against SA gov over Zim land attacks SW Radio Africa News stories for Friday 18 June By Alex Bell 18 June 2010 South African civil rights initiative, AfriForum, is set to take legal action against that country’s government, for refusing to protect the lives and property of South African farmers …
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17 JUNE 2010 EXECUTIVE NEWS In Chipinge this week there was a different kind of euphoria and excitement to that of the Soccer World Cup. Perhaps one could almost say that soccer supporters were bored after they, like our wheat farmers, have been seriously let down by the lack of ZESA power …
General Notice 181 of 2010 LAND ACQUISITION ACT [CHAPTER 20:10] ———————- Appointment of Members of the Compensation Committee ———————- IT is hereby notified that, in terms of section 29A of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10], the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement, has appointed the following persons as members of the Compensation Committee for …
Evicted farmer plans High Court intervention SW Radio Africa news stories for 15 June 2010 By Alex Bell 15 June 2010 A commercial farmer forcibly evicted from his Chipinge property over the weekend is to seek the intervention of the High Court, to allow him back on his farm. Trevor Gifford, the former president of …
Opposition accuses Zanu PF of looting The Standard Saturday, 12 June 2010 19:13 OPPOSITION parties have launched a scathing attack on the indigenisation regulations describing them as racist and another tactic by Zanu PF officials in a hurry to loot national resources before the party is pushed out of power. Government has twice shelved the …
Ex VP of farm union evicted from his land SW Radio Africa News Stories for 14 June 2010 By Lance Guma 14 June 2010 After the recent evictions of 16 white commercial farmers two more, including Trevor Gifford the former Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) Vice President, took place on Sunday evening. The other farmer evicted …
Tobacco – Sales continuing in Zimbabwe Tobaccoreporter.com Jun 14, 2010—Zimbabwe has earned US$199.26 million from the sale of 65.3 million kg of flue-cured tobacco since the season began in mid-February, according to a story in The Herald. Contract sales, at 35.4 million kg, have earned US$112.25 million, while auction sales, at 29.9 million kg have …
Businessmen in extortionist barter deals with Masvingo villagers The Standard Saturday, 12 June 2010 18:45 MASVINGO — Villagers in lowveld areas of Chikombedzi and Mwenezi have resorted to exchanging cattle for a few bags of maize as hunger begins to bite. The districts received very little rainfall during the just-ended season resulting in some …
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ARAC INFORMATION 1ST April 2010 Dear Farmer, What are the FAO Guidelines? The list below covers what constitutes items that may be considered for compensation claims. They are guidelines only and are not in themselves law; however they form the basis for the construction of legitimate claims because many of the …
ARAC – AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY AND COMPENSATION 26 March 2010 ARAC for CFU calling. The office has been busy this week and we are happy to report that eight people joined ARAC, this is most encouraging and we hope the trend will continue. We are trying to re-establish contact with all former farmers and we hope …