No shortage of sugar this year – Mtsambiwa

No shortage of sugar this year –– Mtsambiwa http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:30 ZIMBABWE’s sugar production will be enough to meet the country’s needs until March next year, Hippo Valley Estate Ltd Chief Executive Officer Sydney Mtsambiwa says.Speaking to businessdigest after the company’s AGM on Wednesday, Mtsambiwa said there would be no shortage of …

SA protests disruption of Citizen’s farming operation

SA protests disruption of citizens’ farming operations http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:34 THE South African ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mlungisi Makalima, has written to government seeking its “immediate” intervention to stop the takeover of two farms in Chegutu and Marondera owned by his country’s citizens. The farms, according to Makalima, were protected under a Bilateral …

Army in renewed terror campaign

‘Army in renewed terror campaign’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 30 September 2010 21:06 CONSTITUTIONAL Parliamentary Committee co-chairman Douglas Mwonzora has accused the military and other state security agents of terrorising villagers during the outreach programme of the constitution-making process, saying a climate of fear was  enveloping  outlying districts of the country. Mwonzora said this week as a …

Hungry Mwenezi villagers survive on baboons

Hungry Mwenezi villagers survive on baboons http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Godfrey MtimbaFriday, 01 October 2010 16:07 MWENEZI – The baboon population is under threat of being wiped out in Mwenezi as desperate villagers have resorted to eating the human-like wild animal  to avert hunger and starvation, game ranchers in the area have revealed. Hunger and starvation continue …

A forth Chimuranga for gold

A Fourth Chimurenga, for gold   http://www.irinnews.org   Photo: David Morton/IRIN Sometimes mining pays better than farming Kadoma, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) – A new wave of farm invasions in Zimbabwe has been dubbed the Fourth Chimurenga (liberation struggle) – the fast track-land reform programme launched by President Robert Mugabe in 2000 was the third …

Farmers sue Zimbabwe Government for racism

Farmers Sue Zimbabwe Government for Racism   http://www.voanews.com/   Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg 30 September 2010 Photo: AP Farm workers clean up at Les de Jager’s “Two Trees” farm in the Lions Den area, 150 kilometers north of Harare, Zimbabwe after looters ransacked the house, stripping the home and causing damage to farm equipment. The …

ZanuPF supporters invade wildlife farm

Zanu PF supporters invade wildlife farms http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Oscar NkalaWednesday, 29 September 2010 15:50 BULAWAYO – A group led by Zanu PF supporters and war veterans has invaded Denlynian and Tamari Wildlife farms in Beitbridge where they have ransacked the places amid reports that property worth millions of dollars was looted. The Daily News understands …

Intimidation of farmers intensifies but PM remains silent

Intimidation of farmers intensifies but PM remains silent http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell29 September 2010 The intimidation of the country’s remaining commercial farmers is once again intensifying, and there have been no attempts from the government, particularly the Prime Minister, to prevent more illegal farm seizures.Farmers across the country have turned to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai …

Construction of Bubi-Lupane Dam has resumed

Construction of the Bubi-Lupane Dam has resumed   after the government released $2, 6 million for   completion of the project. The project, expected to be completed by December, will provide consistent water supply to over 60 000 people in Lupane. Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) Bubi-Lupane Dam resident engineer, Paul Dengu told NewsDay that …