Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tsvangirai hunts 2008 murderers http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Gift Phiri, Senior WriterSunday, 15 January 2012 12:56 HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC are pushing for the murderers of the 2008 political violence to be brought to justice without any further delays. But Attorney-General (AG) Johannes Tomana, whose job it is to prosecute these killers, continues to dither …
White Zimbabwean farmers struggle to build city lives Ten years into Zimbabwe’s land reforms, life-long farmer John Browning has found a job at a food company’s factory in Harare, supervising the night shift. Tim Philp, a former Zimbabwean farmer, at his new workplace: a factory in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Photo: AFP/DESMOND KWANDE By Charlotte …
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Bromley Farm: Murerwa intervenes http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff WriterSaturday, 07 January 2012 11:41 HARARE – Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Herbert Murerwa has intervened to end the nightmare of 130 families that were living in the open along a railway line after being evicted from Bromley Farm on the outskirts of Harare. New owner of the farm …
Q&A: Zimbabwe’s ‘Cold War, Which Is a Racial War’ http://www.voanews.com January 05, 2012 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Photo: Reuters Zimbabwean farmers attend a meeting of white commercial farmers in the capital Harare, 2010 (file photo). Zimbabwe’s long-running land controversy continues to undermine the economy, as many of 200 or so remaining white farmers battle to …
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Farm Workers Celebrate Christmas Without Salaries http://www.radiovop.com Temgwe, December 26, 2011- Christmas celebrations were dampened by lack of money for most farm workers who went for several months without salaries. Although Tengwe business centre situated about 50 kilometers east of Karoi used to be abuzz with farmlabourers from surrounding farms before the land reform in 2000, it …
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Summary On Politically-Motivated Human Rights And Food- Related Violations http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/ZPP231211.pdf Zimbabwe Peace Project – SUMMARY ON POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOOD- RELATED VIOLATIONSNovember 2011
See below link on political violence in 2008 elections: See Political violence perpetrators and their crimes
Eviction leaves farm workers stranded http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff WriterMonday, 19 December 2011 10:40 HARARE – The recent demolition of lodgings at Bromley Farm has left former workers scrounging for shelter as rains continued to pound and destroy their belongings. Bromley farm was once a tobacco processing concern before the former white owner Lombard deserted the venture …
Bromley Farm workers evicted http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Taurai Mangudhla, Staff WriterWednesday, 14 December 2011 11:14 HARARE – Close to 150 families at Bromley Farm were yesterday left homeless after they were forcibly evicted by the new landowner, who apparently acquired the property from its former white owners. The families were left in the open with their children and …
More than one in ten people will need food aid next year http://reliefweb.int/node/464224 10 Dec 2011 Report—UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The UN and aid agencies appealed today for US$268 million to help feed 1.5 million people in Zimbabwe next year, as well as to address other urgent humanitarian needs. More than one in …
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