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Govt introduces six command initiatives January 12, 2018 Local News Water, Environment and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri addresses ministers of State for provincial affairs on the six command initiatives in Harare yesterday. – (Picture by Innocent Makawa) Innocent Ruwende Senior ReporterGovernment has introduced six command initiatives and programmes aimed at promoting rigorous environmental practices and sustainable natural …
Tobacco selling season set to delay Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business EditorTHE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says opening of the 2018 selling season is likely to delay due to the late onset of the rains as most of the crop is still in the fields. Under normal circumstances, at this time of the …
Poor households face food crisis: FEWSNET January 11, 2018By Own Correspondent By Nyasha Chingono POOR households face a food crisis, having already exhausted grain stocks by December 2017, the Famine Early Warming Systems Network (FEWSNET) has warned, calling for urgent food aid in affected areas in the southern and northern parts of the country.Whereas a normal …
Parly grills Energy ministry official over fuel prices – January 11, 2018 MINES and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee members on Tuesday grilled Energy ministry secretary, Patson Mbiriri over the high fuel prices in Zimbabwe, which are higher than in neighbouring countries. by VENERANDA LANGA Mbiriri had appeared before Parliament to speak on the $94 million …
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Govt, Tongaat seal Tanganda road deal January 10, 2018 Local News, MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Minister Joram Gumbo Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment is partnering sugarcane giant — Tongaat Hulett and Green Fuel — to rehabilitate the Ngundu-Tanganda Road. Addressing a meeting here last week, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Joram Gumbo said Government had already sealed the deal. “We …
Chiredzi cotton hectarage up 87pc January 11, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Elita Chikwati in ChiredziChiredzi Business Unit farmers have established a cotton crop of 68 000 hectares against a target hectarage of 100 000 hectares. This is an 87 percent increase from the 37 000 hectares that had been established by farmers during the same period last …
‘Beitbridge-Chirundu Road project starts March’ January 11, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Minister Gumbo Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziConstruction of Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Road commences in March, with the contractor — Geiger International — having divided the road into six operating areas. Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Joram Gumbo recently told a Local Authority Retreat Workshop in Chiredzi that Geiger …
Mash Central’s cotton crop satisfactory January 11, 2018 Business The Hlupo brothers inspecting their cotton crop in Chesa, Mt Darwin in the Mashonaland Central Province Business ReporterSEVERAL cotton farmers in Mashonaland Central Province have expressed satisfaction with this year’s crop, describing its condition as “extremely above average”. In separate interviews, cotton growers who benefited from free …
MSD warns of violent thunderstorms January 11, 2018 Local News Nokutenda Chiyangwa Herald ReporterTHE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of violent thunderstorms and sharp downpours in some parts of the country today and urged people to take precautionary measures. These include avoiding outdoor activities as the storms will be accompanied by lightning and heavy winds. In a …
Violent hail strikes again | The Chronicle Whinsley Masara/ Nyaradzo Bakari, Chronicle ReportersA SCHOOL and several homes in Sigola area near Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland South were severely damaged by hailstorms on Tuesday afternoon. The hailstorm struck at around 4PM. At Sigola Primary School a classroom block’s roof was completely blown off and power lines to …