Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
ZanuPF accused of using army in campaign http://www.thedailynewszw.com/?p=28962 April 19, 2010 By Owen Chikari MASVINGO – Zanu-PF has allegedly engaged the services of soldiers to campaign for the adoption of the controversial Kariba draft constitution ahead of the constitutional reform’s outreach programme scheduled to start early next month. Mwenezi East Zanu-PF legislator, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti The …
Zimbabwe and the Causes of African Poverty http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/zimbabwe-and-the-causes-of-african-poverty/ April 10, 2010, 10:05 pm By NICHOLAS KRISTOF In my Sunday column, I cite Zimbabwe as evidence that Africa’s basic problem has been bad governance. So here’s your chance to weigh in on the larger question of why Africa has been left behind. Clearly colonialism – and …
At the mercy of the machete mob: The terrifying isolation and almost suicidal courage of Zimbabwe’s white farmers http://www.dailymail.co.uk By Douglas Rogers Last updated at 10:33 PM on 02nd April 2010 From their high vantage point in the hills, my mother and father had a grandstand view of the carnage that had been wreaked on …
Villagers face eviction to make way for biofuel cultivation http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda30 March 2010 The construction of a US$600 million ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Manicaland province has ignited a storm of protests and claims that it could result in thousands of families being evicted from the area. The plant, which government says will provide …
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Comment: Hunger, disease are signs of bad governance http://www.thestandard.co.zw Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:14 PEOPLE need not be suffering from, or even dying of, severe malnutrition as is happening in Mberengwa and many other parts of the country that experienced a bad 2009/10 agriculture season. Reports coming from Mberengwa in the southern Midlands show that …
War Vets Force Farmer To Sell Crocodiles For A Song http://news.radiovop.com 24/03/2010 11:49:00 Chiredzi, March 24, 2010 – Machete wielding and boisterous war veterans chanting Zanu PF revolutionary songs on Thursday descended on former Chiredzi white crocodile farmer Digby Nesbitt’s homestead in the sugar growing town and ordered him to sell his over 8 000 …
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Zimbabweans: Why they Starve http://en.afrik.com/article17214.html Wednesday 24 March 2010 / by Rejoice Ngwenya Robert Mugabe’s brutal thirty year-old reign in Zimbabwe, compounded by a frenzied ten-year mutilation of property rights is once again on the cover page of the country’s annals of food insecurity. The pillaging, plunder of strategic commercial farms and national resources by …
HOLDING HANDS Cathy Buckle Dear Family and Friends, South African President Jacob Zuma inspected a guard of honour at Harare airport at the end of his brief visit to Zimbabwe. The South African President’s departure was shown on ZBC television and was one of the few parts of the visit not shrouded in secrecy. Presidents …