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BILL WATCH 31/2021 [11th May 2021] Public Health Lock-down Order : Further Amendments Since our last Bill Watch on amendments to the Public Health Lock-down Order [Bill Watch 21/2021 of the 1st April 2021] there have been two further amendments to the Order, published in SI 87A of 2021 [link] and SI 108 of 2021 [link]. …
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Locusts invade Chilonga – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/5/2021 BY VANESSA GONYE VILLAGERS in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi have said that their small grain crops have been ravaged by locusts, leaving very little to fall back on. This development adds to their woes after government recently announced plans to set up an irrigation programme in the …
Sugar industry workers demand wage review – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/5/2021 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA SUGAR industry employees are demanding an urgent National Employment Council (NEC) meeting to come up with new salary scales. The Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Allied Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ZSMAWUZ) has since written to Clemence Muparutsa, the NEC secretary-general, demanding that new salary …
New strategies required to enforce the Plant Pest and Disease Act among tobacco growers Herald 12/5/2021 Dr Dahlia Garwe Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers’ failure to destroy tobacco stalks has prompted stakeholders in the industry to consider other punitive strategies on growers in order to promote compliance. The Plant Pests and Disease Act (Chapter …
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Suspected poaching gang attacks, burns investigator in his vehicle Herald 12/5/2021 Mr Tinashe Farawo Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A gang of unknown suspected poachers allegedly cornered a 28-year-old anti-poaching investigator on Sunday afternoon and burnt him in his car near Matshiloni area, along the road leading Masvingo. The man, who is employed by the …
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26 Chivi families in food security boost from Chombwe Herald 12/5/2021 File picture : Chivi Ward 11 Agritex Officer Mr Forward Masara standing in front of a thriving maize crop at Chombwe Water Scheme demonstration fields in the district. George Maponga in Masvingo A total of 26 families from the Svondo-Gudhe area of Chivi …
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Chilonga US$60m project on course Herald 12/5/2021 George Maponga in Masvingo The US$60 million Chilonga lucerne grass project is on course with the Government continuing consultations with the local community to ensure overwhelming buy-in for the project. This comes as the majority of the people in Chilonga, together with their traditional leaders, recently assured …
Tobacco fine to enforce stalk destruction reviewed Herald 12/5/2021 Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter The fine for not destroying tobacco stalks will be reviewed upwards to US$100 per hectare as stakeholders call for new strategies to ensure farmers adhere to the regulation. The Plant Pests and Disease Act (Chapter 19:08) makes it mandatory for farmers …
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Mash West Agritex officers get 77 bikes Herald 12/5/2021 Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mliswa-Chikoka hands over a prize to one of the winners during the Chinhoyi Green Show in Chinhoyi this Sunday Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau Two local companies yesterday handed over 77 motorbikes to Agritex in Mashonaland West …
Chiredzi farmer fishes a living out of pond Herald 12/5/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor For 15 years armed with a four-pound hammer and a chisel, Clever Dumela, smallholder farmer at Jekero village of the Save area of Chiredzi dug out a well until water gushed out. In this dry and arid …