Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Nyazura farm looted by invaders http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell27 July 2011 A farming family that was evicted from their Nyazura property last week is now counting the cost of their loss, after farm invaders looted their home. The Smit family from De Rust farm was forced to flee the property last week, after days of harassment and …
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Zimbabwe economy to grow by 9.3 pct in 2011 – Biti http://af.reuters.com Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:34pm GMT * Agriculture, mining to boost economy * Inflation seen ending 2011 at 4.0 pct * Maize harvest to rise * Biti sees $700 million funding gap By Nelson Banya and MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, July 26 (Reuters) – …
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Investor confidence wanes http://www.dailynews.co.zw By EditorMonday, 25 July 2011 14:17 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy has dampened foreign investors’ confidence and participation on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. In its monthly economic review for July, the continental lender said shares worth $13,1 million were bought by external investors on the local …
Zim environmental group warns of serious poaching threat http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell25 July 2011 A wildlife and conservation group in Zimbabwe has warned that poaching is reaching critical levels, which threatens not only the welfare of the country’s wildlife, but also future tourism. The Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe (WEZ) group said that wildlife areas in the South East …
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White farmer arrested for insulting Mugabe http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Pindai DubeMonday, 25 July 2011 13:04 BULAWAYO – Police have arrested a 76-year-old white commercial farmer and miner, Mike Van Royen, in a move viewed as meant to facilitate the grabbing of his farming and mining business by Zanu PF officials. Van Royen was arrested on Friday in Bulawayo …
Slow recovery for Zimbabwe’s tobacco harvest http://www.iol.co.za July 24 2011 at 11:14am Sales of tobacco have fetched $345.2 million (R2.4 billion) in Zimbabwe so far this year, with a seasonal average of $2.78 a kilogram. The country’s tobacco statistics are extraordinary with tens of thousands of new growers, most working land seized from white farmers in the past …
Landgrabs make a bitter brew for Zim http://www.iol.co.za/ SA Time: Sunday, 24 July 2011 9:32:23 PM July 24 2011 at 11:15am On misty hills weeds smother surviving trees in the lost plantations of Zimbabwe’s eastern province, Manicaland. With present international record prices for coffee and nuts, these trees should, in 2011, be worth their weight in gold. …
Timeline stretch for free and fair election http://www.timeslive.co.za THEMBA SIBANDA in HARARE | 23 July, 2011 18:23 Zimbabwe requires more than 280 days to fully consummate processes that would lead to a free and fair election whose outcome is not likely to be contested, it has emerged. The timeline comes as Zanu-PF, led by President Robert Mugabe, …
Zim’s Constitution-making To Resume Next Week http://www.radiovop.com Harare, July 24, 2011 – The stalled constitution-making process is expected to resume on Monday after the Management Committee of the Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) held a crisis meeting to sort differences over what methodology to use to compile data from the outreach exercise. The process stalled two weeks ago on …