Deadline for farmers

Deadline for farmers | The Herald Posted on January 20, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 8 Comments ↓ via Deadline for farmers | The Herald January 20, 2014 WHITE commercial farmers operating illegally on land acquired by the State for resettlement purposes in Mashonaland West province through ad-hoc lease agreements with resettled farmers have been given until May 15 to wind up operations. This …

White farmers in Mash west given May deadline

White farmers in Mash west given May deadline Posted on January 20, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 12 Comments ↓ via White farmers in Mash west given May deadline | SW Radio Africa by Tererai Karimakwenda  January 20, 2014 The ZANU PF provincial leadership in Mashonaland West is reported to have given an ultimatum to white commercial farmers “operating illegally” by leasing land from …

Anti-poaching unit in major Vic-Falls victory

Anti-poaching unit in major Vic-Falls victory Posted on January 20, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 6 Comments ↓ via Anti-poaching unit in major Vic-Falls victory January 20, 2014 NewsDay by Charles Laiton THE Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (Vapu) in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority officials have scored a major victory recovering and removing over 22 000 snares laid by poachers since 1999. …

State, banks meet over 99-year leases

State, banks meet over 99-year leases – SundayMail Posted on January 19, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via State, banks meet over 99-year leases  19 January 2014  SundayMail by Itai Mazire The Government has begun refining the 99-year lease agreements issued to beneficiaries of the land reform programme to enable the farmers to access funding from financial institutions. Under the present set-up, …

Save Valley Conservancy to be indigenised

Save Valley Conservancy to be indigenised Posted on January 17, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 6 Comments ↓ via Save Valley Conservancy to be indigenised – The Zimbabwe Independent January 17, 2014 by Herbert Moyo THE long-running saga in Zimbabwe’s Save Conservancy, widely regarded as the richest and largest private wildlife sanctuary in the world which was invaded in 2012 by top Zanu PF officials, …

Zimplats: No progress on land challenge

Zimplats: No progress on land challenge Posted on January 17, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — No Comments ↓ via Zimplats: No progress on land challenge – DailyNews Live by Eric Chiriga  17 JANUARY 2014 Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) – a subsidiary of South African miner Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) – says there are no developments on its legal challenge of their land compulsorily acquired …

Maize output set to decline, warns CFU

Maize output set to decline, warns CFU Posted on January 17, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 6 Comments ↓ via Maize output set to decline, warns CFU – The Zimbabwe Independent January 17, 2014 ZIMBABWE’s maize production is set to decline in the 2013/2014 farming season to below 799 000 tonnes produced during the previous season due to a myriad of problems, among them late …

What is true indigenisation?

What is true indigenisation? Vince Musewe Posted on January 16, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 6 Comments ↓ via What is true indigenisation? | The Zimbabwean by Vince Musewe The policies of Zanu (PF), to indigenise, empower, employ and develop, cannot be argued against because Africa must rise by its own sweat if we are to say we are truly independent. Our continued reliance …

Farmers require additional 45 000 tonnes fertiliser

Farmers require additional 45 000 tonnes fertiliser | The Herald Posted on January 16, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Farmers require additional 45 000 tonnes fertiliser | The Herald January 16, 2014 by George Maponga Zimbabwe requires an additional 45 000 tonnes of fertiliser this season as demand for the commodity has increased following a prolonged wet spell that is now …