Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mugabe sets election date, Ncube & Tsvangirai cry foul http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Violet GondaSW Radio Africa13 August 2013 Zimbabwe faces new political and legal uncertainty after President Robert Mugabe unilaterally proclaimed July 31st as the election date. Mugabe used a presidential decree to fast track amendments to the Electoral Act …
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A hunger map of Zimbabwe http://www.politicsweb.co.za Politicsweb.co.za 10 June 2013 World Food Programme says malnutrition a serious problem, with a third of all children stunted According to a report in Farmer’s Weekly (May 29 2013) Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi praised Zanu-PF government’s policies of racial land redistribution in Zimbabwe at a …
Confusion as evicted farmer brings offer letter http://www.herald.co.zw/ Monday, 10 June 2013 01:41 Herald Reporter THE land wrangle pitting a white Beatrice commercial farmer Mr Grant Patterson and a newly-resettled farmer Mr John Hapazari has taken a new twist with the former last week producing an offer letter a day before the expiry of his court deadline to …
Voter Registration Information Why do I need to register as a voter? You must first register in order to appear on the voters’ role. The official voters’ roll will be used on Election Day to check your eligibility. You will not be able to vote if your name does not appear on the voters’ …
Made, Dzinotyiwei Clash Clemence Manyukwe 6 Jun 2013 THE ministers of Agriculture and Science have clashed over the contentious use of Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs).Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has ruled out the lifting of a ban on GMOs even though they could help ensure food sufficiency.There has been pressure on government to …
Lessons from Zimbabwe’s land reform – A reply to Tony Hawkins Joseph Hanlon 03 June 2013 Joseph Hanlon says country’s experience suggests that small commercial farmers more productive than giant mechanised farms Zimbabwe’s land reform suggests that small commercial farmers are more productive than giant mechanised farms, and thus can do more to reduce poverty. …
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Unpacking Zim’s Winter Wheat Challenges Peter Gambara 6 Jun 2013 TABITHA Mutenga, a journalist with The Financial Gazette posed the following question to me recently: Is Zimbabwe no longer a wheat growing nation as we now rely more on imports than growing the crop? Quite frankly, Zimbabwe does not have a comparative advantage in the …
Big bucks in Zimbabwe for brave investors http://www.bdlive.co.za/ BY TINA WEAVIND, JUNE 09 2013, 09:35 “ZIMBABWE will see an economic recovery within months.” A pipe dream? Possibly not. Ian Saunders, CEO of junior gold miner New Dawn, is one of many business people who last week expressed versions of this view. At a conference held by sub-Sahara-focussed asset …
RBZ ‘not worried by court order’ http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Sunday, 09 June 2013 16:51 HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says they are not panicking over a High Court decision ordering the central bank to reimburse millions of dollars it withdrew from a local company at the height of the country’s economic meltdown in 2007. Last …
Recovery programme boon for small-holder farmers http://www.thestandard.co.zw June 9, 2013 in Community News NYANGA — Scores of small-holder farmers in Manicaland province are benefitting from an economic recovery programme being spearheaded by a non-governmental organisation which teaches them good farming methods, loans and linking them to lucrative markets. REPORT BY OUR CORRESPONDENT The two-year Economic Recovery and Development …
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