Dam Levels as at 18-October-2018

Dam Levels as at 18-October-2018 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL DAILY TREND   (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres)     Kariba 64800.00 45142.9 69.7 Tugwi Mukosi 1802.6 1273 70.6 Mutirikwi 1378.08 734.057 53.3 Manyame 480.23 425.41 88.6 Osborne 401.64 301.125 75 Mazvikadei 343.815 318.535 92.6 Manyuchi 309.06 265.324 …

Zim plans to reintroduce land bank

Zim plans to reintroduce land bank Financial Gazette 18/10/2018 Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor The Zimbabwe Land Commission is working on improving the 99-year lease by introducing a basket of rights that will make it bankable. Banks are reluctant to accept the 99-year lease because it is not tradable. Addressing farmers at the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union’s …

Favourable global market spurs Padenga

Favourable global market spurs Padenga – The Financial Gazette Ndakaziva Majaka, Markets Editor 18/10/2018 Padenga chief executive Gary Sharp and some high-end luxury products made from crocodile skin and sold in international retail outlets such Hermès, Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Prada. CROCODILE skin producer Padenga is set to record a revenue increase of at least …

GMB introduces medical aid for farmers 1

GMB introduces medical aid for farmers 1     The Herald 19/10/2018 Martha Leboho The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has introduced a medical aid scheme for farmers to ensure their well-being given their strategic importance to the nation. The parastatal’s corporate communications officer Mr Joseph Katete yesterday confirmed that his organisation now had a medical …

Amtec diversifies into farm equipment

Amtec diversifies into farm equipment     The Herald 19/10/2018 Michael Tome Business Reporter India’s tractor and farm equipment manufacturer Tafe, through AgriMag of South Africa has awarded a distribution licence of its products to Amtec Motors (Zimbabwe). Through the franchise arrangement between Tafe and AgriMag, Amtec is now selling tractors and an assortment of …

Government activates early warning systems to avert hunger

Government activates early warning systems to avert hunger     The Chronicle 19/10/2018 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter Government is consistently monitoring the country’s food security situation with 10 percent of public expenditure having been set aside to fund drought mitigation efforts and avert the effects of El Nino, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement …

Let’s not downplay conflicts: VP Mohadi

Let’s not downplay conflicts: VP Mohadi     The Chronicle 19/10/2018 Auxilia Katongomara in Harare , Chronicle Reporter ZIMBABWE should confront its problems as downplaying conflicts, most of which occur in rural areas, will haunt future generations, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday. The VP said since most conflicts occur in rural areas, there is …