Power outages affect surgery at Parirenyatwa hospital

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Power outages affect surgery at Parirenyatwa hospital http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda22 December 2011 A four day power cut has seriously affected operations at Parirenyatwa hospital in the capital. Disruption in the supply of power has also forced authorities at the hospital to send patients home, while in serious cases patients were transferred to private hospitals for urgent operations. …

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Govt struggles to raise agric funds

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Govt struggles to raise agric funds http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Business WriterWednesday, 21 December 2011 08:36 HARARE – The government is struggling to raise capital to support the 2011/2012 agricultural season after two critical fund-raising schemes were unsuccessful. This comes on the back of the Agricultural Marketing Authority’s (Ama) 360-day agro bills targeted at raising $100 million only realising $17,7 million …

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Tobacco Farming Negatively Impacts Zimbabwe’s Indigenous Forests

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Tobacco Farming Negatively Impacts Zimbabwe’s Indigenous Forests http://www.voanews.com December 21, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Zimbabwe’s indigenous forests are disappearing at an unprecedented rate. Thousands of new tobacco farmers say they have to use wood to cure their crop because they cannot afford coal mined in western Zimbabwe. The forests were in relatively good shape, compared to …

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Long bank queues return as cash shortages hit Zim

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Long bank queues return as cash shortages hit Zim http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda21 December, 2011 A shortage of cash has hit many banks in Zimbabwe as the Christmas holiday approaches, despite assurances by the Bankers Association that all banks had enough money for the festive season. Local reports said some banks had already run out of cash …

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Waiting for the “Heavens to Weep”

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Waiting for the “Heavens to Weep” http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 20, 2011 (IPS) – Duduzile Sibanda takes a break from preparing her long stretch of land for her maize crop in rural Mberengwa, in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province. She wipes her brow under the scorching sun and looks upwards. The sparse clouds are a cause of …

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Eviction leaves farm workers stranded

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Eviction leaves farm workers stranded http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Xolisani Ncube, Staff WriterMonday, 19 December 2011 10:40 HARARE – The recent demolition of lodgings at Bromley Farm has left former workers scrounging for shelter as rains continued to pound and destroy their belongings. Bromley farm was once a tobacco processing concern before the former white owner Lombard deserted the venture …

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Zimbabwe Financial Experts Question Government’s Latest Agro-Finance Plan

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Zimbabwe Financial Experts Question Government’s Latest Agro-Finance Plan http://www.voanews.com 16 December 2011 Some see the program as a desperation move as agricultural experts warn that many Zimbabwean farmers have found it more difficult than ever to purchase the seed and fertilizer they need Violet Gonda | Washington Zimbabwe Bankers Association President John Mushayavanhu said: “The main problem is …

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Eric Bloch Column: Deterrents to foreign investment

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Eric Bloch Column: Deterrents to foreign investment http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:35 AFTER observing the extent to which government (or major components of government) continue to pursues policies which can achieve naught but self-advancement or enrichment, ongoing demolition of the economy with concomitant poverty, and wide-ranging and diverse advice on the ills of those policies, many inevitably ponder …

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More farm seizures ahead

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More farm seizures ahead http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk At least 200 farms will be seized from white farmers and handed over to Zanu (PF) supporters, according to a report tabled at the party conference last week.14.12.1108:35amby Staff Reporter About 4000 white-owned farms have already been occupied – some violently – by supporters of President Robert Mugabe in the controversial land reform programme. …

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Bromley Farm workers evicted

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Bromley Farm workers evicted http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Taurai Mangudhla, Staff WriterWednesday, 14 December 2011 11:14 HARARE – Close to 150 families at Bromley Farm were yesterday left homeless after they were forcibly evicted by the new landowner, who apparently acquired the property from its former white owners. The families were left in the open with their children and …

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