Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Land invaders bash Mugabe relatives http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Staff WriterTuesday, 01 November 2011 13:55 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s cousin Chief Zvimba and 16 others are smarting from violent attacks by newly resettled farmers as the black on black war over farms intensifies. Chief Zvimba, real name Stanley Urayayi Mhondoro, told the Daily News that he had gathered his …
Cotton centre evicts 13 famlies http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Helen Kadirire, Staff WriterSunday, 30 October 2011 06:15 HARARE – Thirteen Kadoma families were evicted from the town’s Cotton Training Centre (CTC) following a labour dispute a fortnight ago in what the National Education Union of Zimbabwe (Nuc) says is a violation of the Labour Relations Act. Nuc Zimbabwe secretary-general Headman …
Zanu man defends farmer http://www.timeslive.co.za VLADIMIR MZACA | 16 October, 2011 02:45 Midlands Province governor Jason Machaya has warned land invaders against targeting the farm of Derek Shaw, one of Zimbabwe’s few remaining dairy farmers. The governor also slammed the latest wave of farm invasions, saying: “The time for invasions is over”. This past week more than 200 …
Malawi offers Zimbabwe farmers land http://www.businesslive.co.za 12 October, 2011 10:32 Patrick MusiraBusinessLIVE Malawi is trying to woo some of Zimbabwe’s white commercial farmers who were pushed off their farms by the government’s land reform programme after 2000. According to information at hand, Malawi hopes to harness the reputed expertise of the farmers from Zimbabwe to jump-start that …
Chisumbanje Villagers Threaten To Destroy Ethanol Project http://www.radiovop.com By Garikai Chaunza, Chisumbanje, October 11, 2011 – The multimillion dollar Ethanol production plant which is nearing competition is being threatened with destruction by disgruntled villagers who plan to invade the 40 000 hectare sugar cane irrigation plantation to grow cotton. This is as a result of a long standing …
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Mr Land Grab at it again in Zimbabwe http://www.timeslive.co.za JAMA MAJOLA | 02 October, 2011 00:57 Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs, Kembo Mohadi, who already owns vast tracts of farmland, has been accused of gross nepotism after grabbing more land from neighbouring resettled farmers to give to his son and nephew. The minister, a major actor in …
Mohadi, new farmers in land battle http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 01 October 2011 19:22 BY NQABA MATSHAZIRESETTLED farmers in Beitbridge have accused Home Affairs co-minister, Kembo Mohadi of trying to muscle them out of land, which he allegedly intends to parcel out to his son and nephew, in an acrimonious row that threatens to turn nasty.The resettled farmers, some of …
Finance Minister: Zimbabwe Owes Debt to White Farmers http://www.voanews.com September 28, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, says white farmers who were evicted from their homes and farms by President Robert Mugabe’s supporters must be paid compensation, but says the government can’t finance that debt. Biti told a meeting of his supporters in …
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Wikileaks: Delta boss planned deal to enable government to buy up 400 farms http://www.insiderzim.com/ Saturday, 24 September 2011 07:01 Delta Corporation boss Patrick Rooney told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald 10 years ago that his company was arranging a credit facility that would enable the government to buy 300 to 400 commercial farms that had been …
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500 landless families invade Chiredzi farms Friday, 23 September 2011 02:00 OVER 500 landless families have invaded farms and wildlife conservancies in Chiredzi District over the past weeks, forcing the National Lands Inspectorate to intervene. The families invaded such wildlife conservancies as Devuli Ranch in Bikita and parts of Save Valley to allot themselves …