Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Deal where govt pays nothing. Independent – 2/11/2018 Brett Chulu Column LAST week at the invitation of the Compensation Steering Committee (CSC), the official body representing farmers who lost land during the fast-track land reform programme, I met the committee to debate the matter of compensation with a view to finding a way to fund …
Lands ministry seeks $40m to compensate white farmers – NewsDay Zimbabwe 5/11/2018 THE Lands and Agriculture ministry has submitted a $40 million bid in the 2019 National Budget to compensate white former commercial farmers, with the government promising to pay half of the amount, Parliament heard yesterday. BY VENERANDA LANGA Finance ministry director Peter …
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DDF official held for poaching – NewsDay Zimbabwe 5/11/2018 MANICALAND District Development Fund (DDF) boss Robert Chawatama has been arrested in Chipinge over allegations of poaching. BY KENNETH NYANGANI Chawatama (52) was arrested alongside his farm manager Didymus Nyaumwe (59) and supervisor Cephas Chezuro (39). The trio reportedly killed a buffalo worth $8000. Upon …
Vet officers kill 25 livestock at roadblock – NewsDay Zimbabwe 5/11/2018 A 47-YEAR-OLD St Alberts farmer was arrested and four of his cattle were killed and burnt at a police roadblock in Centenary while his Muzarabani counterpart’s 21 goats suffered the same fate yesterday after trying to illegally drive them away from the foot-and-mouth …
Govt suspends duty on live birds, feed importers The Herald 3/11/2018 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government has suspended duty on live birds and specialised bird feed imported by approved importers. Southsea Investments Private Limited, trading as Birds at Thirty, was granted permission to import 9 000 kilogrammes of specialised bird feed per …
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Sowing the seeds of food insecurity The Herald 5/11/2018 Rumbidzai Ngwenya Features Writer FOR Gogo Cornelia Chiriseri (75) of Mabvuku, Harared, the coming of the rainy season means life. For her, it means it’s time to buy seed and prepare the land for cropping. Farming is in her blood and she makes sure …
Climate change will push millions of Africans into poverty: Oxfam The Chronicle 5/11/2018 Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor OXFAM International has warned that the rising temperatures as a result of climate change could plunge millions of Africans into hunger and poverty unless governments take swift action to minimise the impact. The sentiment comes on …
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ZCFU projects 525 percent winter wheat harvest growth The Chronicle 5/11/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) has projected that this year winter wheat harvest will grow by at least 525 percent to 125 000 tonnes on the back of the Command Agriculture programme. In April, Government launched …
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Ministry relaxes maternity leave entitlement The Chronicle 5/11/2018 Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter WOMEN are now entitled to maternity leave within their first year of employment, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Dr Sekai Nzenza has said. She said Government policy allows women to get pregnant as soon as they start work and …
FCZ frets over woodlands 4/11/2018 Source: FCZ frets over woodlands | Sunday Mail (Local News) Tichafara BepeAs Zimbabwe cheers the growing army of tobacco farmers and burgeoning growth in the subsector, a problem is brewing on the farms and plots where production of the golden leaf is taking place. Woodlands and forests, which supply the …