Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
More displacements at Tokwe-Mukorsi http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 05 August 2012 13:21 By TATENDA CHITAGUMASVINGO — More villagers are expected to be displaced from their homes to pave way for the construction of the Tokwe-Mukorsi dam, which is slowly taking shape, a report by the Ministry of Water Resources Development and Management has revealed. Initial estimates indicated that 3 000 …
Zimbabwe cattle die due to lack of pastures http://www.farminguk.com 03-08-2012 21:30 PM Zimbabwe livestock farmers have warned of beef shortages owing to an increase in the number of cattle dying due to lack of pastures. The lack of pastures has been blamed on the raging drought due to poor rains recorded in …
Zimplats lends ZESA US$25 million http://www.newzimbabwe.com 04/08/2012 00:00:00by Roman Moyo PLATINUM miner, Zimplats advanced a US$25 million loan to ZESA which the power utility used to reduce its indebtedness to Mozambique’s Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa, enabling the resumption of power imports. The Mozambican company had cut supplies to Zimbabwe after ZESA failed to reduce its mounting debt but …
Draft ‘discourages’ investors http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ August 4, 2012 in Politics Staff Writer THE draft constitution has failed to instil much-needed investor confidence in the agricultural sector and investors will “continue to adopt a cautious approach until it is clear that land can be leveraged as security and has real market value,” a farming group has said.Charles Taffs, president of …
Tobacco sales soar http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zimbabwe has recorded its best tobacco sales figures since the accelerated land reform programme began a decade ago.03.08.1201:15pmby The Zimbabwean Harare New figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show Zimbabwe sold 140.8 million kilograms of tobacco at an average price of $3.67, resulting in sales totalling $517m. The figure is well above …
Land acquisition to continue: Mugabe http://www.newzimbabwe.com 03/08/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter SANCTIONS slapped on Zimbabwe by the West were aimed at stopping the country’s land reforms President Robert Mugabe has said, insisting the measures had failed and should be lifted. Mugabe is on a three-day visit to Zambia where he will also officially open the country’s annual agricultural and …
Tragic truth behind Indigenisation policy http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The worst constraints affecting Zimbabwe’s economic recovery continue to be self-inflicted policies that are still having profound effects on business confidence. Because political objectives lie behind all the policy decisions, it is impossible to describe the situation in purely economic terms.01.08.1208:41amby John Robertson This remains true of the latest policies imposed: huge increases …
Chiredzi: Wasted land of immense potential http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Wednesday, 01 August 2012 21:03 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter CHIREDZI, in Masvingo Province’s south eastern Lowveld, is a place described in the country’s geography textbooks as a land of vast money-spinning sugarcane estates. But it is also a place contemporary journalism fondly likes to identify with hunger, drought and searing heat.All …
Don’t blame it on the weather: CFU http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union has blamed the country’s ill-advised policies for the acute food shortages that have reduced Zimbabwe to a basket case, with about 1,6 million rural people being reported to be in need of food aid this season.01.08.1212:45pm by Edgar Gweshe The President of the CFU, Charles …
Chief kicked off farm by Minister’s sidekick http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 22 hours 3 minutes ago THE High Court has ordered the eviction of Chief Mashayamombe from Marsden Farm in Mhondoro to pave way for businessman Mr Christopher Goromonzi. Mr Goromonzi said he bought the farm from the white former farmer. Mr Michael Hughes Mino and …