Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘Disband Zesa’ http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya and Helen KadirireSaturday, 09 July 2011 13:48 HARARE – Zimbabweans from all walks of life have demanded the immediate dismissal of power utility firm Zesa Holdings management and the disbandment of underperforming parastatals following paralysing power cuts throughout the country. Ordinary people, human rights organisations, farmers, traders and the general populace has called …
Mugabe’s generals lay out their plans for next year’s election http://www.southernafricareport.com 07-Jul-2011 As Zimbabwe awaits the arrival of SADC’s tri-national support-team to assist with the process towards internationally accepted elections, the country’s generals are finalising their own plans to ensure a victory for President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF. The generals, most of them veterans of the guerrilla war …
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CFU congress set for July 26 http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zimbabwe’s white farmers will hold their traditional annual congress on July 26 in Harare to discuss problems facing the sector, including the crafting of a new policy document and amendments to the union’s constitution.08.07.1112:03pmVusimusi Bhebhe The congress, scheduled for Wild Geese Lodge in Harare, is also expected to witness the election …
Government Rejects Local Equity Stakes Proposed by Mining Firms http://www.voanews.com 07 July 2011 Parliamentary Legal Committee Chairman Shepherd Mushonga of the Movement for Democratic Change said lawmakers will not let the ZANU-PF side of the unity government start grabbing mining companies Gibbs Dube | Washington Zimbabwean Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere says Harare has rejected equity quotas of up …
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Zimbabwe says it will pay for foreign firms http://af.reuters.com/ Thu Jul 7, 2011 8:14pm GMT * Destitute country doesn’t have funds for plans, analysts * Foreign investors losing confidence By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, July 7 (Reuters) – Foreign companies in Zimbabwe will not be seized but bought out under a black economic empowerment scheme sponsored by President …
Govt in bid to increase power output http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 07 July 2011 21:12Chris Muronzi GOVERNMENT had by the end of the first half of this year advanced around US$31,9 million towards rehabilitation of power stations in a bid to increase energy output, information seen by the Zimbabwe Independent shows. Finance minister Tendai Biti hopes by channelling more …
FARMER’S WIFE FINED Herald 8 July 2011 Makhado Ranch farmer George Watson’s wife, Elaine du Plooy was yesterday fined R3 000 for assaulting and setting dogs on two herdboys looking for stray donkeys in the ranch. Initially, Watson and du Plooy (25) had been jointly charged with assault before charges against him were withdrawn because …
EMBASSY OFFICIAL CAUSES STIR IN COURT Daily News 6 July 2011 Mutare Correspondent A magistrate barred a South African embassy official from taking notes on the proceedings of a case involving father and son, Janse and Martinus Grobler, both South African farmers accused of firing at war veterans. Despite admitting that he was unaware of …
ANTI-POACHING MEETING ABANDONED Everson Mushava STAFF WRITER Daily News 6 July 2011 Wildlife officials, politicians and police officers were forced to abandon an anti-poaching meeting at Mapare Resort Centre in Save Valley Conservancy recently after poachers gunned down a rhino right under their noses. Highlighting how serious the problem of poaching is, the group had …
Hunting of black rhinos on farms on the increase http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zimbabwe’s policy of redistributing land owned by white commercial farmers has caused unmitigated “ecological disaster”, according to an eminent conservationist.04.07.1106:11amChief Reporter Professor Johan du Toit, says wildlife populations have been overhunted in Zimbabwe after farms were handed over to black Zimbabweans. He warned that the country’s black rhinos, …
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