Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Government should carry out the land audit – PM Thursday, 12 July 2012 The Prime Minister notes with concern that some Ministers in Government will be embarking on a partisan land audit outside the Government processes. A report in the State media today indicates that the Zanu PF Land reform department led by Local Government Minister Ignatius …
Parliament Blocks Electoral Bill, Demands Changes http://www.voanews.com/ 11 July 2012 Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington DC After passing a controversial human rights law, the Zimbabwe parliament on Wednesday rejected the Electoral Bill that precludes the diaspora vote and is fraught with loopholes seen as favoring President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party. The House of Assembly blocked the proposed law …
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Zimbabwe says power debt down to under $20 mn http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Sapa-AFP | 12 July, 2012 20:30 Energy-starved Zimbabwe has cut its debt to power providers to under US$20 million from around $100 million in a bid to resume imports after major regional suppliers cut it off, the energy minister said Thursday. “We have currently made strides to …
Zim set to amend Securities Act: Biti http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterThursday, 12 July 2012 17:13 HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti yesterday said government will this week gazette major amendments to the Securities Act aimed at improving the country’s capital markets regulatory and supervisory functions. Speaking at TN Bank’s listing ceremony on the Zimbabwe …
Coltart and Kasukuwere clarify school indigenisation http://www.swradioafrica.com Staff Reporter12 July 2012 Recently Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere caused a major panic when he said schools were to be indigenised, meaning they had to hand over 51% of their shares. The new regulations to take over private schools were published in a notice in the Government Gazette last week. But …
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Zimbabwe in talks with Chinese firm on power plant http://af.reuters.com Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:09pm GMT Print | Single Page[-] Text [+] By Nelson Banya HARARE, July 12 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government is in talks with China Railway International over plans to build a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant to ease the southern African country’s electricity shortages, …
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Conflicts over urban agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe – by Anna Brazier http://africanarguments.org July 10, 2012 Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, maize stalks cleared into heaps and …
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Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Farmers Stranded As Grazing Lands Diminish http://www.voanews.com 10 July 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Subsistence farmers in drought-stricken areas of Matabeleland South and some parts of the Midlands Province are being forced to pay up to $40 a month to access grazing land in farms occupied by beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform program. Some of …
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Deeply-Divided Cabinet Skirts Indigenization Debate http://www.voanews.com 10 July 2012 Blessing Zulu | Washington Zimbabwe’s deeply-divided cabinet, meeting Tuesday following President Robert Mugabe’s return from Singapore, avoided the contentious issue of indigenization to focus on other social and economic issues. Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who sparked the row, is said to be climbing down after intense pressure from his …
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ZESA audit reveals massive corruption http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ An internal Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority investigation has unearthed rampant corruption involving officials tampering with accounts.11.07.1209:30am by Criswell Chisango The investigation, codenamed Operation Dandemutande (Cobweb), started in April and has revealed that ZESA officers are deleting accounts with debts and replacing them with new ones that show no money is owing. A …