Lifeline for indigenous sugarcane farmers

Lifeline for indigenous sugarcane farmers December 4, 2017 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziOver 200 indigenous sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld have been thrown a lifeline after the Supreme Court set aside an appeal by former Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora against a High Court decision invalidating the withdrawal of offer letters …

Africa now primed for a green revolution

Africa now primed for a green revolution December 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Tom Collins Correspondent On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, told investors: “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” Prime weather conditions, acres of empty space and well-established …

Diesel 50: Switch to clean energy costly

Diesel 50: Switch to clean energy costly December 4, 2017 Business Cars now come complete with emission control devices such like diesel oxidation catalysts, diesel particulate filters etc Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryIn a bid to reduce climate-changing carbon emissions, energy regulator ZERA has outlawed use of a more toxic version of diesel called D500, replacing it …

Zimbabwe white farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit

Zimbabwe white farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit 2017-12-01 08:52  Beatrice – Standing outside the gates of the farmhouse from which he was evicted in 2008, white Zimbabwean Deon Theron knows he will never get his land back. But he does believe that Robert Mugabe‘s fall after almost 40 years in power could lead the new …