Storage space for elephant tusks runs out

Storage space for elephant tusks runs out July 12, 2013 in General, National, News   THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) yesterday said the country was running out of storage space for elephant tusks. REPORT BY STAFF REPORTER Zimparks spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo said the authority was currently sitting on 62 374 tonnes of …

Mzembi mocks Zanu PF primary election losers

Mzembi mocks Zanu PF primary election losers http://www.thestandard.co.zw July 21, 2013 in Local, News, Politics TOURISM and Hospitality Industry minister, Walter Mzembi said he had been vindicated in calling for caution on the Save Valley Conservancy as some of the invaders had been rejected by the electorate during Zanu PF’s primary elections. REPORT BY NDAMU SANDU Last year, …

Gono’s Farm Goes Up in Mysterious Flames After Baba Jukwa Warning

Gono’s Farm Goes Up in Mysterious Flames After Baba Jukwa Warning http://www.zimeye.org/ By Staff Reporter Published: July 20, 2013 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gideon Gono’s farm just outside Harare has been blazed by a mysterious fire barely 4 weeks after a warning posted by Facebook ZANU PF top de-filer, Baba Jukwa four weeks ago. Property and …

Cry the Beloved Recovery – A Closer Look at the Reality Behind Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Numbers

Cry the Beloved Recovery – A Closer Look at the Reality Behind Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Numbers After a decade of media criticism Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Program became the subject of positivist articles from 2011 onwards, almost all of them focussed on how Zimbabwe’s new farmers are driving an extraordinary recovery of the tobacco sector. …

Land reform made poverty worse: study

Land reform made poverty worse: study http://www.thezimbabwean.co/ 17.07.13 by Thabani Dube The land reform programme that began in 2000 impoverished rural Zimbabweans by depriving farm workers of a means of survival, according to a Poverty Reduction Forum Trust’s study. “The broad structural and economic results of Zimbabwe’s land and agrarian reform programme and its impact on rural development …

Mujuru promises church leaders houses, farms

Mujuru promises church leaders houses, farms http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ GODFREY MTIMBA  •  15 JULY 2013 5:01AM MASVINGO – Vice President Joice Mujuru has promised church leaders farms and houses if they ensure Zanu PF wins the forthcoming vote. Mujuru told church and cooperatives leaders at the Civic Centre last week that her party would allocate farms to leaders of …

Zim house to go under hammer for farmers

Zim house to go under hammer for farmers http://www.iol.co.za/ July 12 2013 at 01:17pmBy Xolani Koyana Cape Town – A Zimbabwean government-owned property in the city will finally go under the hammer to compensate farmers whose land was seized, five years after it was attached by a court. The property in Salisbury Road in Kenilworth was bought …

Zimbabwe pays back IMF debts

Zimbabwe pays back IMF debts http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ July 8, 2013 in Business ZIMBABWE has agreed to make monthly and quarterly payments to three international financial institutions as it begins a journey to resolve its US$10,7 billion external debt. REPORT BY OUR STAFF The commitment is contained in a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, Christine Lagarde …

Chinese company to contract 80,000 Zimbabwean tobacco growers

Chinese company to contract 80,000 Zimbabwean tobacco growers http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/ editor | July 8, 2013 The Chinese company Midriver Enterprises is expected to contract nearly 80,000 Zimbabwean farmers to produce tobacco during the 2013-2014 season, according to a story in the Zimbabwe Herald. And because some farmers have been facing financial problems, the company will offer to supply them …

Zim dollar backed by gold is ‘undiluted rubbish’

Zim dollar backed by gold is ‘undiluted rubbish’ http://bulawayo24.com/ by Tendai Biti07 July 2013 Wananchi, as I stated in my last post, it is that season where every second is history and each hour brings its own unlimited bandwidth of fresh data and information. I warned in yet another post of the danger of being swallowed and engulfed. …