Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Desperate appeal to SA government over land attacks http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell04 August 2010 A South African farming family in Zimbabwe has made a desperate appeal to Jacob Zuma’s government to intervene in a worsening invasion of their property. Philip and Ellen Hapelt from Grasslands Farm in Somabhula have been fighting for several months to …
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Bakers, millers fight over govt decision on flour VICTORIA MTOMBA – Jul 29 2010 11:20 Zimbabwe’s 2010/11 wheat production warning early this month upset the local milling industry, but not to the same degree as government, which passed a decision to keep import duty on flour flat in its budget …
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Boost Cross-Border Trade for Food Security http://www.ipsnews.net Lewis Mwanangombe LUSAKA, Aug 3 (IPS) – Small-scale traders on either side of the Mwami Border Post between Zambia and Malawi are key to meeting local demands that larger importers do not. During acute food shortages in Malawi during the drought in the early 1990s, small-scale traders brought …
Malawi feeds hungry Zimbabwe http://www.africanews.com Posted on Tuesday 3 August 2010 – 12:29 Mtheto Lungu, AfricaNews reporter in Lilongwe, Malawi The Government of Malawi has approved export of 300,000 tonnes of maize to Zimbabwe. The International Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FewsNet), however, projects 1.5 million Malawians could face food shortage from next …
Farmers move to recover legal costs http://www.iol.co.za August 03 2010 at 01:16AM Johannesburg – Three farmers whose farms were seized by the Zimbabwean government will apply for a special order to recover legal costs in the Pretoria High Court, their attorney said on Monday. The farmers would launch the application against the Zimbabwean government …
Farmers move to recover legal costs http://www.iol.co.za August 03 2010 at 01:16AM Johannesburg – Three farmers whose farms were seized by the Zimbabwean government will apply for a special order to recover legal costs in the Pretoria High Court, their attorney said on Monday. The farmers would launch the application against the Zimbabwean government …
South Africa questions SADC’s legal reach http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell03 August 2010 Concern is being raised over the South African government’s intention to seek a legal opinion on the legal reach of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over Zimbabwe’s refusal to honour the SADC Treaty. The SADC Tribunal in 2008 ordered the Zimbabwean government …
Teachers Again Targets of Intimidation in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process http://www1.voanews.com The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe charged that a new wave of violence is rising against teachers under ‘Operation Vharamuromo,’ Shona for ‘Operation Close Your Mouth’ intended to suppress non-ZANU-PF views Patience Rusere and Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington DC 02 August 2010 Zimbabwean teachers …
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Zimbabwe – Germany shows what can be done in Zim http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk 02 Aug 2010 The Zimbabwe government ordered an armed gang off three agricultural plantations in the east of the country, belonging to German national Heinrich von Pezold, after Germany threatened to withdraw aid to Zimbabwe. On the same day in Chipinge, South African citizen …
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Dog-eating Chinese given warning for animal cruelty http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell02 August 2010 Animal welfare activists have expressed their outrage after a Chinese national, accused of cruelly killing at least three dogs, was let off with nothing more than an official police warning. The Chinese man was taken into police custody last weekend after investigations …
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