Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Banket farmer lucky to be alive after ‘assassination attempt’ http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell18 December 2012 A farmer in Mashonaland West insists he escaped a deliberate ‘hit’ on his life, after he was shot in the face on his property on Monday night. Piet Zwanikken, a Dutch national who has been farming on his Riverhead farm for 15 …
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‘I’ll fight until Mugabe pays for the farm he stole from my family’ http://www.standard.co.uk/ Lindsay Watling14 December 2012 A Londoner forced off her 3,600-acre farm in Zimbabwe vowed today to keep the pressure on Robert Mugabe’s regime as it admitted illegally seizing land. In a landmark statement, the ruling Zanu PF party this week acknowledged for the first …
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Statement by the Embassy of Canada in Zimbabwe on the November 5 police raid on the Counselling Services Unit (CSU ) Canada is concerned about a recent series of actions by state security forces against civil society organisations and political figures in Zimbabwe, the latest of which is the police raid on November …
Statement of Concern by the United States Embassy on the arrest of mental health counselors and staff of CSU U.S. Embassy Harare Public Affairs Section STATEMENT: Arrest of the Counseling Services Unit counsellors and staff Harare, November 8, 2012: The United States is deeply concerned about the November 5th police search of the …
Mpopoma MDC graffiti trio claim police torture http://www.newzimbabwe.com Graffiti … The painting which prosecutors say was made by three Harare men 08/11/2012 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter THREE men from Harare arrested over political graffiti painted on the walls of a computer centre owned by Zanu PF politburo member, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, …
CSU statement on continued detention of staff 8 November 2012 Dear Colleagues, Fidelis, Zachariah and Tafadzwa have just spent their third night in the police cells, two in Harare Central and last night, in Bulawayo Central Police Station after an unwarranted transfer to Bulawayo. They were transported on the back of an open pick up truck, registration ACD …
Civil Society Coalitions issue response to police crackdown http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda08 November 2012 Civil Society Coalitions, which represent hundreds of member organisations in Zimbabwe, met in Harare on Thursday and issued a collective response to the intensifying crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists in the country. The gathering of key groups came in the wake …
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Coltart condemns police double standards http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Education and Culture Minister, David Coltart has condemned the police and the Attorney General’s double standards for arrestting Counselling Services UNION (CSU) representatives yet failing to arrest named Asiagate match fixers.08.11.12 by Ashly Sibanda Coltart called on the police and the AG, Johannes Tomana to arrest Asiagate match fixers with the same speed …
CSU workers bailed after “illegal”transfer to Bulawayo http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda08 November 2012 The three employees from the Counselling Services Unit (CSU) in Harare, arrested on Monday after police raided their offices, were on Thursday released on bail by a Bulawayo magistrate. Fidelis Mudimu, Zachariah Godi and Tafadzwa Gesa had been “illegally” transferred from Harare to Bulawayo on …
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MDC-T Treasurer and wife severely assaulted by ZANU PF http://www.swradioafrica.com John Kinnaird after his beating by ZANU PF youths By Tererai Karimakwenda01 November 2012 A group of four ZANU PF thugs broke into the home of an MDC-T official in Kadoma Wednesday night, brutally assaulting him and his wife …
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