Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
SADC In Energy Crisis Andrew Kunambura 18 Jun 2015 Some of the SADC head of states WITH climate change posing one of the major threats to humanity’s shared interests in southern Africa, the region has been plunged into a dilemma as to how it could wiggle out of an impending energy crisis as it seeks to …
Land baron acquitted June 18, 2015 Former Harare North Housing Co-operatives Union chairperson Justice Zvandasara, who was convicted and slapped with a four-year jail term over a $4 million fraud involving the illegal sale of residential stands in Hatcliffe, was yesterday acquitted by the High Court. BY CHARLES LAITON Zvandasara had been convicted by Harare …
No joy for under-siege villagers June 18, 2015 in News GUTU resident magistrate Edwin Marecha yesterday ruled that a case where 22 villagers whose homes were last week razed by soldiers in a land ownership wrangle was not urgent. By Tatenda Chitagu Marecha postponed the case to July 8. The villagers, from Chomufuli Farm in Gutu, had …
Suspected CIO agent pulls out of farm June 18, 2015 NORMALCY has returned at a Goromonzi horticulture farm where production and export of flowers had stopped after a suspected Central Intelligence Organisation official, Timothy Muyambo, invaded the property. By Everson Mushava Mathew Hopgood, managing director of Little Flowers Farm, yesterday said operations resumed after Muyambo …
Dendairy facilitates heifers importation June 18, 2015 Business Midlands CorrespondentKWEKWE-based milk processor; Dendairy has partnered the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) and the Zimbabwe Dairy Industrial Trust (ZDIT) to facilitate the importation of dairy heifers into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eighty-eight heifers are already awaiting delivery into Zimbabwe pending veterinary clearance as …
Tobacco deliveries expected to surpass target June 18, 2015 Business Harare BureauTobacco deliveries are expected to surpass the targeted 165 million kg as growers have sold 160 million kilogrammes of flue cured tobacco worth $473,983 million. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board chief executive, Andrew Matibiri yesterday said tobacco deliveries were continuing at contract floors while a decline had …
The landowner, the farmer and agribusiness (Part 1) June 18, 2015 Business Tapuwa Justice Mashangwa Agriculture ColumnIN Zimbabwe those involved in the farming sector are easily classifiable in to three categories: the landowner, the farmer and the agribusiness person. The landowner: This person just owns land. That is it. It is lying idle and not a single thing …
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A1, A2 farmers start paying rentals June 18, 2015 Local News Walter Mswazie Masvingo CorrespondentTHE government has started collecting rentals from A1 and A2 farmers as a way of raising funds to compensate white farmers from whom farms were acquired for the land reform programme. Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Douglas Mombeshora said the government was expecting to …
Mat South sends food SOS June 18, 2015 Local News Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree CorrespondentMatabeleland South Province is battling a food deficit of 60,991 tonnes with Beitbridge, Gwanda and Insiza South being the worst affected, Provincial Administrator, Midard Khumalo has said. In an interview, Khumalo said six of the province’s districts had food supplies that could last for the …
National hero’s son’s appeal struck off roll June 17, 2015 THE Supreme Court has struck off the roll an appeal by late national hero Leopold Takawira’s son, Samuel, where he was challenging his eviction from Earling Farm in Mvurwi. BY CHARLES LAITON The court ruled that Takawira had failed to comply with court rules. Deputy …