Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Resettled farmers fail to utilize land http://www.africanews.com Posted on Monday 7 May 2012 – 10:45 Problem Masau, AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe Resettled farmers in Zimbabwe are failing to utilize land due to inadequate farming inputs and lack of resources. “The owner of this farm is not around, he lives in Harare and we pay rentals to …
The Nationalist Narrative and Land Policy in Zimbabwe http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/7606 May 4th, 2012 [Part of the Zimbabwe Land Series] By Dale Doré Executive Summary A narrative is a selection of simplified stories that supports a particular interpretation of history. It expounds a moral ‘truth’ in order to legitimise authority and power.1 In Zimbabwe an African …
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Zimbabwe starts reclaiming land seized from white farmers http://www.africareview.com/ By KITSEPILE NYATHI in HararePosted Friday, May 4 2012 at 17:09 Zimbabwe has started repossessing underutilised pieces of land from beneficiaries of its controversial land reforms that started over a decade ago. President Robert Mugabe justified the violent land grabs from white commercial farmers by saying it was meant …
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Zim farmer conciliatory on land grab http://www.iol.co.za May 4 2012 at 01:27pmBy SAPA Johannesburg – A Zimbabwean farmer who was told 10 days ago his farm had been confiscated, now says it looks as though the issue could swing in his favour, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday. Henry Jackson’s widely publicised, conciliatory stance to the occupation of his …
Bishop Kunonga calls for more farm invasions http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda03 May 2012 Excommunicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga has made headlines again, after reportedly unleashing a hateful, verbal attack, describing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC-T as “satanic”, while praising Robert Mugabe as a “Holy” man and encouraging more farm invasions. According to The Zimbabwean newspaper, Kunonga made …
Chief Defies Charumbira Over Farm Seizure http://www.radiovop.com Harare, May 02, 2012-A Zimbabwean traditional leader has defied a rebuke by Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira to vacate a farm which he invaded in Mashonaland Central province. According to a memorandum written by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s Internal Security and Intelligence (PISI), Chief Chiweshe recently seized Heyshot farm in the …
Zanu PF land invaders threaten scenic Vumba http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:58 BY CLAYTON MASEKESAMUTARE — Zanu (PF) supporters resettled as A1 farmers in Vumba and Burma Valley areas have been accused of destroying the scenic Eastern Highlands by indiscriminately cutting down indigenous and exotic trees and wanton hunting of wild animals.Owners of private properties and A2 …
Zanu PF elites in land dog fight: Part II http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Everson Mushava, Staff WriterFriday, 27 April 2012 10:48 HARARE – But Mugwadi in November last year ordered the arrest of the resettled farmers on criminal charges of trespassing after he obtained a High Court default judgment by Justice Francis Bere evicting the A1 farmers from the …
Zanu PF elites in land dogfight http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Everson Mushava, Staff WriterThursday, 26 April 2012 12:20 HARARE – None of his contemporaries took the import of a statement by the late Edison Zvobgo seriously when he warned: “Unless care is taken, revolutions may eat their children. But when they begin to eat their fathers, then fate has …
Concern for Chiredzi farmers as invaders intensify intimidation http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell23 March 2012 There is growing concern for the safety and wellbeing of a farming family in Chiredzi, after a week of worsening threats and intimidation by a gang of would-be land invaders. Theresa Warth of Wasara Ranch has faced a rapidly deteriorating situation all week, which …
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