Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Twelve million going to bed hungry in SA Times Live GRAEME HOSKEN | 30 January, 2013 Though this country produces sufficient food for its population, skyrocketing prices prevent the poor – most of them urban households – from getting adequate nutrition . The hungriest people are in Cape Town (80%) and Msunduzi, in …
Concern as land-grab chaos ‘swept under the carpet’ http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell29 January 2013 There is growing concern that the chaos that highlighted ZANU PF’s land grab campaign is actively being swept under the carpet, to the detriment of the country’s agricultural future. The most recent attempt to normalise the situation has been the publication of a new …
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Protest planned over contentious land-grab book http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell28 January 2013 A demonstration has been planned to protest a contentious new book about ZANU PF’s land grab campaign, which is painted as a ‘success’ by the book’s authors. “Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land” was written by three scholars and aims to counter “the dominant media narratives of …
Evicted farm workers living by roadside without blankets http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda23 January 2013 The families of nearly two dozen farm workers who were evicted from Mara Farm in Goromonzi South last week are reported to be desperate and living by the roadside without adequate shelter. Armed riot police patrolling the farm are also said to be …
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Striking farm workers evicted http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary EditorMonday, 21 January 2013 11:22HARARE – Twenty evicted families at Mara Farm in Goromonzi South Constituency are being soaked by rains as the police are denying them entry into the farm to collect their belongings. The Daily News visited the farm last Thursday and witnessed the farm-workers ordeal. This …
OHCHR Press Briefing Note – Mali, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Iran http://www.scoop.co.nz/ Sunday, 20 January 2013, 9:30 amPress Release: OHCHR OHCHR Press Briefing Note – 1) Mali 2) Sri Lanka 3) Zimbabwe 4) Iran 18 January 2013 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Subjects: 1) Mali2) Sri Lanka3) Zimbabwe4) …
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Zimbabwe farmers forced from home find new life as French estate agents http://www.themovechannel.com Friday, January 04, 2013 Source: Ivan Radford Guy and Vicky Watson-Smith once owned a farm in Zimbabwe. In 2001, one of President Robert Mugabe’s closest allies violently and illegally seized the couple’s property, leaving them and their two small children …
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Govt urged to ‘wake up’ after resignation of human rights chief http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell02 January 2013 The resignation of the head of Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Commission is being described as a serious ‘wake up call’ for the government, which is being urged to strengthen its human rights commitments. Professor Reginald Austin stepped down as head of …
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Transcript of Diaspora Diaries interview with Mashonaland West farmer Piet Zwanikken http://www.swradioafrica.com/ Posted by Alex Bell on Thursday, December 20, 2012 in Diaspora Diaries, Featured | 0 comments18th December 2012 Alex Bell: Hello Zimbabwe and welcome to Diaspora Diaries on SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe’s independent voice. I’m Alex Bell and welcome to the show tonight. Well we’re doing …
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Dutch Embassy Press Release on the shooting of Pieter Zwanikken Information for the press (on request) 1. Late Monday afternoon (17.12.12) a 50-year-old Dutch man shot was shot in Banket, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. The man is in the hospital. 2. The man has a farm where he grows tobacco. Three armed men came to the farm to …
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