Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe raises electricity tariffs 31 percent http://af.reuters.com Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:06am GMT By Nelson Banya HARARE Aug 25 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s electricity regulator has ordered a 31 percent tariff increase, in a move it said was meant to ensure the state-owned power utility ZESA’s profitability, the authority said on Thursday. The increase would see the average tariff …
Chisumbanje villagers furious over lack of consultation for Ethanol project http://www.swradioafrica.com Lack of consultation infuriates Chisumbanje villagers A week of drama has been experienced in Chisumbanje as over a thousand villagers refused to be cowed by Macdom pvt ltd.The much publicised Ethanol project hangs on a thread if the Macdom and ARDA remains stubborn by imposing and defining …
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Crisis Looming As Company Takeover Kickstarts http://www.radiovop.com Harare, August 23, 2011- The government has started issuing withdrawal licences to companies that failed to comply with the controversial black empowerment laws that analysts dismiss as legalised thievery by the governing coalition partner, Zanu (PF). Radio VOP has it in high authority that Harare adminstration has started writing to a number …
No farming implements http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Most small-scale farmers resettled here under President Robert Mugabe’s chaotic land reform programme no longer have farming implements, a survey has revealed.19.08.1107:34amby Tony Saxon The small scale farmers, many of them war veterans who were resettled on the former white owned farmers, sold all the implements they were given by the government. The veterans, who …
Rampant poaching decimates Kariba wildlife http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Rampant poaching is threatening to wipe out wildlife in the Kariba national park area where animal rights activists warn of a surge in sightings of snares planted by poachers.19.08.1105:42pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe The Kariba Animal Welfare Fund said last week that poaching activities threatened to decimate entire herds of buffalo, waterbuck, impala and …
Mutharika forced to quit Zim land trial http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Malawian lawyer Peter Mutharika has been forced to resign from the arbitration panel in two international court cases in which groups of foreign investors are suing the Zimbabwean government for breaches of bilateral investment treaties following objections about his impartiality by some of the claimants.19.08.1106:01pmby Vusimusi Bhebhe Mutharika was one of …
High losses blamed for missed tobacco targets http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 18 August 2011 18:26 Paul Nyakazeya THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says the industry failed to meet this year’s projected target of 177 million kgs of tobacco owing to crop losses of up to 31%at the farms and 21% during the re-handling process.The tobacco selling season officially …
Elephant tramples boy to death A 16-year-old boy was on Monday trampled to death by a bull elephant that is part of a herd of 25 terrorising villagers in Chimbuwe, Mukumbura and Kaitano areas in Mashonaland Central province. The jumbos are suspected to have escaped from the Mbire conservancy area last week. Mashonaland Central provincial …
No end to rhino poaching ABOUT 60 000 rhinos or 85 percent of their global population have been wiped out since 1970, says the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), one of the world’s largest conservation organisations. Efforts to stop poaching in Zimbabwe have been partially successful, but the future of the world’s most wanted …
Wildlife-base land reform the way to go IN some areas of Zimbabwe, the number of wild animals is growing, not as a consequence of conservation but of utilisation. Zimbabwe’s game and nature reserves cover 13 percent of the country’s total surface area. Wildlife is also extensively managed on twice as much land on private farms, …