A white commercial farmer was chased off his land in Zimbabwe and the manager of a coffee plantation was beaten up by gun-toting men, the owners of the properties told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Thursday....
Last week the capital Harare was reported to have only one fire engine on the road with just a quarter tank of fuel left. Municipal authorities said they were being forced to buy fuel on the black market to keep municipal services operating.
Earlier this month the government hiked the price of diesel and petrol by more than 100%, but the measure has not improved availability. As fuel becomes scarcer, it is reportedly being sold on the black market for as much as Z$120 000 ($4,61) a litre....
More on increase in fuel prices LINK
Harare - Crippling fuel shortages in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo have brought almost all essential services to a halt, the mayor said on Thursday.
Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube said Bulawayo's entire fleet of municipal vehicles was off the road, and burst sewerage and water pipes were left unrepaired....
In the meanwhile, there are threats to confiscate Maize...LINK
ZIMBABWE has threatened to launch Operation Bring Back Maize in a bid to stave off food shortages in the country.
The move demonstrates increasing desperation on the part of authorities to deal with the current food crisis.
Central bank governor Gideon Gono told a parliamentary portfolio committee on agriculture on Tuesday there was a need to raid farmers to recover maize he claimed was being hidden.
“I will suggest that since we are good at operations, we need to launch Operation Bring Back Maize,” he said.
“There is maize in the provinces and it should be brought to the (state-owned Grain Marketing Board). The maize we will recover will be able to fill our silos,” Gono said...
For those who know the hidden history of democide, the way the Ukrainian famine of the 1930's started was when Stalin confiscated all the farmer's stored grain in the Ukraine...alas, that left farmers with nothing to eat and no seed crops...leaving millions to starve...
Similarly, the famine of China's "great leap forward" in the 1960's was accompanied by claims of 'hoarding" and had their army confiscate rice from farmers, leading to a couple million dead...
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