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Mash West targets 35k hectares of wheat Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Correspondent LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri yesterday launched the Mashonaland West Province 2020 winter planting programme with a target of 35 000 hectares at Combe Farm in Zvimba. Minister Shiri said farmers must gear up production as the nation moved …
Buffalo kills Zaka man (72) Herald 17/4/2020 Herald Correspondent A 72-year-old Zaka man who was bathing in a stream was on Wednesday attacked and killed by a lone buffalo. Police identified the deceased as Ephraim Chinyere from Ngwaru village under Chief Ndanga near Muchechetere Secondary School. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula said: “We …
TIMB consults ahead of tobacco sales Chronicle 17/4/2020 Dr Andrew Matibiri Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says consultations are still ongoing to ensure smooth business when the selling season opens next week amid the global pandemic of Covid-19. Speaking by telephone from Harare yesterday, TIMB chief executive officer …
Covid-19 offers lessons for climate change Chronicle 17/4/2020 Emmanuel Koro In just three months, Covid-19 has proven to be one of the fastest moving, most infectious, and deadliest illnesses to confront humankind in the last 700 years. Despite this, medical specialists and an array of scientists have given the world an easy and effective …
Zim imports 245 pig breeding stock to improve pork production Chronicle 17/4/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) has imported 245 high-yielding pig breeding stock from South Africa to improve pork production in the country. VALUE said the breeding stock was delivered in the country at …
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Rise in Bulawayo Covid-19 infections a wake-up call Chronicle 17/4/2020 The Zimbabwe Republic Police descended heavily on errant motorists as many were refused entry into the central business district. The picture taken yesterday morning shows traffic police officers turning back some of the motorists along Fife Street in Bulawayo Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FROM …
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Lockdown Extension? 0 April 16, 2020 4:26 PM Zimbabwe has had a 21-day national lockdown starting on the 30th March 2020 and ending at midnight on Sunday 19th April. The question in most people’s mind is: Will the Government extend the lockdown? Earlier this week President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that the Government will be reviewing the national …
Zim fights taboo against farming drought-tolerant grain – NewsDay Zimbabwe 16/4/2020 Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Thomson Reuters Foundation Now he fears his next harvest will be just as bad, as his crop is already damaged from a dry spell that …
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Govt set to amend Wildlife Act to protect whistleblowers NewsDay 16/4/2020 PARLIAMENT has recommended amendments to the Wildlife Act to provide protection for whistleblowers and ensure stiff penalties for those found in possession of cyanide, a dangerous chemical often used by poachers to poison elephants. BY VENERANDA LANGA In its recent report on elephant …
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Amacimbi harvesters defy lockdown, invade Insiza NewsDay 16/4/2020 Insiza residents have appealed for full enforcement of the 21-day lockdown in the district following a mopane worm harvest rush and an increase in illegal gold panning activities in the area. BY SILAS NKALA Godlwayo Community Development Trust (GCDT) director Nkululeko Tshuma yesterday told Southern Eye that …
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