Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farm invasions: When will it end? http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Monday, 30 May 2011 12:00 “THERE is enough for everybody’s need not for everybody’s greed,” said Mahatma Gandhi. How true indeed. I think it is a tragedy that more than 10 years down the road, there appears to be no end to Zimbabwe’s land reform process. As isolated the incidents …
Pensioners sing the blues http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Monday, 30 May 2011 12:07 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter THREE years after all their life’s savings vanished from under their noses, when a nasty twist of fate snuffed life out of the Zimbabwe dollar, pensioners thro-ughout the country face a bleak future. The collapse of the local unit has had a devastating …
Apostolic sect members grab over 100 cattle http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterSunday, 29 May 2011 15:53 HARARE – Members of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect who have invaded one of the country’s biggest dairy farms have forcibly grabbed over 100 cattle belonging to the farm’s owner, Francis Kotze. A Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) official told the …
Mliswa acquitted http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Tendai Kamhungira, Court WriterSunday, 29 May 2011 15:49 HARARE – Businessman and former fitness trainer turned commercial farmer, Temba Mliswa, has been acquitted of charges of intimidation and contravening the Post and Telecommunications Services Act. Mliswa was yesterday cleared of the charges by regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire, who described complainant Paul Westwood’s allegations of …
Winter wheat producer prices to be announced soon http://www.timeslive.co.za May 29, 2011 2:46 PM | By VLADIMIR MZACA Winter wheat producer prices should be announced well ahead of the planting season and attract farmers to plant the crop, Matabeleland South Agritex provincial officer Innocent Nyathi has said. Nyathi said farmers needed to be persuaded to plant wheat …
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Load shedding due to lack of funds -Zesa http://www.timeslive.co.za/ May 29, 2011 2:46 PM | By VLADIMIR MZACA Longer power cuts have become the order of the day in winter at a time when the national power utility Zesa is importing less electricity from the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the encroaching winter the demand for electricity …
‘Shift to proactive environmentalism’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 29 May 2011 14:01 BY CHIPO MASARA THE main reason why we are faced with a myriad of environmental problems, most of which we are having serious difficulties correcting, is because we have taken a laid-back reactive approach to environmentalism for too long.Due to countless years of abusing the environment and …
Farmers call for policy to standardise organic produce http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:32 BY JENNIFER DUBE STAKEHOLDERS in the agriculture sector are pushing for a national policy to promote organic agriculture which they say can uplift harvests to 13 tonnes per hectare.The Zimbabwe Organic Producers and Promoters Association (Zoppa) Trust has started lobbying various stakeholders, including government, …
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Security Council must act on Zim – HRW director http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Mxolisi NcubeSaturday, 28 May 2011 13:35 JOHANNESBURG – An international human rights expert has called on the United Nations Security Council to act on continuing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe before the situation degenerates into a civil war.Human Rights Watch (HRW) United Nations Director, Philippe …
Zimbabwean Conservationist Seeks to Protect Black Rhinos http://www.voanews.com Goldman Environmental Foundation recognizes efforts of Raoul Du Toit Jackson Mvunganyi May 27, 2011 Zimbabwe has one of the largest populations of black rhinos in the world.But conservationists say their numbers are declining, mostly because of man-made problems, including poaching and human encroachment, as people look for new land to …
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