Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
MEDIA RELEASE 20 August 2012 Southern Africa Litigation Centre SADC LEADERS DEAL FATAL BLOW TO SADC TRIBUNAL: SHOCK DECISION DENIES CITIZEN’S ACCESS TO COURT Johannesburg, 20th August – Leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) took a momentous decision in Maputo over the weekend – to shut the doors of …
Zim agriculture in darkness http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:48 . . . yet vast opportunities beckon Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter IT is one of the world’s fastest growing agro-businesses that developed from zero in 1990 to a US$55 billion industry in 2009.It has the potential of cutting by half Zimbabwe’s fertiliser use and energy bill. It …
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SADC Tribunal Rights Watch 17 August 2012 Zimbabwe: Another SADC-protected farmer found guilty of farming and forced off his land on the eve of the SADC Summit On the eve of the official opening of the 32nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, with …
Fences and the Future When I was a student at Gwebi Agricultural College in the early 60’s we often visited farms to see firsthand what they were doing to improve production or manage harsh resources. We soon learned that you could tell what sort of farmer we were going to meet by two yardsticks – what was the condition …
Mana Pools under threat again http://www.tourismupdate.co.za 16 Thu, Aug 2012 Members of the tourism industry have joined forces to protest the threat of opencast mining in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park with the launch of a Facebook Community Page, ‘Save Mana Pools’. In 2010, a similar campaign led to Protea Hotels having to abandon its plans to develop …
Illegal hunting at ZANU PF controlled Savuli Ranch http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell16 August 2012 The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) has issued a public warning that illegal hunting activities are taking place at a wildlife ranch in the Save Valley Conservancy, as the ‘indigenisation’ of the hunting sector continues. The Savuli Ranch has been taken over by …
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Corporate Collaboration Lets Mugabe Continue Abuses http://www.counterpunch.org/ August 15, 2012 The Coming Corpse of Zimbabweby PATRICK BOND Zimbabwe’s political-economic crisis continues because dislodging decades of malgovernance has not been achieved by either a Government of National Unity that began in early 2009, civil society activism, or international pressure, including this week’s Maputo summit of the main body charged …
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ZCTF Report – Aug 2012 ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. Cree Indian Prophecy 15th August 2012 …
No pasture for cattle http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Farmers have been left with no choice but to buy grass and animal feed for their cattle as pasture for livestock has been wiped out by the drought. 15.08.1208:13am by Stephen Tsoroti Cattle farmers cannot afford to keep their livestock alive. “I bought two bales of grass …
Zimbabwe’s forests go up in smoke amid energy crisis http://www.trust.org/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:19 GMT Source: Alertnet // Madalitso Mwando Zimbabwean children carry firewood on their heads near a slum in Hatcliffe, Harare, Dec. 9, 2008. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo By Madalitso Mwando BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – Pensioner Thandazani Ndlovu earns his living …
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