Zimbabwe Loses $12 Billion of Produce, Farmers’ Union Says

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Zimbabwe Loses $12 Billion of Produce, Farmers’ Union Says http://www.businessweek.com August 02, 2011, 7:41 AM EDT By Brian Latham Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe lost about $12 billion in agricultural output in the 10 years through 2009 after the government seized commercial farms from whites, the country’s Commercial Farmers’ Union said. Total agricultural production based on today’s …

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UN to appeal for Zim aid

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UN to appeal for Zim aid http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Corespondent     Tuesday 02 August 2011 HARARE – UN humanitarian coordinator for Zimbabwe Alain Noudéhou and the country’s ruling coalition will today launch a revised consolidated appeal (CAP) for aid for the African nation still struggling to shake off the effects of a decade of recession and political strife. It …

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China blamed for increase in poaching

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China blamed for increase in poaching http://www.timeslive.co.za VLADIMIR MZACA | 31 July, 2011 03:39 The Chinese, political decisions and a growing black market are being blamed for the rise in elephant and rhino poaching. Last week 10 people were arrested for poaching and unlawful possession of elephant tusks and rhino horns that they were suspected of selling …

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Mliswa sues Chihuri for unlawful detention

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Mliswa sues Chihuri for unlawful detention http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Tendai Kamhungira, Court WriterMonday, 01 August 2011 18:10 HARARE – Businessman, farmer and former Zimbabwe men’s national football team fitness trainer, Temba Mliswa, and five others have demanded nearly $500 000 compensation from the police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri for unlawful detention and malicious prosecution. The group says failure to …

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Gono pushes indigenisation re-think

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Gono pushes indigenisation re-think http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 01/08/2011 00:00:00 by Gideon Gono, RBZ Governor Below is the statement presented by RBZ governor, Gideon Gono on the country’s indigenisation programme. The statement was a supplement to his July 2011 Monetary Policy Review. Gono suggests an alternative approach which, he argues, would benefit more of the country’s majority poor. THE issue of …

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Block failed farmers from mines: Gono

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Block failed farmers from mines: Gono http://www.newzimbabwe.com 01/08/2011 00:00:00 by Gilbert Nyambabvu CENTRAL bank chief, Gideon Gono has said failed farmers must not benefit from the takeover of foreign companies under the country’s indigenisation programme and warned the government against a rushed and wholesale transfer of equity to locals. In a statement on indigenisation accompanying his monetary policy …

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Mugabe family owns 39 farms, says report

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Mugabe family owns 39 farms, says report http://www.timeslive.co.za Sunday Times Correspondent | 31 July, 2011 02:11 Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and his family own 39 farms, according to a report by the outgoing president of the country’ s Commercial Farmers Union . In his address to the CFU congress in Harare this week, Deon Theron said Mugabe’s claimthat …

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Legal plunder crumbles Zimbabwean businesses

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Legal plunder crumbles Zimbabwean businesses http://news.myjoyonline.com Last Updated: Sunday, 31 July 2011, 13:53 GMT By Rejoice Ngwenya, Harare For the second time in my life since 2000, I am about to experience another nasty bout of State-sponsored private property plunder under some nefarious law purportedly meant to ‘empower’ me – the black Zimbabwean. It comes with devastating implications …

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Farmers encroach on wildlife

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Farmers encroach on wildlife http://www.timeslive.co.za/ SIMPLICIUS CHIRINDA | 31 July, 2011 03:39 Farmers resettled under Zimbabwe’s controversial land reforms programme are one of the reasons animal poaching is on the rise, according to the country’s wildlife management authority. Vitalis Chadenga, director general of the Parks and Wildlife Authority, told parliament this week that land invaders who have resettled …

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Lessons for Zimbabwe’s constitutional reform process

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Lessons for Zimbabwe’s constitutional reform process http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Having inherited a constitution negotiated between the colonial and liberation forces at the dawn of independence (the Lancaster House Constitution) in 1979 and having amended that constitution 19 times in the last 30 years, Zimbabwe is trying for the second time in just over a decade to completely overhaul its constitution.28.07.1102:53pmby DR …

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