Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Dairibord Zim sees improved performance May 25, 2017 Business Mr Anthony Mandiwanza LISTED dairy foods manufacturer Dairibord Zimbabwe Holdings says overall performance for the four months to April 2017 was better than prior year mostly on the back of gains derived from the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016. Briefing shareholders at the group’s annual …
Byo Kraal Irrigation Scheme takes off May 25, 2017 Business Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme chairperson Mrs Veronica Munkuli shows a planter which is one of the equipment that is already on site for the planting of winter crop in Binga on Tuesday. (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Oliver Kazunga recently in BingaBULAWAYO Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga …
Binga croc farm eyes 10% growth May 26, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga recently in BingaBINGA Crocodile Farm has acquired an additional 10 hectares of land to create more space for its over 40 000 reptiles to improve quality of the meat and skins for local and overseas markets. In an interview in Binga, one of the …
Police recover 21 stolen cattle in Gweru May 25, 2017 Local News Whinsley Masara, Chronicle ReporterPOLICE have recovered 21 head of cattle worth about $7 400 in Gweru suspected to have been stolen from Thekwe Farm in Shangani, leading to the arrest of one man while another one is on the run. Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector …
New fuel levy to be introduced May 26, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Walter Nyamukondiwa, Harare BureauTHE Government plans to introduce a fuel levy to finance a new Road Accident Fund that will ensure compulsory compensation of road traffic accident victims, an official has said. The fund will also cover disbursements of funds to victims on compassionate and medical …
Zimbabwe: Evictions, Beatings at Mugabe-Linked Farm By ZimSitRep_M | May 24, 2017 1 Comment Source: Zimbabwe: Evictions, Beatings at Mugabe-Linked Farm | Human Rights Watch May 23, 2017 (Johannesburg) – Anti-riot police have harassed, beaten, and ordered some 200 families off a farm linked to President Robert Mugabe’s family, Human Rights Watch said today. The police affirmed in a court filing …
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Did a shot ‘Presidential’ elephant fall on hunter Theunis Botha in Hwange? By ZimSitRep_M | May 25, 2017 0 Comment We speak to Sharon Pincott. Source: Did a shot ‘Presidential’ elephant fall on hunter Theunis Botha in Hwange? – The Zimbabwean 25.05.2017 Hwange’s hunting sagas go on and on, seemingly endlessly. We speak to Sharon Pincott about Hwange’s latest one, this …
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Zim poultry producers burdened by VAT on inputs, capital investment National Report May 23, 2017By Own Correspondent Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has instructed chicken abattoirs to pay 15 percent value-added-tax (VAT) on all inputs, including capital investments used in broiler production, post statutory instrument (SI) 26A of 2017. …
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Market opportunities for goat producers National Report May 23, 2017By Staff Reporter Goat commercialisation in Zimbabwe goes back to 1968. AT least 97 percent of the national goat herd is owned by smallholder farmers who rarely breed the goats for commercial purposes despite the fact that the country has potential to export goat products. Presenting a …
Africa must industrialise agric sector: AfDB May 24, 2017 in Business AHMEDABAD — Africa must take agriculture as a business and industrialise the sector to accelerate the continent’s growth, African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Akinwumi Adesina has said. BY NDAMU SANDU In his remarks at the opening of the bank group’s annual meetings yesterday, Adesina said …