Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Made defends GMO ban http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 06/01/2012 00:00:00 by NewZiana ZIMBABWE will not allow the production of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) even if they could help ensure food sufficiency, agriculture mechanisation minister, Dr Joseph Made has insisted. Made said the government would, instead, concentrate on making available fertilizer, seeds, irrigation and other essential farm inputs to boost food production rather …
Q&A: Zimbabwe’s ‘Cold War, Which Is a Racial War’ http://www.voanews.com January 05, 2012 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Photo: Reuters Zimbabwean farmers attend a meeting of white commercial farmers in the capital Harare, 2010 (file photo). Zimbabwe’s long-running land controversy continues to undermine the economy, as many of 200 or so remaining white farmers battle to …
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Minister Mohadi in wrangle over Beitbridge farm http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda05 January, 2012 Despite being extremely wealthy and a Minister who is supposed to stand for law and order, co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi is reportedly involved in a legal battle to take over another farm in Beitbridge, with allegations the row has turned into physical assaults and …
Zimbabwe Power Demand to Rise 29% in 2012, Supply Authority Says http://www.businessweek.com January 03, 2012, 12:00 PM EST By Godfrey Marawanyika Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe’s electricity demand is projected to increase 29 percent this year, boosted by the mining industry, the state power utility said. Demand rose 6.2 percent last year from 2010, Fullard Gwasira, a …
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Maize shortage looms as Malawi halts exports to boost grain reserves http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/ By George Omondi and Rex Chikoko Posted Monday, January 2 2012 at 16:27 Malawi has suspended maize exports to build national reserves in the face of a looming shortage, marking a surprise twist for a country that has served as Africa’s model for attaining food …
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Border Timbers Face Closure http://www.radiovop.com Charity Mukwambo, Mutare- January 01, 2012-One of Zimbabwe’s leading timber producing companies, Border Timbers is facing closure after scores of villagers settled themselves in the company’s timber plantations. The company’s vast timber plantations at Charter estate in Chimanimani have been virtually turned into small pockets of maize and rapoko fields. “About 2,500 hectares …
Villagers opposed to construction of dam http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 31 December 2011 15:51 BY TATENDA CHITAGUTAKUNDA Moyo (46) gazes in the sky, continuously puffing out clouds of smoke from a homemade cigarette, while giving his back to the mud huts perched precariously at the confluence of Tugwi and Mukosi rivers. This is where the massive water reservoir, Tokwe-Mukosi dam, …
Indigenisation Move Turns Sour For Zanu –PF Youth Militia http://www.radiovop.com Masvingo, December 31, 2011 -The controversial black empowerment and indigenisation policy fronted by Zanu-PF has backfired to its youth militias in Chiredzi who have been summoned to court after they forcibly grabbed three buildings in the sugar estate town owned by white people. About ten Zanu –PF youths …
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Flood alert as heavy rains continue in Zimbabwe http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/ AP 7 hours 23 minutes ago HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s weather department is issuing a flood alert and says heavy rains are expected to continue. The Meteorological Service says downpours of more than 3 inches (nearly 8 centimeters) are forecast in northern and eastern regions through Jan. 2, accompanied …
Zimbabweans evicted from diamond mines await compensation http://news.yahoo.com/ AFPBy Reagan Mashavave | AFP – 13 hrs ago They used to live on the world’s richest diamond fields, but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this year. Many of the subsistence farmers and artisanal miners who used to …
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