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Agriculture is key to economy: Muchemwa http://www.theindependent.co.zw By The Independent on August 10, 2012 in Business AGRICULTURE remains the key component in the performance of the economy and should be the basis for any recovery programmes that might be adopted by government, economist Brains Muchemwa told an Ernst & Young Tax and Economic seminar in the capital this …
Hunting licences for Zim cronies http://www.iol.co.za August 12 2012 at 01:10pmBy Peta Thornycroft Harare – Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF-controlled wildlife ministry has handed out a clutch of hunting licences to its cronies to shoot game in several wildlife conservancies. The move has raised fears among conservationists that the new hunters will decimate the game and also that the take-over by …
SADC in bid to revive old tribunal http://www.iol.co.za August 11 2012 at 03:40pmBy Paul Fauvet Maputo – Justice ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), meeting in Maputo, are overwhelmingly in favour of reactivating the SADC Tribunal, which was suspended in 2010. Spokesperson Pedro Nhatitima (head of the Mozambican Legal Aid Institute), said yesterday the great majority …
Endangered wildlife under threat as hunting is ‘indigenised’ http://www.swradioafrica.com/ A rhino butchered in the Save Valley Conservancy By Alex Bell10 August 2012 Endangered animals in Zimbabwe are facing a serious threat from out of control hunting systems, with hunting licences being handed over to ZANU PF loyalists and other party …
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Draft constitution displeases displaced farmers http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 10 August 2012 10:37 Tabitha Mutenga, Farming Reporter THE predicament of the former commercial farmers continues unabated as the draft constitution has failed to address the issue of compensation, stripping them of their rights to fair compensation as indigenous Zimba-bweans. The right of appeal is ousted and the proposed new constitution …
Indigenisation of conservancies starts Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00 Herald Reporters Government yesterday started indigenising conservancies by issuing hunting permits to 25 black farmers allocated lots at the wildlife-rich Save Valley Conservancy in the Lowveld. The issuing of the hunting permits to black farmers follows an almost eight-year stalemate between Government and white …
Constitution Flash – Agricultural Land In The Draft Constitution http://newzimbabweconstitution.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/constitution-flash-agricultural-land-in-the-draft-constitution/ 7 Aug CONSTITUTION FLASH – AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION Alex T. Magaisa In the last blog we observed how the draft Constitution deals with property rights in general. We noted that the protection of private property under Clause 4.28 does …
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Lawyers insist Zim land ruling still binding http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell08 August 2012 The 2008 ruling that Zimbabwe’s land grab campaign was unlawful is still binding, despite attempts both in and outside Zimbabwe to undermine the regional human rights court. This is according to top legal groups in Southern …
Harare gets more land http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ The government has handed over seven farms with a total area of 5 673 hectares to the City of Harare, increasing the capital’s size to 1 457 square kilometers, The Zimbabwean has learnt.07.08.1201:44pmby Thabani Dube The decision by the government is in response to the sharp rise in Harare’s population. Old figures indicate …
Food imports embarrassing: Nkomo http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 05/08/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter VICE President John Nkomo has said Zimbabwe must produce enough grain to meet its needs within two years to bring an end to the “perennial embarrassment” of surviving on food imports . Nkomo told a field day in Murehwa that Zanu PF had established a production and labour department …