Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Gono urges caution on empowermenthttp://www.thedailynewszw.com/?p=28613 April 6, 2010 By Our Correspondent HARARE – Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono on Monday maintained that the recently enacted empowerment regulations were susceptible to abuse by well-heeled officials. His comments appear to have created tension with the architect of the regulations, Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere. Gono, who was speaking …
2010 04 07 – Separation of powers – (Free State farmer Crawford von Abo) http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=105480 …PAUL HOFFMAN: Separation of powers PUBLISHED: 2010/04/07 07:17:51 AM THE recent decision of the Gauteng North High Court in what could be called a preliminary sequel to the long-running campaign by Free State farmer Crawford von Abo to obtain redress …
Zim Journalist Summoned Over Chombo/Chiyangwa Land Stories http://news.radiovop.com 30/03/2010 06:55:00 Harare, March 30, 2010 – Zimbabwean police have summoned a senior freelance journalist Stanley Gama over a story published Sunday exposing massive irregularities and corruption in the acquisition of land by Local Government and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and Phillip Chiyangwa, President Robert Mugabe’s …
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White farmers seize Zimbabwe government property in S. Africa http://news.yahoo.com AFP 1 hr 20 mins ago JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – White farmers whose land was seized under Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s land reforms have claimed a house owned by his government in South Africa, their lawyer said Tuesday. The 2.5-million-rand (338,000-dollar, 250,000-euro) house in the Cape …
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Afriforum takes three more Zimbabwean owned properties http://www.sabcnews.com March 30 2010 , 3:11:00 Afriforum says it is in the process of attaching three other properties on the Cape Peninsula belonging to the Zimbabwean government. The organisation has already attached a property worth R2.5 million in Kenilworth. The money will be used as compensation to farmers …
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SADC Tribunal forgot farmers’ case http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by The NamibianMonday, 29 March 2010 08:02 WINDHOEK — A group of commercial farmers from Zimbabwe and two lawyers who had travelled from South Africa for a hearing before the SADC Tribunal last Wednesday were surprised to find the case had not been put on the roll by …
Villagers face eviction to make way for biofuel cultivation http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda30 March 2010 The construction of a US$600 million ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Manicaland province has ignited a storm of protests and claims that it could result in thousands of families being evicted from the area. The plant, which government says will provide …
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MEDIA STATEMENT AfriForum 30 March 2010 AfriForum attaches luxury property of Zimbabwe in Cape Town The civil rights initiative, AfriForum, today instructed the Sheriff of Cape Town to attach a luxury property of the Zimbabwean government, a 28 Salisbury Road, Cape Town, on behalf of Zimbabwean farmers. This follows after a legal battle spanning several …
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Comment: Hunger, disease are signs of bad governance http://www.thestandard.co.zw Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:14 PEOPLE need not be suffering from, or even dying of, severe malnutrition as is happening in Mberengwa and many other parts of the country that experienced a bad 2009/10 agriculture season. Reports coming from Mberengwa in the southern Midlands show that …
AfriForum embarks upon a civil sanction campaign Media BriefingAfriForum – Pretoria, South Africa26 March 2010 The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe has been at war with its own people for longer than 10 years.During this war against its people, white farmers have been targeted and deprived of not only their property but also their …