Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Rising demand drives up avocado prices in US, Mexico August 3, 2017 Business Business ReporterAccording to Asiafruit Magazine of May 2017, soaring global demand has pushed avocado prices to their highest level in almost 20 years. This follows a reduction in output from major source markets such as Mexico, Peru and Califonia. According to Bloomberg data released in …
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Maize deliveries hit 450 000t August 3, 2017 Business, Uncategorized Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterGrain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board for the 2016 /17 farming season have tripled to 450 000 tonnes compared to the corresponding period, a senior Government has said. Farmers started delivering maize to the GMB in April. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Crop production) Deputy …
RBZ raises travel allowance to $2 000 August 3, 2017 Business Dr Mangudya Africa Moyo Business Reporter—THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the amount of foreign currency an individual can carry outside the country to $2 000 with immediate effect. RBZ had put the limit at $1 000 on May 5 last year. Presenting the Mid-Term Monetary …
The right to be heard and the law August 3, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour MattersMANY workers have been advised by their representatives not to attend disciplinary hearings and in the end find themselves dismissed while absent. At law, when the employer advises the worker of the date, time and venue of the disciplinary hearing, he …
Zimbabwe asks court to enforce seizure of Zimplats mining ground 0 August 2, 2017 4:16 PM Zimplats in January said President Robert Mugabe’s govt had made a fresh bid to compulsorily acquire 27,948 hectares of its mining ground. Source: Zimbabwe asks court to enforce seizure of Zimplats mining ground– Eyewitness Zimplats in January said …
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White Farmer Roger Clinton Faces Prison For “Unlawfully Occupying Gazetted Land” Clinton Rogers Second from left – Clinton Rogers…Far right – Hon Malachi Nkomo Lionel Saungweme | Clinton Rogers (36) has been found guilty of occupying gazetted land without lawful authority. The farmer at Atherstone Farm in West Nicholson, Insiza …
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Man, 83, shot dead, wife tied up for 15 hours in Ballito farm attack 2017-08-02 13:51 Elise Tempelhoff, Netwerk24 Durban – An elderly resident of Glendale Heights, outside Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal, struggled for almost 15 hours to free herself so that she could help her dying husband after they were attacked in their house …
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How to use market intelligence to direct agric finance – NewsDay Zimbabwe MANY developing countries are struggling to direct agricultural financing in more purposeful and moral ways. For instance, if contract farming was the main ticket out of poverty, most farmers who have been contracted to produce cotton, tobacco, sorghum and dozens of other …
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Poachers, animal rights groups curiously benefit from poaching August 2, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Emmanuel KoroI am sure by now Western countries animal rights groups that have continued to position themselves as “supreme” animal “lovers” have sent condolence messages to the South African people, particularly the South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs, following the ruthless killing …
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Zesa pays $8 million to avoid load shedding August 2, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Felex Share, Harare BureauZimbabwe has paid $8 million to Eskom of South Africa and Hydro Cahora Bassa (HCB) of Mozambique to avoid losing 350 megawatts as the country battles to liquidate arrears amounting to over $50 million. Eskom had threatened to switch off Zesa …