Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Poachers gun down rhino Daily News 21 May 2011 Oscar Nkala Poachers armed with AK$& rifles last week gunned down a black rhino in the Intensive Conservation Area around the Sinamatela range of the Hwange national Park and engaged parks rangers in a fierce gun battle before fleeing the scene without their booty. Although the …
Footprint of destruction Daily News 21 May 2011 Oscar Nkala ZanuPF instigated farm invasions turned vast areas of previously safe animal sanctuaries into wastelands of perennial plunder by foreigners, government officials, religious ministers and ordinary rogue national parks rangers, according to a Gwayi Conservancy Hunting report released recently. The detailed report of 2003 reveals that …
Magistrate takes leave to work as ZANU PF advisor in COPAC http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda26 May 2011 A Harare based regional magistrate, Never Katiyo, has taken sabbatical leave from his Rotten Row court room to work as a ZANU PF technical advisor on the drafting of a new constitution. He usually presides over his cases using court …
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Zim farm invasions intensify as SADC snubs human rights http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell26 May 2011 Zimbabwe’s remaining commercial farming community is facing a fresh onslaught of invasions by ZANU PF land grabbers, in the wake of the closure of the regional human rights court. Leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) last week dissolved the human rights …
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Zimbabwe growers call for government intervention http://tobaccoreporter.com May 25, 2011—Zimbabwe’s tobacco growers are disgruntled over the flue-cured prices being offered at the country’s auction floors and are urging the government to intervene, according to a story in The Standard. This year, the number of registered tobacco growers surged to 60,000 from last year’s 15,000 because of the profitable …
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Zimbabwe Farmers Increasing Tobacco Production on Seized Land http://www.voanews.com/ Peta Thornycroft | Harare, Zimbabwe May 24, 2011 Zimbabwe’s new farmers are growing massive amounts of tobacco, mainly on formerly white-owned farms, and some of them are earning more than they ever dreamed possible. Tens of thousands of new farmers are working land seized from whites by President Robert …
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ZCTU warns against Chinese plunder of Zim http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell25 May 2011 The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has warned against the ongoing plunder of Zimbabwe by foreigners, especially the Chinese, saying the country’s natural resources should benefit the people. ZCTU President Lovemore Matombo told journalists at the commemoration of Africa Day in Harare that Zimbabwe’s …
SA joins SADC in protecting unlawful land reform http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell25 May 2011 South Africa has joined the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in appearing to protect Robert Mugabe’s unlawful land grab campaign, in another blow for dispossessed farmers. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has this week dismissed a final attempt by a farmer who …
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White farmers under fresh siege http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterWednesday, 25 May 2011 16:09 HARARE – White commercial farmers have come under renewed siege from farm invaders following the disbandment of the Sadc Tribunal last week, according to representatives. Charles Taffs, the Commercial Farmers Union vice president said his organisation had received fresh invasions in Manicaland’s Chipinge …
Statement by the SADC Lawyers’ Association THE SADC Lawyers’ Association SADC Lawyers Association Condemns the Harassment of Civil Society Representatives by Zimbabwean State Security Agents at the SADC Extraordinary Summit In Windhoek. The SADC Lawyers Association is appalled by the harassment of civil society organizations’ representatives at the SADC Extraordinary Summit in Windhoek on 20 May 2011 by Zimbabwean state security agents …