Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Empowerment law affects US$445m mining project http://www.zimonline.co.za by Caroline Mvundura Thursday 06 May 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest platinum producer Zimplats Holdings has said commencement of a US$445 million project to ramp up production to nearly 300 000 ounces annually was dependent on finalisation of “compliance issues” regarding the country’s controversial black economic empowerment laws. …
Zimbabwe, China in $400 mln power plant deal http://af.reuters.com/ Mon May 3, 2010 3:31pm GMT HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has signed a $400 million agreement with China’s Sinohydro to expand its Kariba hydro electricity plant at a time when rolling power cuts are threatening to dim the country’s economic recovery prospects. Noah Gwariro, the managing …
New twist to Mudenge-war vets land wrangle http://www.thedailynewszw.com/?p=29193 May 3, 2010 By Owen Chikari MASVINGO – Fifty people, most of them war veterans who recently invaded Chikore Farm, yesterday appeared in court charged with illegally settling on a gazetted piece of land in a dramatic twist of events to the farm ownership wrangle between Higher …
RBZ Official Throws Out Farmworkers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sandra Mandizvidza 2 May 2010 ABOUT 80 Chinhoyi families are stranded after they were evicted from Friedwall Farm in Chinhoyi by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Edward Mashiringwane last week. Mashiringwane accused the farm workers of refusing to work for him at the farm he forcibly took …
MDC official’s deaths expose poor disaster preparedness http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 01 May 2010 19:31 THE death of former Gweru Rural Member of Parliament and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary for lands and agriculture, Renson Gasela together with two other party officials in a horrific accident has exposed glaring handicaps in the country’s police and fire …
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Zimbabwe to introduce Indigenisation levy on companies http://www.zimdiaspora.com Friday, 30 April 2010 23:22 Companies with a net asset value of over US$500 000 will soon be levied to sustain the operations of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Fund and finance empowerment programmes. NIEEF was mandated by Government to ensure full implementation of the Indigenisation …
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Tsvangirai continues crop assessment tour http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Saturday 01 May 2010 HARARE – Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday continued his countrywide crop assessment programme touring Mashonaland Central province, at time when the country is facing a 200 000 metric tonne maize deficit. The tour saw the PM visiting Guruve South, Chiweshe, …
Land dispute Murerwa subpoenaed http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:57 A HARARE magistrate has subpoenaed Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Herbert Murerwa after he failed to appear in court three times to testify in a land dispute involving a Beatrice farmer. Courts issue subpoenas to compel a witness to give testimony and Murerwa is supposed …
Zuma rules out farm invasions in SA http://www.thedailynewszw.com April 29, 2010 By Our Correspondent JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that his government will not tolerate the lawless invasions of commercial farms as witnessed in Zimbabwe over the past 10 years. Zuma, however, acknowledged that his administration had to move with speed …
MDC wants independent land commission http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Lizwe Sebatha Wednesday 28 April 2010 BULAWAYO – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has called for the setting up of an independent commission to tackle the country’s divisive land question. The MDC, which last year formed a coalition government with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF, said …