Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Border Timbers invaded by ZANU-PF “settlers” http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda10 January, 2012 Zimbabwe’s leading timber producer, Border Timbers, is reportedly struggling to cope with ongoing invasions by groups of “settlers” who are not only destroying the soil but are ignoring bilateral investment protection agreements, intended to protect the German owners. The police have made no arrests and management …
Brown Revolution Brings New Hope http://ipsnews.net By Busani Bafana VICTORIA FALLS, Jan 10, 2012 (IPS) – Picking spots for cattle to graze could reverse desertification and even do its bit to retard climate change, new experiments in Zimbabwe have shown. It’s what is coming to be called the Brown Revolution. Planned grazing of livestock is helping restore formally …
Maize crop down 35 percent: Agritex http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 10/01/2012 00:00:00 by Godfrey Marawanyika I Bloomberg ZIMBABWE planted 247,000 hectares of maize from November to January, down from 379,993 hectares in same period a year earlier as a result of late rains, the Agricultural Extension Services said. The country’s farmers planted 130,944 hectares of sorghum and other small grains, compared …
Rogue Judges to be fired – Judge Code says ‘Report’ rogue Judges http://bulawayo24.com by Sehlule Zondo2012 January 09 13:41:04 ROGUE judges that violate the new provisions set out of them in the Judicial Code of Ethics for Zimbabwe face firing from the bench, a senior judge has said. Addressing lawyers and guests at the High Court of …
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Kaunda warns Zuma on ‘serious’ land question http://www.timeslive.co.za ZINE GEORGE and MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA | 09 January, 2012 08:15 Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda warned South Africa against repeating the same mistakes that other African countries, such as Zimbabwe, had made in trying to resolve the land issue. “To you Comrade [Jacob] Zuma, you have more serious problems …
Game Parks In Zimbabwe Sitting On 40 Tons Of Ivory http://www.bernama.com/ HARARE, Jan 9 (BERNAMA-NNN-NEW ZIANA) — Zimbabwe’s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is sitting on an ivory stockpile of 40 tonnes valued at US$250 per kg which has been accumulating over the years as international law does not allow the country to dispose of it, an official …
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War vets take over fishing lodge in Hippo Valley http://www.swradioafrica.com Posted by Tererai Karimakwenda on Monday, January 9, 2012 Mteri Lodge By Tererai Karimakwenda09 January, 2012 Two lodges that cater to fisherman, and a small game reserve on the Hippo Valley Estates, were illegally taken by war vets in late December. Gerry Whitehead, one …
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White Zimbabwean farmers struggle to build city lives Ten years into Zimbabwe’s land reforms, life-long farmer John Browning has found a job at a food company’s factory in Harare, supervising the night shift. Tim Philp, a former Zimbabwean farmer, at his new workplace: a factory in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Photo: AFP/DESMOND KWANDE By Charlotte …
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Bromley Farm: Murerwa intervenes http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff WriterSaturday, 07 January 2012 11:41 HARARE – Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Herbert Murerwa has intervened to end the nightmare of 130 families that were living in the open along a railway line after being evicted from Bromley Farm on the outskirts of Harare. New owner of the farm …
Zim faces bleak farming season http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 06 January 2012 16:16 Shame Makoshori, Farming Reporter ZIMBABWE should brace for yet another poor agricultural season triggered largely by an unpredictable rain pattern partnered with lack of funding, experts warned this week. They warned that farmers would battle to acquire fertilisers and chemicals due to the absence of bank financing …