Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farm worker disputes http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Farm workers are clashing with new farmers of grabbed properties amid reports of bad farm management, changes of employment, appalling remuneration and a bleak future.23.09.1110:31amby Fungai Kwaramba Harare Many farm workers witnessed how the black farm owners grabbed the land, and some were caught up in the often-violent evictions. “We were better off under …
‘Erosion of judiciary’s independence in Zim’ http://www.iol.co.za/ September 25 2011 at 01:25pm AFP Politically motivated arrests, ahead of general elections scheduled for 2012, seem to be on the increase in Zimbabwe. This is according to a report on the rule of law in Zimbabwe, compiled by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, which also raised concerns about …
Constitution process in chaos http://www.timeslive.co.za/ JAMA MAJOLA | 25 September, 2011 03:52 The constitution -making process in Zimbabwe is in disarray as thematic committees capturing data in narrative forms were locked in heated arguments this week on how to do it and what guidelines to use. The situation throws President Robert Mugabe’s election plans further into disarray. Checks …
Wikileaks: Delta boss planned deal to enable government to buy up 400 farms http://www.insiderzim.com/ Saturday, 24 September 2011 07:01 Delta Corporation boss Patrick Rooney told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald 10 years ago that his company was arranging a credit facility that would enable the government to buy 300 to 400 commercial farms that had been …
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CFU to work with govt on land reform http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Only 200 white commercial farmers are actively engaged in farming activities, the Commercial Farmers Union has confirmed.22.09.1104:33pmby Ngoni Chanakira Harare The once-powerful farming association had more than 4 500 members before the controversial land resettlement programme began in 2000. Marc Carrie-Wilson, CFU’s Legal Affairs Manager, told The Zimbabwean …
CFU to work with govt on land reform http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Only 200 white commercial farmers are actively engaged in farming activities, the Commercial Farmers Union has confirmed.22.09.1104:33pmby Ngoni Chanakira Harare The once-powerful farming association had more than 4 500 members before the controversial land resettlement programme began in 2000. Marc Carrie-Wilson, CFU’s Legal Affairs Manager, told The Zimbabwean …
Wikileaks: Commercial farmers go for broke http://www.insiderzim.com/ Friday, 23 September 2011 14:38 The Commercial Farmers Union filed a 1000-page lawsuit against President Robert Mugabe and his government on 18 September 2000 in the forlorn hope that the lawsuit could at least allow them to obtain financing for the coming season. According to a cable released by Wikileaks, the …
500 landless families invade Chiredzi farms Friday, 23 September 2011 02:00 OVER 500 landless families have invaded farms and wildlife conservancies in Chiredzi District over the past weeks, forcing the National Lands Inspectorate to intervene. The families invaded such wildlife conservancies as Devuli Ranch in Bikita and parts of Save Valley to allot themselves …
Zimbabwe tobacco farms yield success http://www.ft.com September 22, 2011 3:41 pm By Andrew England and Tony Hawkins in Harare As Fidelis Gweshe walks between red brick farm buildings to show off his tobacco seedlings he chuckles at his circumstances. “I’m a banker by profession and farmer by accident,” he says. Down the road, a neighbour, Manasa Matongo, …
Land reform alleviating poverty: President http://www.herald.co.zw/ Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:00 From Morris Mkwate in New YorkZIMBABWE has moved closer to alleviating poverty in different parts of the country following the successful implementation of the land reform programme, President Mugabe has said. Addressing delegates to the High-Level Meeting on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought in the Context …