Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s drought grips cattle, wipes out grazing 0 November 2, 2019 9:07 PM Source: Zimbabwe’s drought grips cattle, wipes out grazing – EyeWitness News Officials say more than 4,500 cattle have so far died in Matabeleland south province. Mount Carmel’s newly-appointed manager Simon Shema, 60, poses at the farm in Chegutu, a 1200 hectare commercial farm about 107 …
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OPINION: As drought hits, Zimbabweans are going hungry 0 November 2, 2019 9:44 PM But efforts to boost food security, health and nutrition in Zimbabwe’s cities could have a big payoff Source: OPINION: As drought hits, Zimbabweans are going hungry – Reuters * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of …
Land preps begin . . . As farmers start dry planting 0 November 3, 2019 8:45 AM Source: Land preps begin . . . As farmers start dry planting | The Sunday News November 3, 2019 Land preparations for the farming season have started along Bulawayo-Nkayi road in Umguza District plots Mollet Ndebele and Sinokuthaba Dube, Farming Reporters FARMERS, both …
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Kariba faces decommissioning 1 November 3, 2019 9:11 AM Source: Kariba faces decommissioning | The Sunday News 3 NOVEMBER 2019 Munyaradzi Musiiwa/Peter Matika, Sunday News Reporters POWER company Zesa, has recorded its lowest power generation capacity at Kariba in years amid fears that the country’s main source of electricity could be decommissioned this month. According to statistics posted at Zimbabwe …
Call to declare Matabeleland South drought a disaster 0 November 3, 2019 9:28 AM Source: Call to declare Matabeleland South drought a disaster | The Sunday News 3 NOVEMBER 2019 Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter THE Zanu-PF provincial leadership in Matabeleland South will soon petition the Government to declare the drought in the province a State of disaster. This was …
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Poultry output down 28% in Q3 By Newsday – November 1, 2019 ZIMBABWE’S poultry sector recorded a 28% drop in output after producing about 16,8 million broiler day-old chicks in the third quarter of the year, with players attributing the decline to high input costs, an industry official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Zimbabwe Poultry Association …
Chasi proposes 30-year sentence for Zesa vandals 2 October 29, 2019 5:15 PM Source: Chasi proposes 30-year sentence for Zesa vandals | Herald (Top Stories) Minister Chasi Leroy Dzenga Herald Reporter Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has proposed a 30-year mandatory prison sentence for vandalising ZESA infrastructure. This comes after the power utility has suffered losses …
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Why Zimbabwe’s consumers favour tough end-of-lay hens to tender broilers 0 October 29, 2019 10:11 PM Source: Why Zimbabwe’s consumers favour tough end-of-lay hens to tender broilers | The Poultry Site Despite an uncertain economic climate, and having recently been hit by avian influenza, Zimbabwe’s domestic poultry market is growing rapidly – and consumers’ taste for end-of-lay hens …
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Outcry over exorbitant electricity charges 4 October 29, 2019 10:47 PM Source: Outcry over exorbitant electricity charges – NewsDay Zimbabwe October 29, 2019 BY TAFADZWA MHLANGA Consumers are angry over the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority billing, amid fears that the power utility is charging more than what is being used on the prepaid meter system. Since the Zimbabwe Electricity …
Zimbabwe hikes fuel prices 12%, hitting inflation-weary consumers 0 October 30, 2019 10:09 AM Source: Zimbabwe hikes fuel prices 12%, hitting inflation-weary consumers – Reuters HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has raised the price of petrol and diesel by 12%, the second increase this month, the energy regulator said on Tuesday, piling more pressure onto consumers hit by soaring …
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