NEC Agricultural Allowances Agreement 24 January 2020
NEC Agricultural Allowances Agreement 24 January 2020
Cottco gets new board since 2016
Cottco gets new board since 2016 Herald 30/1/2020 Business Reporter THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco), the country’s largest financier of the cotton crop, has a new board to be chaired by academic, Dr Abraham Babs Nyoni. Dr Nyoni, a senior lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology will be deputised by …
Double-edged sword of drought, machete gangs
Double-edged sword of drought, machete gangs Herald 30/1/2020 White elephant . . . Nearly three years since Tugwi-Mukosi Dam was commissioned, there has been much talk about coming up with a Master Development Plan, which seems to take eternity to draw Lovemore Chikova, Development Matrix Zimbabwe’s development is anchored on many variables, but mining …
Storm cripples citrus project
Storm cripples citrus project Herald 30/1/2020 Shashe community citrus project agronomist Mr Godman Moyo shows some of the wilting fruit trees. – Pictures: Thupeyo Muleya Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau While drought-prone Matabeleland South has turned to Government-sponsored irrigation schemes, stray elephants and natural disasters like hailstorms have not been kind to them. They have …
Power supply for irrigation improves
Power supply for irrigation improves Herald 30/1/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Irrigation activities in most farming areas have improved following Government’s intervention to prioritise electricity allocation for crop production to boost national food security. However, farmers are calling for an extension of hours and days of power supply. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, …
Don’t panic over locusts: Govt
Don’t panic over locusts: Govt Herald 30/1/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government has advised local farmers not to panic over the desert locusts that have invaded East Africa, as systems have been put in place to monitor their movement. The invasion by the migratory pests poses a threat to food security in the …
Zesa loses 632m units to bad coal
Zesa loses 632m units to bad coal Herald 30/1/2020 Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor Zesa Holdings says it lost about 632 gigawatt hours (632 million consumer units) worth US$54 million last year due to bad quality coal, a claim rejected by the Coal Producers Association. Zesa adds that a further US$1,5 million was spent …
Labour relations training critical for executives
Labour relations training critical for executives Chronicle 30/1/2020 MANY senior managers who sit at Works Council and senior management meetings are not trained in human capital management and as a result do not add much value to the management of employment relations. The managers are instead a source of labour relations problems. Labour relations …
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Delta injects $11m into sorghum farming
Delta injects $11m into sorghum farming 0 January 30, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Delta injects $11m into sorghum farming – NewsDay Zimbabwe January 29, 2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI DELTA Corporation has injected more than $11 million into its Beverages Sorghum Contract Farming Scheme (BSCFS) during the 2019/2020 farming season, as it moves to support local farmers. Delta requires about …
Irrigated maize harvest set for next week
Irrigated maize harvest set for next week Herald 29/1/2020 From Sydney Mubaiwa in CHIREDZI Harvesting of irrigated maize grown by Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe in partnership with the Masvingo Development Trust is set for next week. About 1 500 tonnes of grain are expected to be harvested from over 327 hectares planted. …