Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
No imminent privatisation of parastatals: PM http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:54 BY NQOBILE BHEBHEPRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says government is not in a hurry to privatise loss-making parastatals as this will expose Zimbabweans to exorbitant utility rates. Addressing an International Business Conference in Bulawayo, which ran concurrently with the just ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), Tsvangirai said …
Zanu PF land invaders threaten scenic Vumba http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:58 BY CLAYTON MASEKESAMUTARE — Zanu (PF) supporters resettled as A1 farmers in Vumba and Burma Valley areas have been accused of destroying the scenic Eastern Highlands by indiscriminately cutting down indigenous and exotic trees and wanton hunting of wild animals.Owners of private properties and A2 …
Zanu PF elites in land dog fight: Part II http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Everson Mushava, Staff WriterFriday, 27 April 2012 10:48 HARARE – But Mugwadi in November last year ordered the arrest of the resettled farmers on criminal charges of trespassing after he obtained a High Court default judgment by Justice Francis Bere evicting the A1 farmers from the …
Sata slams sanctions, supports grabbing of white owned farms in Zimbabwe http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/ April 27, 2012 President Michael Sata Thursday bemoaned the effects of what he called illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.He also supported the land reform programme, saying the liberation struggle would have been in vain had land remained in the hands of a …
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Why we’re stuck in the dark http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=8505 Don’t know about you but 16 hour long power cuts are starting to get me down. This update from the Zimbabwe Power Company helps to explain the current spate of bad power: It is with regret that I advise of the fact that we (Zimbabwe Power Company) lost the four producing …
‘Huge Fault’ at Hwange Plant leaves Harare without power http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda27 April 2012 A technical fault is said to be the cause of a power cut that left Harare without power since very early Thursday morning. The state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) blamed a “huge fault” at the Hwange thermal power plant for the problem, …
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Zanu PF elites in land dogfight http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Everson Mushava, Staff WriterThursday, 26 April 2012 12:20 HARARE – None of his contemporaries took the import of a statement by the late Edison Zvobgo seriously when he warned: “Unless care is taken, revolutions may eat their children. But when they begin to eat their fathers, then fate has …
Dying rivers dry up livelihoods http://www.irinnews.org MUREWA, 25 April 2012 (IRIN) – Thousands of poor Zimbabweans have turned to illegal panning for precious minerals, but environmental and water experts say their activities are contributing to the drying up of rivers which many communities rely on for their livelihoods. “Siltation of rivers is becoming endemic in the country, particularly …
Indigenous trees under siege from farmers http://www.africanews.com/ Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2012 – 07:38 Problem Masau, AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe Scores of stumps could be seen in a once densely populated area along Tengwe River in this area and the situation promise to be worsening as the tobacco is ready for reaping and curing. Most …
Cabinet Takes Up Food Aid Politicization Amid Deepening Hunger http://www.voanews.com 24 April 2012 Blessing Zulu & Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington Zimbabwe’s cabinet was on Tuesday pre-occupied with the unfolding hunger crisis in the country following complaints by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC formation that most needy families were being denied food aid by ZANU-PF activists. The MDC says …
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