Category: Politics (archives)

ZANU PF forcing resettled farmers to join party structures http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda04 October 2012 Resettled farmers in many districts of Chimanimani are being forced to join ZANU PF structures, or risk losing the land they were given and being sent back to their original home. Local activist, Peter Chogura, reported that the strategy being used by …

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Time to rethink large scale commercial agriculture http://www.thestandard.co.zw September 30, 2012 in OpinionThere is a reticence among academics and social commentors in Zimbabwe to wholeheartedly endorse the principles and practice of large-scale commercial farming.Sunday View by Bruce Gemmill This can, in large measure be attributed to a lingering belief that large-scale commercial farming was a colonial construction favouring …

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Green Fuel dispute political: ARDA boss http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 05/09/2012 00:00:00by Brian Paradza THE dispute over the US$600 million Green Fuel project is political, ARDA boss Basil Nyabadza has said, adding the MDC-T was determined to see the company to collapsing because they believe it is a Zanu PF project. Production at the firm’s Chisumbanje ethanol plant stopped several …

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White commercial farmer faces eviction http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Pindai DubeSunday, 22 July 2012 09:52 BULAWAYO – One of the few remaining white commercial farmers Dudley Rodgers of West Nicholson in Matabeleland South faces eviction from his farm after allowing an MDC rally to be held adjacent to his Olympus farm. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday …

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Bill Watch 30/2012 of 9th July [Parliament Resumes for HRC and Electoral Bills and Mid-Term Financial Statement]   BILL WATCH 30/2012 [9th July 2012] Both Houses of Parliament resume sittings on Tuesday 10th July Last Few Sittings of this Session Parliament’s sitting calendar was extended to put in extra July sittings this week and next week to accommodate: …

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Sata’s US $50 Million Campaign Maize for Mugabe Rejected http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Zambia Report 11 hours 7 minutes ago Zambian President Michael Sata’s more US $50 million maize ‘donation’ to Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe for election campaigns has been rejected as gross interference in that country’s internal affairs. Writing for Bulawayo24, Wright Musoma has asked Sata to stay away …

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Bill Watch 25/2012 of 11th June [HR Commission Bill & Electoral Amendment Bill on Agenda]   BILL WATCH 25/2012 [11th June 2012] Both Houses of Parliament will meet on Tuesday 12th June President has Not Repealed Unconstitutional SIs [including SI on New Mining Fees] No notices have been gazetted by the President to repeal SI …

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  Zimbabwe’s Implementation Panel ‘Snubs’ SADC-Appointed Officials http://www.voanews.com/ 12 June 2012 Jonga Kandemiiri & Blessing Zulu | Harare, Washington Zimbabwe’s Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee on Monday snubbed two members seconded by the Southern African Development Community to help monitor the political situation in Harare ahead of general elections at a date yet to be announced. The two, …

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Two SADC Officials Join Jomic http://www.radiovop.com Harare, June 12, 2012 – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has seconded its two representatives to Zimbabwe’s Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic), putting paid to months of Zanu (PF)’s resistance to have foreigners drafted into the multi-party group. The two are Ambassador David Katye from Tanzania and Colly Muunyu, a …

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Luanda was a Game Changer During the struggle to restore democracy and respect for basic rights in Zimbabwe over the past 12 years, we can point to many significant events that have changed the game on the field in a significant way. I can think of some and here are selected items: The referendum and elections in 2000 …

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