South African Grain Information Services 16 April 2020
South African Grain Information Services 16 April 2020
Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme Newsletter February 2020
Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme Newsletter February 2020
CSC faces uncertain future
CSC faces uncertain future Independent 17/4/2020 TROUBLED state-owned meat processor Cold Storage Company (CSC) may be seeing its last days amid revelations its new investor is facing serious challenges in raising the required capital to revive operations. Nkululeko Sibanda In 2018, Boustead Beef was unveiled by the government as the new investor who would run …
Mash West targets 35k hectares of wheat
Mash West targets 35k hectares of wheat Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Correspondent LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri yesterday launched the Mashonaland West Province 2020 winter planting programme with a target of 35 000 hectares at Combe Farm in Zvimba. Minister Shiri said farmers must gear up production as the nation moved …
Buffalo kills Zaka man (72)
Buffalo kills Zaka man (72) Herald 17/4/2020 Herald Correspondent A 72-year-old Zaka man who was bathing in a stream was on Wednesday attacked and killed by a lone buffalo. Police identified the deceased as Ephraim Chinyere from Ngwaru village under Chief Ndanga near Muchechetere Secondary School. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula said: “We …
TIMB consults ahead of tobacco sales
TIMB consults ahead of tobacco sales Chronicle 17/4/2020 Dr Andrew Matibiri Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says consultations are still ongoing to ensure smooth business when the selling season opens next week amid the global pandemic of Covid-19. Speaking by telephone from Harare yesterday, TIMB chief executive officer …
Covid-19 offers lessons for climate change
Covid-19 offers lessons for climate change Chronicle 17/4/2020 Emmanuel Koro In just three months, Covid-19 has proven to be one of the fastest moving, most infectious, and deadliest illnesses to confront humankind in the last 700 years. Despite this, medical specialists and an array of scientists have given the world an easy and effective …
Zim imports 245 pig breeding stock to improve pork production
Zim imports 245 pig breeding stock to improve pork production Chronicle 17/4/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) has imported 245 high-yielding pig breeding stock from South Africa to improve pork production in the country. VALUE said the breeding stock was delivered in the country at …
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Rise in Bulawayo Covid-19 infections a wake-up call
Rise in Bulawayo Covid-19 infections a wake-up call Chronicle 17/4/2020 The Zimbabwe Republic Police descended heavily on errant motorists as many were refused entry into the central business district. The picture taken yesterday morning shows traffic police officers turning back some of the motorists along Fife Street in Bulawayo Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FROM …
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Lockdown Extension?
Lockdown Extension? 0 April 16, 2020 4:26 PM Zimbabwe has had a 21-day national lockdown starting on the 30th March 2020 and ending at midnight on Sunday 19th April. The question in most people’s mind is: Will the Government extend the lockdown? Earlier this week President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that the Government will be reviewing the national …