Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tendai Biti on the state of the economy PRESS STATEMENTSTATE OF THE ECONOMY: FEBRUARY 2012 INTRODUCTION 1. This Press Statement is in line with our commitment in the 2012 Budget Statement on the necessity of being transparent and adequately informing the public on economic developments. This Statement, therefore, seeks to update the public on …
Prison is now for the poor: judge http://www.newzimbabwe.com 13/03/2012 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter ONLY poor people are being sent to prison as the rich buy their freedom by bribing magistrates and prosecutors, a Bulawayo judge warns today. Justice Martin Makonese says corruption is now out of hand in Zimbabwe’s lower courts where remuneration for the judicial officers …
Govt mulls new plan to rescue ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 03 March 2012 19:03 BY NDAMU SANDUGOVERNMENT edged closer to introducing mandatory fuel blending last week after a crucial meeting endorsed the plan in a move that could rescue the US$600 million ethanol project in Chisumbanje. There has been a slow uptake of ethanol from Chisumbanje as …
CFU, BAZ join to stimulate investment http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 11 March 2012 10:22 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWATHE Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) are working on improving the country’s productive sector capacity by stimulating investment inflows leveraging on the real estate sector as collateral. The arrangement entails private enterprise mobilising funds and resources against the value …
Zanu PF chefs plan to grab ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 11 March 2012 10:49 BY PATRICE MAKOVA THE US$600 million Chisumbanje ethanol project is threatened with collapse as Zanu PF chefs, including Cabinet ministers, demand free shares in the lucrative venture under the guise of indigenisation. Sources close to the project told The Standard last week that …
A Way To Save The Rhino, Just Not Its Horn http://www.npr.org/ Categories: National Geographic 03:19 pm March 9, 2012 by NPR Staff Listen to the Story Weekend Edition Saturday [5 min 50 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript Credit: Brent Stirton/National Geographic Rhino poaching has been on the rise in the past few years. …
Zuma to caution Mugabe http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Friday, 09 March 2012 11:33 Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma is expected to caution President Robert Mugabe against holding elections before the full implementation of reforms contained in the Global Political Agreement (GPA) during his visit to the country next week in an attempt to push the stubborn governing …
Sable shutdown threatens winter cropping http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 09 March 2012 11:07 Tabitha Mutenga, Staff Reporter THE country’s 2012 wheat crop has lurched into another disaster after the Zim-babwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) switched off the country’s biggest manufacturer of ammonium nitrate over an electricity bill amounting to aboutUS$37 million. The move derailed eff-orts by farmers to acquire fertilisers …
Minister Wants Grain Executives Fired For Spoiling 50,000 Tonnes of Maize http://www.voanews.com/ 09 March 2012 Reacting to reports confirmed by GMB management that the maize which was stored in silos and various depots has since been declared unfit for human consumption, Minister Seiso Moyo said the government is expected to institute thorough investigations on the issue Gibbs Dube …
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No need for land audit: Mutasa http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Gift Phiri, Senior WriterFriday, 09 March 2012 12:48 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has said there is no need for the proposed land audit ostensibly because there were no multiple farm owners in Zimbabwe. Minister of State in the President’s office Didymus Mutasa, who is also Zanu PF …