Zimbabwe financial advisory firm funds potato farming

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Zimbabwe financial advisory firm funds potato farming http://www.farminguk.com 13-08-2012 10:16 AM A Zimbabwe financial advisory firm has mobilised funding for a potato contract farming scheme for the 2012-2013 season to reduce the country’s dependence on regional imports. Patridge Sibanda, the KM Financial Solutions business development executive, said US$350 000 has been mobilised for the scheme targeting youths aged between …

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Conservancy slams ‘criminal’ handover of hunting permits to ZPF

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Conservancy slams ‘criminal’ handover of hunting permits to ZPF http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell13 August 2012 The Save Valley Conservancy has called the decision to hand over hunting permits to ZANU PF cronies, under the guise of indigenisation, a purely ‘criminal act’ that threatens the future of tourism in Zimbabwe. The government last week issued hunting permits to …

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ZPC urges industry to work at night

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ZPC urges industry to work at night http://www.thestandard.co.zw August 12, 2012 in Business By Kudzai ChimhangwaTHE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has urged the manufacturing industry to take advantage of the excess power available at night after peak power demand hours for production.Speaking at a media briefing last week ZPC chairman Richard Maasdorp said industry must take advantage of …

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Communal farmers shun small grains

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Communal farmers shun small grains http://www.thestandard.co.zw August 12, 2012 in Local By Moses ChibayaCOMMUNAL farmers living in dry Regions IV and V continue to shun growing small grains suitable for their areas, prompting calls for researchers to develop maize varieties that suit those areas.Speaking at a climate change workshop for the civil society and media in Harare recently, …

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6 things I had wrong about travel to Zimbabwe (and 1 I had right)

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6 things I had wrong about travel to Zimbabwe (and 1 I had right)   http://matadornetwork.com   By Ross Borden On August 6, 2012 ·     I was awoken by the sound of a herd of large bull elephants destroying the trees outside the room of my hotel the first night in Zimbabwe. Photo: Author On an 8-day …

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Power shortages to worsen: ZESA

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Power shortages to worsen: ZESA http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 11/08/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has warned that power supply interruptions will increase over the next three months due to maintenance work at Hwange thermal power station. The power station generates about 500MW but maintenance work to increase capacity would temporarily result in the loss of 160MW …

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Agriculture is key to economy: Muchemwa

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Agriculture is key to economy: Muchemwa http://www.theindependent.co.zw By The Independent on August 10, 2012 in Business AGRICULTURE remains the key component in the performance of the economy and should be the basis for any recovery programmes that might be adopted by government, economist Brains Muchemwa told an Ernst & Young Tax and Economic seminar in the capital this …

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Hunting licences for Zim cronies

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Hunting licences for Zim cronies http://www.iol.co.za August 12 2012 at 01:10pmBy Peta Thornycroft Harare – Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF-controlled wildlife ministry has handed out a clutch of hunting licences to its cronies to shoot game in several wildlife conservancies. The move has raised fears among conservationists that the new hunters will decimate the game and also that the take-over by …

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SADC in bid to revive old tribunal

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SADC in bid to revive old tribunal http://www.iol.co.za August 11 2012 at 03:40pmBy Paul Fauvet Maputo – Justice ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), meeting in Maputo, are overwhelmingly in favour of reactivating the SADC Tribunal, which was suspended in 2010. Spokesperson Pedro Nhatitima (head of the Mozambican Legal Aid Institute), said yesterday the great majority …

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Endangered wildlife under threat as hunting is ‘indigenised’

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Endangered wildlife under threat as hunting is ‘indigenised’   http://www.swradioafrica.com/         A rhino butchered in the Save Valley Conservancy By Alex Bell10 August 2012 Endangered animals in Zimbabwe are facing a serious threat from out of control hunting systems, with hunting licences being handed over to ZANU PF loyalists and other party …

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