Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zanu PF chefs exploiting farm workers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 01 October 2011 18:55 BY JENNIFER DUBEJAMAYA Muduvuri, a former Zanu PF senator, won the hearts of Chegutu’s Twyford Farm workers when for some time he continued to pay them handsomely after taking over the property from a white commercial farmer in 2009. Some 28 lucky workers who survived …
Mugabe vetoes Blackberry service http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk President Robert Mugabe, fearing agitated citizens calling for regime change, is refusing to licence the BlackBerry service in Zimbabwe.28.09.1109:29amby Staff Reporter Zimbabwean citizens are tech-savvy and emboldened, a fact that has raised fears okaying the Blackberry service could result Egypt and Tunisia-style uprisings. The Canadian mobile phones have flooded the country, but it …
Apostles ignore farm order http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Members of the Johanne Masowe apostolic sect, who have been intimidating the residents of Bollarnt Farm in Masvingo for the past few weeks, have refused to accept the Zanu (PF) order to put an end to the invasion.21.09.1101:39pmby Zwanai Sithole Harare The mapostori, who have been threatening the farm’s owners with knobkerries, were …
Fresh farm invasions hit Masvingo http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 16 September 2011 10:23 MASVINGO – A new wave of farm invasions has swept across this province, targeting the few remaining white-owned farms.Most of the targeted white-owned properties are wildlife conservancies in the southern parts of the province.Recently, a small group of soldiers in military fatigue briefly camped at Ibeca Farm …
New Zanu PF land-grab exposed http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 18 September 2011 10:04 BY NQABA MATSHAZIA host of Zanu PF officials have been named as having positioned themselves to grab land under the Save Valley Conservancy in Masvingo, contrary to the provisions of the land reform and the Indigenisation Act. The officials were reportedly led by Masvingo governor, Titus …
Zanu PF youths take over buildings http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Godfrey MtimbaSaturday, 17 September 2011 16:35 MASVINGO – Rowdy Zanu PF youths on Thursday violently took over three buildings owned by white businesspeople in Chiredzi accusing them of refusing to comply with the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act. The unruly youths said they were moving into the white-owned buildings in support …
AG Tomana Steps Up Legal Challenge to Western Sanctions http://www.voanews.com 15 September 2011 Zimbabwean Attorney General Johannes Tomana said sanctions violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provision holding that no one should be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington Zimbabwe Attorney General Johannes Tomana is ramping up his bid to legally challenge …
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Retired commercial farmer killed in Banket http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell15 September 2011 A former commercial farmer from Raffingora, Mashonaland West, was shot and killed in Banket on Tuesday, while trying to rescue a neighbour who had been abducted by armed men. Keith Nicholson, who left Raffingora to farm in the DRC and Zambia, had returned to Zimbabwe to …
Former Raffingora farmer, Keith Nicolson, killed MAZVIKADEI – BANKET – 14 SEPTEMBER 2011 Keith Nicolson, who farmed previously in Raffingora and then in the DRC and Zambia before returning recently to Zimbabwe to retire, was shot and killed in the Banket district while trying to rescue a neighbour who had been abducted by four heavily armed men on …
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Old Mutual offered to buy grabbed farms: WikiLeaks http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterWednesday, 14 September 2011 11:32 HARARE – Global insurance firm Old Mutual (OM) proposed to arrange a credit facility for government to purchase up to 400 Zimbabwean commercial farms that were unlawfully grabbed by Zanu PF in 2000, WikiLeaks has revealed. According to latest …
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