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Tongaat seeks bids for 4 000ha sugar project The Chronicle 21/11/2018 Walter Mswazie in Masvingo SUGAR giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld. The new ambitious project dubbed ‘Kilimanjaro’, is slated for January …
Zesa loses $5 million to vandals The Chronicle 21/11/2018 Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has bemoaned infrastructure vandalism, saying this year alone the parastatal has lost equipment valued at nearly $5 million. Speaking in a telephone interview yesterday, ZESA public relations manager Mr Fullard Gwasira said the theft …
STEVE HANKE EXCLUSIVE: Dollarise now ED govt told Pauline Hurungudo • 19 November 2018 4:52PM • 4 comments Daily News HARARE – Our staff writer Pauline Hurungudo interviews Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at The Johns Hopkins University and senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Over four decades, Hanke has advised dozens of world …
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Vakayi invests in hatchery The Herald 20/11/2018 Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter Venture capital firm, Vakayi Capital, has concluded its second investment project in Zimbabwe that will see a Ruwa-based hatchery doubling its output. The hatchery, ZimAvian (Pvt) Ltd, produces broiler and layer day-old chicks, which it mainly supplies to small-scale poultry farmers. The …
Rains expected this week: MSD The Herald 20/11/2018 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The country is expected to start receiving rains this week, with heavier falls expected from Friday, the Meteorological Services Department has said. MSD senior forecaster Mrs Linia Mashawi yesterday said heavier falls were expected over the weekend starting with the …
Sorghum: Africa’s untapped commercial agricultural potential The Chronicle 20/11/2018 Sinethemba Mafanya SORGhUM has a lot going for it. It’s climate-smart, highly nutritious and we already know how to grow it. If we put the right amount of money and thought behind it, it could also help solve our unemployment woes. The end of …
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Minister explains CSC $130m deal The Chronicle 20/11/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LANDS, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Development Minister, Retired Air Marshal Perrance Shiri, yesterday opened up on the $130 million Cold Storage Company (CSC) joint venture recapitalisation deal, which is expected to rejuvenate operations at the firm. The deal with …
Turn Africa’s cities into vertical farms – NewsDay Zimbabwe 19/11/2018 African cities, according to a World Bank report, are home to 472 million people — almost half of Africa’s total population. This number is expected to double by 2050. guest column: Esther Ngumbi One would expect these African cities to serve as hubs of …
Masvingo jumbo population surges The Herald 19/11/2018 Masvingo Correspondent The elephant population in Masvingo has increased to over 11 000, more than double the province’s carrying capacity, a senior Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority official has revealed. Zimparks director-general Mr Filton Mangwanya last week said the majority of the jumbos were in …
Lantana Camara threatens Great Zim monuments The Herald 19/11/2018 Masvingo Correspondent The Great Zimbabwe Monuments World Heritage Site is under threat from the Lantana Camara plant which is invading the tourist attraction site, threatening its firmness and splendour. The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, with support from the US-funded Ambassador’s Fund for …