‘Food security key in face of Covid-19’

‘Food security key in face of Covid-19’   Herald 4/6/2020  Vice President Constantino Chiwenga (centre), Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri (right) and Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira listen as Seed Co head of production Mr Farai Zvavamwe explains processes in seed maize production at Mwenezana Estates in …

Boosting community awareness on health and nutrition issues during the COVID-19 emergency

Boosting community awareness on health and nutrition issues during the COVID-19 emergency Herald 4/6/2020   Cynthia Ncube Takudzwa Mutonho, (29) lives in Norton’s Twin Lakes Park – a typical developing low density area in a small town in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province. With only a few families in a street, everyone knows each other, creating …

5 ways COVID-19 has changed workforce management

5 ways COVID-19 has changed workforce management Herald 4/6/2020   The world’s response to COVID-19 has resulted in the most rapid transformation of the workplace. Working from home has become the new normal, and we’ve gone from digitizing the relationship between firm and customer to digitizing the relationship between employer and employee. We have been …

Thieves steal US$50 000 worth of solar panels at Hwange National Park

Thieves steal US$50 000 worth of solar panels at Hwange National Park Chronicle 4/6/2020   Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THIEVES have stolen about US$50 000 worth of solar panels installed to pump water for wildlife in at Hwange National Park. The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has offered a reward of …

Labour Matters: Working from home & discipline

Labour Matters: Working from home & discipline Chronicle 4/6/2020   Davies Ndumiso Sibanda WORKING from home is fast becoming a new normal and with it we are beginning to see disciplinary cases related to employees working from home. For people working from home, the starting point is to distinguish the type of contract they are …

142 000 Matabeleland South households in need of food aid

142 000 Matabeleland South households in need of food aid  Chronicle 4/6/2020   Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent NEARLY 142 000 households in Matabeleland South Province are in need of food aid under the drought relief programme as the number of vulnerable households continues to rise due to the effects of drought and Covid-19. Speaking during …

Mid Zambezi valley biodiversity project receives Global Environment Facility (GEF) Vehicles

Mid Zambezi valley biodiversity project receives Global Environment Facility (GEF) Vehicles By Myles Matarise 2/6/2020 Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw The “Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management and Climate-Smart Landscapes in the Mid to Lower Zambezi Region of Zimbabwe” project received a donation of  Global Environment Facility (GEF) Vehicles in Harare yesterday. The minister of environment …

Govt debts cripple small-scale grain millers

Govt debts cripple small-scale grain millers By Newsday – June 2, 2020 GOVERNMENT is yet to settle outstanding subsidy payments to grain millers, a situation threatening the viability of the struggling sector in the face of inflationary pressures facing the wobbling economy. BY NQOBANI NDLOVU This is contained in a letter dated May 27 by the Small-to-Medium …

2021 tobacco season preparations begin

2021 tobacco season preparations begin   Herald 3/6/2020  Herald Reporter Preparations for the 2021 tobacco production season have began, with irrigated farmers expected to have started sowing seedbeds yesterday. Most irrigated tobacco farmers are contracted growers and get their inputs  timely. However, most smallholder farmers who rely on rain-fed agriculture are expected to start sowing …

Minister commends support for vulnerable groups

Minister commends support for vulnerable groups   Herald 3/6/2020  Minister Shiri Herald Reporters LANDS, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has commended the support provided by corporates to the elderly and vulnerable groups in drought-prone areas of Rushinga District in Mashonaland Central Province. Villagers received tonnes of food hampers from, Hamilton Insurance …