Agricluture minister Made lied about bumper maize harvest: Mliswa

Agricluture minister Made lied about bumper maize harvest: Mliswa Posted on March 24, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 2 Comments ↓ via Agricluture minister Made lied about bumper maize harvest: Mliswa March 24, 2014 inNewsDay ZANU PF Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa last week accused Agriculture Minister Joseph Made of lying that the country would have a bumper maize harvest this year. Said …

Tobacco farmers see decline in leaf prices

Tobacco farmers see decline in leaf prices Posted on March 24, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Tobacco farmers see decline in leaf prices – DailyNews Live by Frances Harawa  23 MARCH 2014  In years gone by, the chant of the tobacco auctioneer was music to farmers’ ears. That chant, however, had increasingly become discordant following the drop in tobacco quantity, …

ZRA backtracks on Kariba collapse fears

ZRA backtracks on Kariba collapse fears Posted on March 22, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 40 Comments ↓ via ZRA backtracks on Kariba collapse fears 22/03/2014 NewZimbabwe THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) on Thursday backtracked on claims early in the week suggesting Kariba Dam wall was facing collapse which would threaten some 3.5 million people in the sub-region. ZRA officials were quoted saying some …

Kariba dam on verge of collapsing

Kariba dam on verge of collapsing Posted on March 19, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 13 Comments ↓ via Kariba dam on verge of collapsing | Radio Dialogue by Sanele Njini March 19, 2014 A hydroelectric dam bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe threatens the lives of 3.5 million people in the southern African region as it is on the verge of collapsing, local newspaper Zambia Daily …

Is tobacco going the way of cotton?

Is tobacco going the way of cotton? Posted on March 17, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 2 Comments ↓ via Is tobacco going the way of cotton? March 17, 2014  NewsDay Editorial The land reform programme,under which 4 000 white commercial farmers were removed from their properties and replaced by hundreds of thousands of new black farmers, has 14 years on been described as …

Tokwe Mukosi: The untold positive side

New Zimbabwe.Com :: The Zimbabwe News You Trust Tokwe Mukosi: The untold positive side by: Robert Tapfumaneyi CONSTRUCTION of the $200 million dollar Tokwe-Mukosi Dam has been in the media from the day the contractor stationed his equipment at the site to lay the foundations, nearly fifteen years ago. The project, which began in June 1998, …

$16m tobacco auctioned

$16m tobacco auctioned Posted on March 5, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — No Comments ↓ via $16m tobacco auctioned – DailyNews Live 5 MARCH 2014 Zimbabwe has auctioned tobacco worth $16 million since the opening of the 2014 selling season mid-February. The figure, according to statistics from Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb), is up four percent from $15,4 million realised in the same …

Plans afoot for ethanol plant at Nuanetsi ranch

Plans afoot for ethanol plant at Nuanetsi ranch | The Herald Posted on March 5, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Plans afoot for ethanol plant at Nuanetsi ranch | The Herald March 5, 2014 by George Maponga The Zimbabwe Bio Energy has announced plans to set up Zimbabwe’s third ethanol plant at the Nuanetsi ranch in Mwenezi where the firm …

Zim Government urged to recapitalise GMB

Zim Government urged to recapitalise GMB | The Herald Posted on March 4, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 2 Comments ↓ via LATEST: Gvt urged to recapitalise GMB | The Herald March 4, 2014 Government has been urged to re-capitalise the Grain Marketing Board to ensure an attractive producer price is paid to farmers on time in the 2014 grain marketing season, which starts …