Bennett demands judge’s farm inventory in defamation case

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Bennett Demands Judge’s Farm Inventory In Defamation Case http://www.radiovop.com 26/11/2010 08:50:00 Harare, November 26, 2010 – Tormented Movement for Democratic Change Treasurer Roy Bennett has challenged High Court Judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu to disclose the number of farms which were allocated to the Judge in a test case to the chaotic land reform exercise. Bennett, …

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General Laws Bill ‘inimical to democracy’

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General Laws Bill ‘inimical to democracy’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:35 ZIMBABWEANS’ right to freely access and disseminate public information will be further curtailed if the proposed General Laws Amendment Bill goes through the Parliamentary Legal Committee without amendments.Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa steered the Bill through its first reading two weeks ago. The General …

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Sibanda threatens multiple farm-owners

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Sibanda threatens multiple farm-owners http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:40 A STORM is brewing in Zanu PF after war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda threatened to forcibly repossess land from multiple farm-owners across the country whom he accused of having abused the controversial land reform programme. There are reports that many senior Zanu PF officials own …

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Strange Bedfellows

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Strange bedfellows Thursday, 25 November 2010 14:04 ZFTU, CFU plot renegade NEC Shame Makoshori, Chief Business Reporter A STRANGE marriage is shaping up in the agriculture sector where the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU)-backed Agricultural Labour Bureau (ALB) and a Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU), affiliate, the Horticultural General Agric-ultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (HGAPWUZ), …

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Zimbabwe sees higher 2011 growth but no foreign aid

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Zimbabwe sees higher 2011 growth but no foreign aid http://af.reuters.com Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:59pm GMT By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe expects its economy to grow nearly 10 percent next year as the key mining and agriculture sectors expand, and will rely largely on domestic revenue to fund its budget …

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Indigenisation Regulations Recourse to International Law

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Some research notes. Indiginization Regulations Recourse to International Law.   The Zimbabwe government appears to have the mistaken belief that sovereignty gives them full protection against international crimes.  Many of these crimes arise from the violation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments that set out the human rights that include …

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Jatropha seed processing pays dividends for small-scale farmers

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Jatropha seed processing pays dividends for small-scale farmers http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by The ZimbabweanWednesday, 24 November 2010 17:44 MUDZI – Jatropha, a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree native to Latin America, was introduced to Zimbabwe in the 1940’s.   It is found in many parts of the country, with concentrations in the North Eastern districts of Mutoko, Wedza, Chiweshe, …

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Police arrest farm murder suspects

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Police arrest farm murder suspects http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Patricia Mpofu and Tobias Manyuchi     Wednesday 24 November 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe police have arrested two suspects over the killing of a prominent white farmer last month, in a rare case when police have acted swiftly against crime on commercial farms. Former Zimbabwe Tobacco Association president Kobus Joubert …

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Fear grips Chipinge East as soldiers go on rampage

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Fear grips Chipinge East as soldiers go on rampage http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda22 November 2010 MDC activists have gone into hiding in some areas of Chipinge East after armed soldiers went around the constituency flushing out known opponents of ZANU PF and beating them up. The soldiers, camped at Suwesu farm in Chipinge, have been …

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Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed

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MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Submitted by AfriForum 22 November 2010   Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed   The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg today ruled that the Zimbabwe government-owned property situated at 28 Salisbury Road in Kenilworth, Cape Town, is of a commercial nature and may therefore be …

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