Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
White farmers living in ‘constant fear’ Zimbabwe Independent Thursday, 03 June 2010 19:09 The few remaining white commercial farmers say they are living in constant fear after repeated legal and political overtures failed to stop violent evictions, farmer representatives have said. Charles Taffs, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) Vice President told the Zimbabwe Independent …
SURVEY OF TRACTOR REQUIREMENTS We are doing a survey on your current tractor requirements – wish list if you like (not brand specific) – based on the following assumptions; i) Finance available over 3 years; ii) Cost of finance; 8-10% / annum iii) Initial deposit; 30% iv) Surety ship; This would be required …
Zimbabwe sugar output falls on low cane yields Wed Jun 2, 2010 12:00pm GMT * Sugar output down 13 pct from 298,000 T * Expects sugar demand from EU, US to remain strong * Industry recovering, targets 600,000 T in long-term HARARE, June 2 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s sugar output fell 13 percent to 259,000 tonnes …
Animals die, drown on Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island By ANGUS SHAW (AP) – 7 hours ago HARARE, Zimbabwe — Starvation Island in northern Zimbabwe is living up to its name for the first time in 50 years as rising lake waters have submerged grazing land for hundreds of animals, conservationists say. Rescuers here are holding exhausted …
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Tragedy strikes Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage Zimbabwe 02 June at 06:40 There has been a very tragic accident at Chipangali in Zimbabwe yesterday. At approximately 20 past 9 yesterday morning, our young volunteer co-ordinator / helper Robyn Lotz (26 years old) was attacked by a fully grown male lion. One of our staff neglected to close …
Sadc Tribunal To Hear Application To Refer Zim Government To Sadc Summit The Zimbabwean Zimbabwe: Today: Written by Staff reporter Tuesday, 01 June 2010 12:23 SADC Tribunal to hear application for a court order to refer the Zimbabwean government to the SADC Summit The SADC Tribunal in Windhoek sits again today, Tuesday 1 June, in …
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Police abduct farmer’s wife Written by The Zimbabwean Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:35 Shamva- Gary and Jane Sharp who had been evicted from their farm in the Shamva area won a court case last Wednesday allowing them to return to their farm and collect their belongings. No sooner had Mrs Sharp walked out of the …
New spate of arrests rocks farming community By Alex Bell 31 May 2010 A new spate of arrests in the name of Robert Mugabe’s land ‘reform’ programme has rocked the country’s remaining commercial farming community, with at least four arrests since last Tuesday Most recently, last Friday police went to James Taylor’s Cedor Park Farm …
Zimbabwean Government Boycotts Regional Tribunal Hearing on Farm Seizures VOA news Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington 01 June 2010 The tribunal was Tuesday asked to propose a special SADC summit to look at ongoing seizures of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe under the controversial land reform program, which the applicants say are illegal The Zimbabwean government on …
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ONGOING ILLEGAL EVICTIONS OF FARMERS AT INYATHI S•A•C•F•A Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance At 5.15 pm on the 25th May 2010 six truckloads of armed police arrived at Goff and Shirley Carbutt’s Oscardale Farm in the Inyathi district of Matabeleland North. They surrounded the homestead and proceeded to arrest Goff for being in illegal occupation …