Save Conservancy – Article in the Herald and a Response

Save Conservancy – Article in the Herald and a Response   The Herald, 30th August 2012 Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor   In the past two weeks or so, Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi, south of Masvingo, has hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons, yet when one follows the hullabaloo with a trained ear, …

Mzembi playing politics while I am making dollars — Mahofa

Mzembi playing politics while I am making dollars — Mahofa http://www.dailynews.co.zw Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:16MASVINGO – Former Gutu South MP Shuvai Mahofa, one of the 25 Zanu PF officials accused of forcing their way into the lucrative Save Valley Conservancy, has accused fellow party member and Tourism minister Walter Mzembi of playing politics with the issue. Mahofa …

Zanu PF officials in wildlife bribes scam

Zanu PF officials in wildlife bribes scam http://www.dailynews.co.zw Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:18HARARE – Willy Pabst, the Germany industrialist and hunting enthusiast who has been leading a campaign to save wildlife sanctuary, the Save Valley Conservancy, from occupation by Zanu PF officials has made sensational claims that party stalwarts have been asking for bribes from owners of the targeted …

Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy, Indigenisation And ‘The Lie Of The Land — By Takura Zhangazha

Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy, Indigenisation And ‘The Lie Of The Land — By Takura Zhangazha http://africanarguments.org September 6, 2012 On the surface of it, it would appear that the political dispute over the Save Valley Conservancy in South Eastern Zimbabwe is yet another story of ‘illegal land-grabs’. It must however be said at the onset that this …

Save Conservancy, Zim shoots self in foot

Save Conservancy, Zim shoots self in foot http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Wednesday, 05 September 2012 19:29Tinashe Madava, Senior Reporter THE Zimbabwean political scene is like a tainted tiara. While the country is blessed with vast natural resources, bickering and looting has seen the majority of the country’s population benefiting very little in a sea of abundance.The Save Valley Conser-vancy is the …

Chiefs Waylay Mzembi To Demand For Answers In Conservancy Saga

Chiefs Waylay Mzembi To Demand For Answers In Conservancy Saga http://www.radiovop.com Harare, September 06, 2012 – The Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi was yesterday forced to have an impromptu meeting with angry chiefs who want Zanu PF officials invading conservancies evicted from the Lowveld area. Mzembi met the weary looking chiefs who had been waiting for him …

More ZANU PF Save Conservancy ‘looters’ named

More ZANU PF Save Conservancy ‘looters’ named http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda06 September, 2012 A more detailed list of military officials and top ZANU PF chefs, given concessions in the Save Valley Conservancy, was revealed this week and the list reads like a who-is-who of the Mugabe regime elite. The Conservancy is the current focus of a ZANU …

Zim poachers poison vultures to cover tracks

Zim poachers poison vultures to cover tracks http://www.timeslive.co.za Sapa | 05 September, 2012 08:31 Poachers in Zimbabwe recently poisoned 183 vultures in a single event, in an attempt to cover their tracks, according to a report on Wednesday. Beeld reported that the vultures died after the poachers killed an elephant and smeared poison on the carcass in …

Chiefs want conservancy seizure reversed

Chiefs want conservancy seizure reversed http://www.newzimbabwe.com 03/09/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter CHIREDZI chiefs have demanded that the government reverse the controversial indigenisation of Save Valley Conservancy which has sparked public clashes between cabinet ministers and drawn threats of aid cuts by the European Union. Environment minister Francis Nhema recently directed that owners of the prized 3,400 square-kilometre wildlife reserve in …

Seizure of Save Valley Conservancy, time to draw the line

Seizure of Save Valley Conservancy, time to draw the line Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 3rd September 2012. The goings on at Save Valley Conservancy are disturbing and it is time the coalition government drew the line before the country loses its endangered species and direct foreign investment The GNU should know that the whole world is watching how …