Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s stolen farms stolen again http://www.rnw.nl/ Published on : 17 January 2011 – 12:09pm | “We were forced to leave our communal areas where we could sustain ourselves and were dumped on large pieces of land which we cannot afford to utilise. Now the government is threatening to take back the same land,” fumes Kundai, …
Soldiers, CIO Distributing Farming Inputs http://www.radiovop.com/ 17/01/2011 17:31:00 Sanyati, January 17, 2011 – Members of the Zimbabwe National Army and the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) were at the weekend spotted here distributing free farm inputs where they were turning away suspected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters. Villagers at Sanyati growth point told Radio VOP …
Zim Foreign Companies To Be Forced To Reveal Stance On Sanctions http://www.radiovop.com/ 17/01/2011 11:29:00 Gweru, January 17 2011 – Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned chief executive companies of foreign- owned companies that they will be forced to reveal their stance on sanctions on Zimbabwe live on radio and risk losing 90 percent of their …
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Commodities Exchange to boost small-scale agriculture http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:05 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA THE newly-launched Commodities Exchange in Zimbabwe (Comez) is set to regularise trading of commodities in line with market fundamentals and increase financing availability for the agricultural sector, observers said last week. The development is anticipated to benefit small-scale farmers in …
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Govt probes new car number plate tender http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:45 BY NQABA MATSHAZI THE Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Mildred Chisi is instigating investigations into alleged irregularities in the award of a tender for the production of new vehicle number plates amid revelations that the price for the plates is inflated. Motorists, …
Offering hope to Zimbabwe’s most desperate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ As Zimbabweans struggle to cope with food shortages and rising prices, Peta Thornycroft meets one woman trying to help the ever-growing ranks of suffering citizens. By Peta Thornycroft, Bulawayo 7:00AM GMT 16 Jan 2011 As the great great granddaughter of one of imperial Britain’s greatest African foes, the …
Landmark SADC torture ruling http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Saturday 15 January 2011 HARARE – The SADC Tribunal has awarded damages of nearly US$17 million to nine Zimbabwean torture victims, in a landmark ruling that yet again exposes Harare’s flagrant disregard of the rule of law. The judgment handed down on 9 December 2010 followed …
Mugabe supporters grab university land http://www.universityworldnews.com Kudzai Mashininga16 January 2011Issue: 0069 Three supporters of President Robert Mugabe have moved to grab huge chunks of land belonging to a state-run university in a matter that has since spilled into the courts. This comes a decade after the African dictator launched a ruinous agrarian reform exercise. The …
Dairy herd count drops to 22,000 http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Lovejoy SakalaFriday, 14 January 2011 09:45 CHIPINGE – Milk supplies here have dwindled as dairy farmers who use to supply the nation said the country`s dairy herd was down to less than 22,000 cows from 192,000 in 2000.Farmers said the low herd count had resulted in …
Two million need food aid in Zim –– Fewsnet http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 13 January 2011 17:56 Paul Nyakazeya AN estimated 2,2 million Zimbabweans are in need of food aid, the Famine Early Warning System Network (Fewsnet), an early warning system that monitors food security around the world, said in its latest report. However, government has dismissed …