Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe land reform ‘not a failure’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ 18 November 2010 Last updated at 02:48 GMT By Joseph Winter BBC News Zimbabwe’s often violent land reform programme has not been the complete economic disaster widely portrayed, a new study has found. Most of the country’s 4,000 white farmers – then the backbone of …
Breakthrough in rhino conservation http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Farirayi KahwembaWednesday, 17 November 2010 09:08 RUSTENBURG – In a development that might have far reaching benefits for Zimbabwe’s fight against rhino poachers, scientists and conservationists in neighbouring South Africa have developed a first of its kind GPS device that will enable game rangers to be made aware …
Graca Machel tells Zim leaders to respect Constitution process http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda17 November, 2010 The globally respected wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday on a three-day mission to assess how the coalition government and other institutions are dealing with children’s rights. Machel is known as …
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War vets kicked off land http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by JEFFREY MOYOWednesday, 17 November 2010 06:11 Chinese brick-maker moves in HARARE – War veterans who were used to invade a commercial farm in Dzivarasekwa Extension have been kicked off the land, and it has now been sold to a Chinese brick-moulding company called Tyger Bricks. In separate …
Political Interference In Zim Weather Forecast http://www.radiovop.com 17/11/2010 14:41:00 Harare, November 17, 2010 – A senior government environmentalist and meteorologist has admitted that there is heavy political interference and censorship of the weather forecasts in Zimbabwe before it is issued out to the public. He said this was because this information was seen as sensitive. …
ACP fight WHO tobacco controls http://www.zimonline.co.za by Clara Smith Tuesday 16 November 2010 HARARE — Zimbabwe’s fight against proposed World Health Organisation (WHO) controls on tobacco — a key cash crop that sustains about a million people — has received a boost from 78 other countries. A meeting to finalise the ban started in Uruguay …
Zim’s white farmers to plot survival plan http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 15 November 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s white farmers hold an emergency congress at the month-end to plot a new survival strategy, after a decade of controversial government land reforms that saw the majority of the farmers driven off the land. The mainly white …
Mliswa exposes Zanu PF’s worst fear http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 13 November 2010 19:46 WHEN Temba Mliswa was arrested earlier this year it was expected that his case would bring to the fore the massive looting of commercial farms by senior Zanu-PF members, but these expectations have all but crumbled in spectacular fashion. In his initial appearances …
War veterans invade Arda farm in Mat North http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 13 November 2010 20:31 BULAWAYO — A group of war veterans have invaded Balu Estate run by the Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) in Matabeleland North, looting the farm produce and dairy cattle in the process. They also let their livestock graze on a flourishing …
CFU EGM set for month end http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Vusimuzi BhebheSunday, 14 November 2010 12:23 HARARE – The Commercial Farmers Union will hold an emergency congress on November 30 to discuss the proposed restructuring of the organisation whose membership has been hit by President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reform programme. The union said in a …