Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
AG wants tough action against white farmers http://www.dailynews.co.zw Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:25HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Attorney General Johannes Tomana has urged tough action against white commercial farmers defying orders to stop working their fields, and warned provincial courts against referring the evicted farmers’ appeals to the Supreme Court. The government’s top lawyer said Zimbabwe’s highest court was clogged …
Mugabe’s nephew in land wrangle http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Richard Chidza, Staff WriterMonday, 17 September 2012 10:37HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwawo is at the centre of a wrangle in which a private property under dispute is being parcelled out to Zanu PF supporters. The land at the centre of the controversy, Whitecliffe Farm, was compulsorily acquired under …
Wrong thinking behind war for conservancies http://www.thestandard.co.zw by The Standard on September 16, 2012 in OpinionThe fight over the Save Valley Conservancy pitting Zanu PF heavyweights in Masvingo against a “small boy” minister seems to be escalating by the day. Report by Nevanji Madanhire Observers including me have been left wondering whether this is a fight …
Wild animals scare Masvingo villagers http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Sunday, 16 September 2012 13:26MASVINGO – Masvingo wild animals straying from Save Valley Conservancy that was recently taken over by Zanu PF big wigs and securocrats are threatening the lives of thousands of villagers and their livestock in surrounding areas. The Daily News on Sunday has received reports from terrified villagers in parts …
Bulawayo fights to reclaim power station http://www.dailynews.co.zw Saturday, 15 September 2012 13:44BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to regain control of the city’s thermal power station. The Bulawayo power plant was arbitrarily expropriated by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) more than two decades ago after the amalgamation of all the Local Authority Electricity Undertakings. …
Zimbabwe targets 10,00MW power grid http://www.newzimbabwe.com 15/09/2012 00:00:00by Mining Weekly ZIMBABWE is continuing to invest in new power generation capacity to close its supply gap, officials from the energy regulatory authority and national power supplier told delegates at the yearly Mining Indaba in Harare on Thursday. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chairperson Canada Malunga said the government had launched …
Two million face starvation http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ September 14, 2012 in NewsABOUT two million Zimbabweans will require food aid during the 2012/2013 agricultural season because of poor rainfall patterns and limited access to farming inputs. Report by Staff WriterAccording to a recent Zimbabwe 2012 Consolidated Appeal report compiled by the World Food Programme (WFP), the country’s food security remains unstable as …
Multiple farm-owners defy Mugabe http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ September 14, 2012 in NewsZANU PF cabinet ministers and other senior government officials, who are multiple farm-owners, continue to defy President Robert Mugabe’s order to surrender surplus landholdings in line with their party policy, as it emerged this week many of them are still clinging onto more than two farms. Report by Elias …
Mining in Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore: Report on stakeholders meeting – 31 August 2012 http://www.zamsoc.org Mining in Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore:Report on stakeholders meeting – 31 August 2012 September 13, 2012 By ZAMSOC Reporter On 31st August 2012, The Zambezi Society attended a stakeholders meeting at the invitation of Impact Assessment Consultancy IMPACO (www.impaco.org ) on behalf of Habbard Investments, to discuss the …
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Severe fertilizer shortages loom http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk A severe shortage of fertilizer is looming, amid revelations that producers have been incapacitated by financial constraints owing to failure by government and other creditors to settle their bills.12.09.1212:32pm by Owen Muchena Producers, including Chemplex, Windmill and Zimbabwe Fertilizer Company, are owed a collective $40m by customers who borrowed fertilizer in previous farming seasons, …