Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Judge refuses to list farms http://www.timeslive.co.za/ HENDRICKS CHIZHANJE | 19 February, 2012 00:58 A Zimbabwean judge has rejected a request by exiled Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) treasurer Roy Bennett to disclose the number of farms he owns in court. Bennett’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, had asked high court judge Chinembiri Bhunu to disclose all the farms that he …
GOVERNMENT RELOCATES 941 FAMILIES IN MAZOWE Agricultural reporter Government has started relocating 941 families from Manzou area in Mazowe to nearby farms to resuscitate Manzou Game Reserve and establish Nehanda National Monument. By midday yesterday, 87 families had received offer letters to settle legally on their new pieces of land while the rest were being …
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Police Thump War Veterans http://www.radiovop.com Masvingo, February 12, 2012 – Armed riot police gave veterans of the liberation war a comprehensive thumping this week after they had pushed their luck a step ahead by trying to invade farms owned by black Zimbabweans along Masvingo-Mutare highway. Self-styled war veteran Francis Zimuto popularly known as Black Jesus had earlier last week …
‘Black Jesus’ tastes own medicine http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 11 February 2012 19:36 MASVINGO — When he became the first person in Zimbabwe to invade a white-owned commercial farm that precipitated the violent land grab in 2000, Francis Zimuto aka Black Jesus faced the easiest of all tasks.He even staged a one-man march from Masvingo to Harare carrying a …
Farmer tastes own medicine http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff writerThursday, 09 February 2012 15:29 HARARE – A farm owner who evicted 150 families, forcing them to live along a railway line, has been sent packing. Samson Chauruka grabbed headlines when he pushed former farm workers out of Bromley Farm after taking over the property from Leslie Lombard, …
Land reform: Zanu (PF)’s missed opportunity http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zanu (PF) has become the tragedy of a party with seemingly good policies for the Zimbabwean populace failing to win free and fair elections. If one were to compare the policies of the different political parties in Zimbabwe the result would show Zanu (PF) winning overwhelmingly on the relative scorecard with respect …
Mazoe Families Evicted To Pave Way For The Mugabes http://www.radiovop.com Mazowe, February 07, 2012 – Zimbabwean police on Monday evicted some new farmers in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province to pave way for the expansion of some farming activities for the country’s first family, the Mugabe’s. Informed sources told Radio VOP that several families were evicted by armed police …
Ex-governor Masvingo embroiled in land dispute http://www.newzimbabwe.com 05/02/2012 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter WAR veterans re-settled on a farm in Chiredzi have accused ex-Masvingo governor, Willard Chiwewe of fraudulently acquiring an offer letter for the same property and vowed to resist his efforts to evict them. The war veterans – who include retired army officers – said they …
Land grabs move to Harare http://mg.co.za JASON MOYO HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Jan 27 2012 09:48 Just past one of Harare’s wealthiest northern suburbs, the road empties quickly into the squalor. On one side of the road in the Hatcliff area a Zanu-PF flag flies over a makeshift home, one of hundreds being illegally built by the party’s supporters …