Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s ‘new’ farmers finally start to blossom http://www.mg.co.za/ GODFREY MARAWANYIKA | MAPINGA, ZIMBABWE – Aug 22 2010 06:35 Douglas Mhembere had only a plastic bag in hand when he took over a farm eight years ago under Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s land reforms. “I arrived here with nothing, just buns and a drink in a …
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Sundayview: What next after Tribunal suspension? http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:43 QUITE often in my life I find myself caught by the words my grandfather said one day as we talked about how the world hates the truth. He told me how a boy who ate his guavas at night was disappointed to find …
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Editor’s desk: Can Sadc survive without Zimbabwe? http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:43 We have always known, haven’t we, that Zimbabwe is the big brother in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc)? Coincidentally Zimbabwe and the regional body are both 30 years old. People might want to be reminded that Sadc was born out of …
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Victory for electricity consumers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:09 THE beleaguered Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) on Friday said it will comply with an order from Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) to reduce tariffs and reverse some of the bills it gave to consumers. After a 10-month investigation into complaints that the power utility …
Namibia’s SADC Test http://www.namibian.com.na/ 20.08.10 SEVERAL presidents and leaders of government of countries in the Southern Africa Development Community unsurprisingly pussyfooted around the controversial issue of Zimbabwe this week. If SADC’s new chairperson, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, is to make a mark with his leadership of the regional bloc, he will have to pull the rest …
MP behind land seizure snubs High Court order http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell23 August 2010 An MP behind the illegal seizure of a farm in Somabuhla has snubbed a High Court order protecting the land from invasion, refusing to leave the property on Monday. Last week, Philip and Ellen Hapelt from Grasslands Farm successfully obtained a …
Update on land invasion of Grasslands Farm Somabhula http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Lauren NixonTuesday, 24 August 2010 11:36 On Sunday 22 August 2010, my sister Debbie, her husband Russell, myself and my husband Rob, arrived at the farm house to find my parents and their staff in a terrible state. My mum was sobbing uncontrollably and …
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AfriForum Media Statement 11 August 2010 Victory for Zim farmers in court Zimbabwean farmers supported by AfriForum, have today scored another victory in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, when the court ruled that the government of Zimbabwe is responsible for the wasted costs of an urgent court application erroneously …
Judgement in Zim matter to be delivered tomorrow http://www.newstime.co.za/ Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Judgement will be handed down tomorrow (Wednesday 11 August 2010 at 9:00) in Court 8B of the North Gauteng High Court on whether the Government of Zimbabwe should be penalised with a special order for costs following an earlier abortive urgent application …
UN agencies say 1.7 mln Zimbabweans need food aid http://af.reuters.com Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:05am GMT * Aid still needed despite farm sector recovering * Poverty increases chronic malnutrition in children HARARE, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Nearly 1.7 million Zimbabweans will require food assistance in the 2010/11 season despite the recent recovery of the country’s …
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