Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Border Chaos As Zimra Workers Embark On Go Slow http://news.radiovop.com 31/10/2010 20:19:00 HARARE, October 31, 2010 – Workers at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) have embarked on a low intensity strike to force management to review their salaries in a move that has slowed down business at the country’s busiest port of entry- Beitbridge. The …
New currency: Which way Zimbabwe? http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 24 October 2010 14:03 THE mention of the return of the Zimbabwean dollars is enough to frighten citizens who, a few years ago, endured hours in bank queues trying to get their hard-earned cash. It brings back memories of prices going up on an hourly basis and basic …
Commonwealth throws Zim lifeline http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 22 October 2010 11:47 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter THE Commonwealth is quietly working on a multi-million dollar aid package to assist Zimbabwe emerge from a decade-long socio-economic bog as the 54-member bloc moves to re-engage Harare, which renounced its membership about seven years ago. The Financial Gazette can exclusively …
Zimbabwe to produce ethanol fuel in 2011 http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Staff ReporterFriday, 22 October 2010 12:17 HARARE – The construction of the biggest ethanol plant in Africa at Chisumbanje in Chipinge has gathered momentum with indications that Zimbabwe could start getting cheap ethanol fuel by March 2011. Green Fuel, the ethanol distillery company spearheading the project …
Local Currency Re-Introduction Imperative – Economist http://www.fingaz.co.zw/ George Lwanda 30 September 2010 Harare – At some stage Zimbabwe will have to look at reintroducing a currency of its own, Development Bank of Southern Africa International project economist, George Lwanda told the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Zimbabwe annual conference in Victoria Falls on Saturday. He …
Grain Marketing Board To Fire 1 650 Workers http://news.radiovop.com/ 04/10/2010 11:22:00 Bulawayo, October 04, 2010 – Zimbabwe’s grain parastatal is set to retrench 1 650 employees before December as part of its turnaround programme amid revelations that its expenditure exceeded overall income. Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officials said the retrenchments are part of cost cutting …
Top Zanu PF chefs linked to Farmtec http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 25 September 2010 16:57 FARMTEC Spares & Implements, one of the companies that led the seizure of Reserve Bank assets over a US$2,1 million debt has links to Zanu PF chefs, according to investigations by The Standard.Farmtec supplied the RBZ with tractors in 2008 at the …
Used car imports banned http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:40 THE government has banned the importation of second-hand vehicles as part of a raft of new measures aimed at arresting the carnage on the country’s roads. According to Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use) Regulations published in the government gazette of September 17, the Ministry …
“Investors Should Help Democratise Zimbabwe” http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Stanley Kwenda JOHANNESBURG, Sep 23, 2010 (IPS) – While investors need assurances about property rights and the protection of investments before they will invest in Zimbabwe’s precarious economy, the state of democracy in the Southern African country should also be a consideration. These were some of the opinions …
Richard Branson urges world to invest Zimbabwe http://www.sabcnews.com September 21 2010 , 6:48:00 Billionaire Richard Branson urged people yesterday to invest in Zimbabwe, saying the world was wrong to wait instead of helping the politically volatile, impoverished southern African nation revive itself. Virgin Unite, the philanthropic arm of Branson’s Virgin Group, has helped create Enterprise …