Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Hwange thermal on stream next year http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 16:54 Gamma Mudarikiri THE rehabilitation of Hwange thermal power station is set for completion by end of 2013 and this should significantly address erratic power supply in the country, incoming permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development Patterson Mbiriri said this week.The on-going rehabilitation …
Agricultural policy flip-flops damaging http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 15:57 Peter Gambara THE current impasse between cotton growers and ginners has seen disagreeing parties point fingers at each other as the marketing season progresses without the crop being sold. Cotton growers in the 1980s were respectable farmers as they got good returns from cotton and were able to …
New rules a body blow for tourism http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 17:53 Paidamoyo Muzulu ZIMBABWE seems to have shot itself in the foot once again following the publication of controversial indigenisation regulations which threaten to deal the country’s recovering tourism industry a body blow.Indigenisation and Empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere last Friday published the contentious General Notice 280 …
‘Drought-stricken villagers getting rotten maize from GMB’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 18:02 Wongai Zhangazha THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is facing accusations by a civil society monitoring organisation of distributing rotten maize to villagers hard-hit by drought mainly in Chinhoyi, Mhangura and Banket.A recent report released for the period January to March 2012 by Civil Society Monitoring …
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Zim debt now US$10,7 billion http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 06 July 2012 10:40 ZIMBABWE’S external debt overhang is now estimated at US$10,7 billion and, at 111% of GDP, has become an impediment to external sustainability, according to an IMF report seen by the Independent.This debt overhang was as at end of 2011, with the equivalent of 59% of GDP being …
War vets invade black-owned farms http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Suspected war veterans here have invaded commercial farms owned by fellow blacks in a move that flies in the face of Zanu (PF)’s purported empowerment drive.03.07.1206:49pm by Brenna Matendere Munyati Midlands Provincial Chief Lands Officer, Joseph Shoko, confirmed receiving reports of the invasions. “We have ordered everyone who has illegally settled on …
Displaced farmers feeding Zimbabwe from Zambia http://www.swradioafrica.com By Lance Guma04 July 2012 The Grain Marketing Board has now been ordered to remove stickers on bags of maize imported from Zambia, because they show the names of dispossessed white Zimbabwean farmers who are now effectively feeding the country from Zambia. A report in the Zimbabwean newspaper says the recipients …
Grace Mugabe takes on Nestle http://www.newzimbabwe.com 04/07/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter Zimbabwe’s supermarkets this week began stocking dairy products from First Lady Grace Mugabe’s farm in Mazowe – a brazen challenge to Swiss food conglomerate, Nestle, which bowed to political pressure to stop buying milk from Gushungo Dairy Estate. The country’s biggest supermarket chain, OK, on Wednesday was selling …
Mana Pools lodge threatens eco-system http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Construction of a 48-bed lodge along the Zambezi River shoreline in Mana Pools National Park has begun, despite an inadequate Environmental Impact Assessment.04.07.1211:02am by Staff Reporter The Zambezi Society has expressed concern that the development threatens the fragile riverine eco-system , already stressed by tourism.A lease for the proposed 48-bed (plus 24 staff) …
Milk output up 7pc http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Bulawayo CorrespondentThursday, 05 July 2012 13:27 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s milk output has surged seven percent on the back of a growing number of farmers who are now venturing into the lucrative sector, an official said. Addressing the National Association of Dairy Farmers (Nadf), Mechanisation and Irrigation Development ministry’s chief dairy officer …