Wed, Jan 13, 2010
The North Gauteng Supreme Court in Pretoria this afternoon granted permission to three Zimbabwean farmers, represented by AfriForum, to start with a legal process against the Government of Zimbabwe. This legal process entails having the ruling of the Southern African Development Community (SADEC) registered and enforced in South Africa.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - Three Zimbabwe farm owners who have been violently ousted from their farms are seeking to enforce their rights in terms of SA Development Community (SADC) Tribunal rulings through a South African court.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
Many Zimbabwean farmers face the risk of another poor maize season due to widespread shortages of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, a key input.Agriculture Minister Joseph Made told the state-controlled Herald newspaper in a report published Tuesday that the government was scaling up imports of fertilizer from Zambia, Malawi and South Africa
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
BULAWAYO – A serious shortage of fertilizer has hit Zimbabwe’s farming sector sparking fears of another poor harvest in a country that has experienced acute food shortages for most of the past decade, a farmers’ organisation said on Monday.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
PM Tsvangirai's party said the divisive issue of continuing takeovers of white-owned commercial farms under the guise of land reform might be added to the other outstanding issues under discussion in Harare reports VOA
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Gold production in Zimbabwe jumped 35% in 2009 to 4.2 tonnes the country's chamber of mines said yesterday. This may seem a big increase but it is still only a fraction of the country's peak output of around 30 tonnes a year. Indeed Zimbabwe produced as much as 27 tonnes of gold as recently as 1999 and has the geological potential perhaps to exceed its old peaks given ideal domestic political and economic circumstances, which still seem as far off as ever.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Johannesburg - The civil rights movement AfriForum will launch an urgent bid at the North Gauteng Supreme Court to cite the Zimbabwean government as a party to a court application against the country.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Harare — INTENSE infighting within Zanu PF over control of the Marange diamonds stalled the planned sale of diamonds on Thursday and is frustrating proper mining operations of the precious mineral, sources told The Standard last week.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010
Zimbabwe's government on Thursday halted the sale of diamonds from its controversial Marange fields, saying the process would only go ahead under international supervision.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
MBANDA Diamonds Mining, a company authorized by government to mine diamonds in Chiadza, has announced that over 300 000 carats of diamonds will go on sale Thursday at the newly converted diamond processing facility at the Harare International Airport reports Radio VOP.
Thu, Dec 31, 2009
HARARE — Zimbabwe is considering mortgaging its mineral wealth to offset the country's 5.4 billion dollar debt owed to multilateral donor agencies, a government report says.
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