Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
MALEME VICTORY: VP Mphoko orders CIO chief out March 16, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Villagers celebrate Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s decision to reverse the proposed takeover of Maleme ranch Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle ReporterVICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday showed his hand in a farm dispute that has caused turmoil in a small community in Matobo, Matabeleland South, as he …
Mashingaidze broke law: judge March 16, 2015 Top Stories THE Bulawayo High Court has granted a provisional order interdicting Rodney Mashingaidze from entering Maleme Farm following an application by a white commercial farmer from Matobo. Mashingaidze, a senior officer in the President’s Office, had occupied the property after ordering out commercial farmer, Peter Cunningham. Ebenezer Trust, …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Irrigation development should top agenda March 16, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis THE drought-induced hunger that faces Zimbabwe should be a wake-up call for the Government to take irrigation development seriously and move away from depending on rain-fed agriculture. It is a fact that the Government, while appreciating the importance of irrigation to national …
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Farmers urged to go commercial FARMERS in Zvishavane and Insiza have been urged to shun subsistence farming and venture into tobacco farming to raise enough disposable income to fight poverty. ALLIEWAY NYONIOWN CORRESPONDENT Speaking at a field day hosted by Never Zvavashe, pioneer of tobacco farming in the Mpalawani resettlement area bordering Zvishavane district, Matabeleland …
CIO boss kicked out PEOPLE power prevailed yesterday as Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko announced the reversal of the takeover of Maleme Ranch after months of protestations by the local community, which insisted the farm was an integral part of their livelihoods. BENSON DUBE OWN CORRESPONDENT The farm had been allocated to government spy Rodney Mashingaidze, …
FARMING: Foreign horticultural products flood market by Emilia Zindi | Sunday, Mar 15, 2015 | 218 views Imported horticultural produce which has flooded local supermarkets has become a cause for concern among farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development has been asked to take action in barring them to pave way for local produce …
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Provincial ministers appeal for foood aid March 13, 2015 Local News Cde Shuvai Mahofa Harare BureauProvincial ministers for almost all of the country’s eight rural provinces have appealed for urgent food aid, saying many people will be short of food by April, as their crops were severely affected by floods and the prolonged dry spell. Their …
Mahofa bars Mzembi from ‘strategic’ farm March 13, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Cde Shuvai Mahofa From George Maponga in MasvingoMASVINGO Provincial Affairs Minister Shuvai Mahofa has barred Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi from taking over part of Barquest Farm which is home to the province’s largest hatchery project that produces 100,000 day-old chicks per week. …
Cyrene farm takeover ‘error’ March 12, 2015 Local News Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle ReporterTHE Anglican Church-run Cyrene Mission’s administrators say they believe that the gazetting of the institution’s farm for land redistribution was an “administrative error” by the government. Officials from the church warned over the weekend that the school and its clinic could be closed if …
Moffat loses case in land row March 12, 2015 Local News BRUCE MOFFAT Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court ReporterA WHITE commercial farmer from Insiza District, Bruce Moffat, who is the grandson of a former Rhodesian Prime Minister, was yesterday ordered to vacate Oaklands Farm which was acquired by the government for resettlement. Moffat, grandson to Howard Unwin …