Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
NRZ struggles hit Hippo Valley sugar production By Ambizwo@Newsday.Co.Zw – August 7, 2020 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA SUGAR producer Hippo Valley recorded an 8% decline at 49 425 tonnes during the quarter ended June 2020 from 53 997 tonnes during the same period last year following a reduction in sugarcane milling caused by National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) …
Zim seeks to improve domestic airstrips Herald 13/8/2020 Mana Pools airstrip (above) is one of the tourist areas that government plans to improve connectivity Tawanda Musarurwa Zimbabwe is looking to improve its air connectivity, particularly to a number of domestic tourist attractions, as it seeks to improve the sector’s contribution to gross domestic product …
Drones improve sniffing out poachers Herald 17/8/2020 Herald Reporter THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has started using drones to detect poachers as part of improved and technology-based conservation strategies. Three poachers have been shot dead since ZimParks started using drones. The new technology now enables ZimParks rangers to detect poachers from …
Oilseed export potential to generate sustainable revenue Chronicle 17/8/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWEAN farmers could generate sustainable revenue from growing and exporting sesame oil seed. The cash crop is one of the high value agricultural produce that could add impetus to exports under the sector and help generate the much needed forex for …
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Labour Matters: Online discipline handling — a new normal Chronicle 17/8/2020 Employers and workers have no choice but to embrace online discipline handling as long as Covid-19 continues to claim lives Davies Ndumiso Sibanda LAST year when I wrote about Online Dispute Resolution it seemed way off. However, today a number of disciplinary hearings …
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Land reform and compensation: It’s a difficult chicken-and-egg situation Chronicle 17/8/2020 The Zimbabwe land reform programme has benefitted many indigenous black people whose land had been stolen by the former white settlers Ian Scoones IT has been 20 years since land reform and the issue of compensation for those who lost land has rumbled on. …
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Zimbabwe’s land reform compensation deal agreed at last 0 August 10, 2020 9:41 PM It has been 20 years since land reform and the issue of compensation for those who lost land has rumbled on. The government has always said it was committed to compensation of improvements (and not the land) and this was confirmed in …
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A voice for elephants: Evidence that the Hwange area is still blanketed by corruption – and nepotism 0 August 10, 2020 10:04 PM Still today, six years after leaving Hwange, I receive frequent messages from people around the World asking about elephants, and expressing gratitude to me for writing Elephant Dawn. I am forever grateful to have …
Hwange villagers given 4-months’ eviction notice 0 August 13, 2020 10:35 AM Source: Hwange villagers given 4-months’ eviction notice – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY NQOBANI NDLOVU/RICHARD MUPONDE VILLAGERS in Batoka, Hwange, Matabeleland North province have been given four months to vacate their communal lands to pave way for the establishment of a new township, a replica of Kariba town. …
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Utilise land or lose it — VP Chiwenga 0 August 13, 2020 10:46 AM Source: Utilise land or lose it — VP Chiwenga | The Herald Vice President Constantino Chiwenga speaks to a farmer Mr Sikumbuzo Todhlana (right) while Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube looks on at Chipangayi Farm in Chipinge yesterday. — Picture: Tinai …