Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF poaching links exposed http://www.mg.co.za/ RAY NDLOVU AND YOLANDI GROENEWALD – Oct 08 2010 06:33 Dawie Groenewald, the alleged rhino-poaching kingpin, has been linked to powerful Zanu-PF members in Zimbabwe, including Kembo Mohadi, the joint home affairs minister, and Jocelyn Chiwenga, the wife of army chief Constantine Chiwenga. Groenewald, of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris, …
Chiefs, army, farmers to plot Zanu victory http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Jane MakoniThursday, 07 October 2010 06:00 HARARE – Traditional Chiefs, new farmers and senior army commanders are expected to meet tomorrow (Friday), at Army 2 Brigade Headquarters in Harare, to plan how to secure Mugabe’s grip on power, The Zimbabwean has learnt. “Thirty traditional chiefs, …
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE AND PRESIDENT OF THE MDC RT HON MORGAN R TSVANGIRAI 7 OCTOBER 2010 Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with some sadness that I have to make a statement today about the state of this transitional Government. It relates to the Constitution and Sovereignty of Zimbabwe, …
City of Cape Town takes over Zim gvt property http://news.radiovop.com/ 06/10/2010 18:16:00 Cape Town – The city of Cape Town has taken over a property in the city belonging to the Zimbabwean government and drove out hundreds of homeless Zimbabweans who had found sanctuary on it saying it is not fit for human habitation. The …
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United States Provides Support to Urgent Food Security Needs and Recovery in Zimbabwe Harare, October 6 – The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP), is responding to the needs of Zimbabweans who require food aid during the 2010-2011 lean season. USAID is partnering …
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Farm unions disagree over crop shortages http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Staff ReporterWednesday, 06 October 2010 17:30 HARARE – Forecasts that homegrown crops will not be enough to feed the country have led to conflicting opinions from the country’s two farmers’ unions over Zimbabwe’s need for food imports. Since 2000, Zimbabwe has become increasingly reliant on food …
New farmers lose faith in land reform …‘land redistribution a political weapon’ http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Jane MakoniWednesday, 06 October 2010 19:51 Most resettled farmers do not think the land “reform” programme was meant to economically empower the poor, but was used as a political weapon by Zanu (PF) to punish and humiliate white commercial farmers, …
CONSERVANCIES: ISLANDS OF COLONIAL LAND TENURE By Tichaona Zindoga Someone once said that an unimplemented plan is good – or bad – as no plan at all. If this does not sound a little ruthless or uncompromising, it surely is one philosophy that helps eliminate some absurdities of life that have tended …
World Divided Over New Scramble for African Land http://allafrica.com/stories/201010040147.html Paul Redfern 4 October 2010 Nairobi – A World Bank report has confirmed that 45 million hectares of land in developing countries were bought in 2009, a tenfold jump from the previous decade. Moreover, two-thirds of these controversial “land grabs” have been in Africa where critics …
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Local Currency Re-Introduction Imperative – Economist http://www.fingaz.co.zw/ George Lwanda 30 September 2010 Harare – At some stage Zimbabwe will have to look at reintroducing a currency of its own, Development Bank of Southern Africa International project economist, George Lwanda told the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Zimbabwe annual conference in Victoria Falls on Saturday. He …