Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco rebound could go up in smoke 2010 07 02 – The Zimbabwe Independent 2010 07 02 http://www.theindependent.co.zw/business/27045-tobacco-rebound-could-go-up-in-smoke.html Thursday, 01 July 2010 18:59 POOR prices, shortage of wrapping paper and high input costs threaten the rebound of tobacco production next season, farmers have said. Farmers are holding on to their tobacco, anticipating an increase …
Coffee output plummets 2010 07 02 – The Zimbabwe Independent 2010 07 02 http://www.theindependent.co.zw/business/27059-coffee-output-plummets.html Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:21 ZIMBABWE’S coffee production has hit a record low since Independence following the chaotic land reform exercise that reduced coffee growing estates to four from 120. Statistics gathered after a high level coffee stakeholder conference held …
Zim land reform myths: Beyond false binaries Zimbabwe Independent Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:45 PROFESSOR Ben Cousins (“Time to ditch the ‘disaster’ scenarios,” Mail & Guardian, May 21) may well be correct that the stereotypical portrayal of land reform in Zimbabwe as a “total failure” is unhelpful. Yet his challenge to this crude media …
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SA farmer arrested & evicted from Chipinge farm SW Radio Africa News Stories for 02 July 2010 By Alex Bell 02 July 2010 Yet another South African farmer in Zimbabwe, meant to be protected by a bilateral investment protection agreement, has been evicted from his farm, following his unlawful arrest and detention on Thursday. Mike …
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Zimbabwe to buy maize from Zim farmers in Zambia SW Radio Africa News Stories for 01 July 2010 Tererai Karimakwenda 01 July 2010 While farms that were once highly productive lie idle under the new ownership of ZANU-PF officials and cronies, Zimbabwe is in the process of negotiating a deal to import maize from neighboring …
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ZESA seeks US$400m from Chinese bank by Own Correspondent Tuesday 29 June 2010 CAHORA BASSA . . . Zimbabwe is importing 150MW from Mozambican hydro power plant HARARE — Zimbabwean energy utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings, on Monday said negotiations were still underway with a Chinese bank to provide US$400 million to boost …
Farm abuses documentary steals show at ILO The Zimbabwean Written by TAPIWA ZIVIRA Friday, 25 June 2010 16:18 SWITZERLAND – A video documentary highlighting the atrocities committed on Zimbabwe’s farm workers was the centre of attraction at the Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival held on the sidelines of the International Labour Conference last week. Produced …
Ambassador Mr Marchal at the opening of the stakeholder conference on Coffee in Mutare. EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE High level Coffee stakeholder Conference Mutare, 25 June 2010 Address of Ambassador Xavier Marchal Head of Delegation of the European Union This is one of my last formal event, …
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Police Impound Porusingazi truck Tangai Chipangura Police on Monday stopped the sale of 30 tonnes of maize by Ernest Porusingazi, son of a powerful Zanu PF official in Manicaland after a report had been made by a dispossessed white farmer that the maize had been stolen from his farm. Police impounded the 30 tonne truck …
Zimbabwe stops seizure of central bank assets Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:37pm GMT * Government orders end to property auctions * Minister decries asset stripping by “vultures” * Curator may be appointed to manage bank debts By Cris Chinaka HARARE, June 20 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has ordered creditors owed millions of dollars by its bankrupt …