Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
CFS Agro launches growers’ scheme By Staff Writer Daily News 10/12/2020 By Emmerson Njanjamangezi SESAME seed contract grower’s firm, CFS Agro, yesterday launched the 2020/21 out-growers’ programme, to provide an alternative cash crop to cotton in the country’s arid and semi-arid regions. The seed’s main product is cooking oil while its by-products can be used …
Poultry sector rebounds By Newsday.Co.Zw – December 10, 2020 ZIMBABWE’S poultry sector registered a 42% growth during the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, after producing an average of 19,5 million day-old-chicks (DoCs), according to Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) chairman Solomon Zawe. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI However, a quarterly average production of …
Time Bank wins land case Herald 10/12/2020 Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter TIME Bank Investment Corporation (TBIC) has won a High Court case in which a former executive of its subsidiary, Mr Oniyas Gumbo, claimed to be a director of and shareholder in the group’s real estate unit, Watermount Estates Private Limited. High Court …
Court confirms reversal of notice dismissals Herald 10/12/2020 Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The statutory changes in labour law made in 2015 after a large batch of workers were dismissed on notice override the common law enunciated in the Zuva Supreme Court judgment of that year, and override it retrospectively, and permanent staff fired …
Farmers protest diesel price hike 0 December 10, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Farmers protest diesel price hike – DailyNews By Emmerson Njanjamangezi THE recent increase in the price of diesel by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulation Authority (Zera) looks set to negatively affect farmers in the ongoing 2020/21 cropping season, the Daily News can report. Zera recently announced a 19 percent …
Meteorological Department warns of flash floods By Godknows Matarutse Daily News 8/12/2020 THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned the public to take necessary precautions as it anticipates heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in certain areas across the country. This comes at a time when the country has been eagerly awaiting the rainy …
Rhino poaching pair gets long sentences By Staff Writer Daily News 9/12/2020 A BEITBRIDGE court has sentenced two men to 21 and 26 years respectively for poaching endangered rhinos in Bubye Conservancy. The duo, Ignatius Maiga (34) of Mthimukuku village and Fanuel Mukucha (33) of Mushamba village in Gokwe had appeared at Beitbridge magistrate’s court …
US$25m earmarked for sesame seed Herald 9/12/2020 Golden Sibanda LOCAL firm, Cashbox Financial Services (CFS), has injected US$25 million to finance production of olive oil seed crop, sesame seeds, in the 2020/2021 season under a contract farming scheme. Group chief executive Benjamin Chimutengo, said the company will distribute inputs to 30 000 farmers across …
Rains swell dam levels, farming activities improve Herald 9/12/2020 Most parts of Bulawayo were yesterday hit by flash floods as heavy rains pounded the city. In the picture people cross the flooded Phekiwe River in Nkulumane suburb. — Picture by Nkosizile Ndlovu Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Water levels are rising in dams as the …
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South Africa-based Zimbabwean couple to capacitate Matabeleland farmers Chronicle 9/12/2020 Anthony and Zandile Matiwaza-Denga Mthabisi Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent A SOUTH Africa-based couple, Anthony and Zandile Matiwaza-Denga, has pledged to donate horticulture seed varieties worth R100 000 to small-holder farmers in Matabeleland provinces to complement Government efforts to improve agricultural productivity in the country. Through …
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