Agri Alert

AGRI ALERT Several years ago Zimbabwe not only produced enough maize to feed its people but also had surpluses to export. More recently Zimbabwe’s food security position is governed by its inability to attain self-sufficiency in maize production and this position is now set to get worse. Output in 2012 is less than half of …

Elephants and wildlife under severe threat in Chiredzi River Conservancy

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 September 2011 Elephants and wildlife under severe threat by invaders at the Chiredzi River Conservancy in Zimbabwe The Chiredzi River Conservancy, part of the Trans Frontier Conservation Area, is an internationally renowned wildlife conservancy in the south eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. It is once again being over run by …

Elephant crisis situation in Zimbabwe escalates

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 September 2011 Elephant crisis situation in Zimbabwe escalates Urgent intervention needed as authorities threaten to shoot them Escalating land invasions in Zimbabwe are taking their toll on the country’s already decimated wildlife and a herd of 70 elephants on the Chiredzi River Conservancy (CRC) in the south eastern lowveld, …

Press Release – Murder of Farmer

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   27 October 2010   Commercial Farmers’ Union – Zimbabwe   One Zim farmer shot, others forced off land as pre-election violence escalates   The shooting at point blank range of another white farmer in the Selous district of Zimbabwe again highlights the deteriorating situation currently being faced in …

Press Statement – CFU Supreme Court Case

Press Statement   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE CASE NUMBER SC 81/2010   Today the Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) and several of its members made application before five judges of the Constitutional Court in Harare to seek relief against a wide range of flagrant violations of their Constitutional rights.   The CFU considers the …