Onslaught against farmers threatens future investment

Onslaught against farmers threatens future investment http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell19 December 2012 Future investment in Zimbabwe remains under threat, because of the ongoing campaign to remove all commercial farmers from their land. This week a farmer in Mashonaland West, Piet Zwanikken, was shot in the face as part of efforts to force him to leave his farm. …

Alone but together

Alone but together http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk 15.12.12 by Obert Gutu It will get worse before it gets better. Prophets of doom and gloom are running amok; like people possessed. Opportunists, chancers as well as political low lives are cleverly positioning themselves. Fencesitters are busy gazing into the open space; not exactly sure which ship to jump onto. These are very exciting …

Land not the economy

Land not the economy http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ December 14, 2012 in Opinion PROGRESSIVE nations are beginning to employ strategic human resources (HR) concepts to address perculiar national challenges. OPINION BY BRETT CHULU A case in point is the government of Singapore who happen to be a member of a highly respected strategic HR institute. Singapore has a very low fertility …

World Bank Technical Team in Bid To Revive Zimbabwe’s Economy

World Bank Technical Team in Bid To Revive Zimbabwe’s Economy http://www.voazimbabwe.com 12.12.2012 A techinical team assembled by the World Bank has produced a report aimed at turning around zimbabwe’s troubled economy. The report which focuses on agriculture, manufacturing and mining was released in harare today. However, the world bank’s lending program in zimbabwe is inactive due to arrears …

Barriers to investment on the increase

Barriers to investment on the increase http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ December 7, 2012 in Opinion For too many years Zimbabwe has raised one barrier to foreign direct investment (FDI) after another. Column by Eric Bloch There is an abysmal and contemptuous disregard for the irrefutable fact that the country desperately needs such investment in order to attain substantive growth of its …

Zimbabwe should wake up to reality

Editor’s desk:Zimbabwe should wake up to reality http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ December 2, 2012 in EditorialDriving down highways and dirt roads in southern Zimbabwe, one cannot miss the smell of death emanating from the parched veld. Scrawny animals — donkeys and cattle — feebly try to hold on to dear life but their corrugated torsos are testimony to the lost war …

Agribank to disburse US$30 million from IDC

Agribank to disburse US$30 million from IDC http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ November 23, 2012 in Business THE Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) will next month start disbursing the US$30 million loan facility it secured from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDCSA), director of marketing and business development Joseph Mverecha said. Report by Gamma Mudarikiri Mverecha told businessdigest this week …

Ncube, agricultural officials to finalise setting up of Comez

Ncube, agricultural officials to finalise setting up of Comez http://www.thestandard.co.zw November 18, 2012 in Business INDUSTRY and Commerce minister, Welshman Ncube is set to meet officials from the Ministry of Agriculture later this month to finalise the setting up of the Commodity Exchange of Zimbabwe (Comez). KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA Comez is an organised market place where trade, with …

Zimbabwe budget: Finance minister warns elections will slow growth to 5 percent in 2013

Zimbabwe budget: Finance minister warns elections will slow growth to 5 percent in 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, November 16, 3:56 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s finance minister forecasts a slower economic growth rate caused by political tensions as the nation prepares for elections next year. Finance Minister Tendai Biti said when presenting the national …