Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Millers slash maize price by 50pc May 8, 2015 Business Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterLOCAL millers have slashed the purchase price of white maize by more than 50 percent to as low as $140 per metric tonne following the high influx of imported maize meal which is trading at $310 per metric tonne, the price at which …
Hwange resumes power generation May 7, 2015 Business Business ReporterHWANGE Thermal Power Station is back on line after a weeklong shutdown due to a technical glitch that saw the country’s total power output drop to 801MW from about 1,200MW. According to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)’s power generation report yesterday, Hwange was generating 294MW from zero …
Agricultural diversification: Let’s stop farming same things May 7, 2015 Business Agriculture Column Tapuwa MashangwaWHEN one talks about agriculture, the recipient of the information usually imagines a big farm with irrigation equipment watering maize, tobacco or wheat. If it is not that then some cattle, poultry and pigs being reared on a large scale. There is …
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Govt pays out $5,5m for wheat deliveries May 6, 2015 Local News Cde Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGovernment has paid $5,5 million to farmers for wheat delivered to the Grain Marketing Board last year to boost preparations for this winter cropping season, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has said.Minister Made yesterday said …
Hwange shutdown to worsen power outages May 5, 2015 Business Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterPOWER generation at the Hwange Thermal Station has ground to halt due to a technical glitch resulting in the country’s electricity generation going down to 801 megawatts from about 1,200 megawatts. Hwange Thermal is the largest power plant in the country with a …
Zimbabwe to import 700,000t grain May 5, 2015 Local News Minister Joseph Made Harare BureauThe country needs to import over 700,000 tonnes of maize between now and the next harvest in 2016 to avert food crisis following the dry spell that affected crops in most parts of the country, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph …
Power back on after massive blackout April 29, 2015 in Business ZIMBABWE Electricity Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC) yesterday said it has managed to rectify the problems that caused a massive blackout in the country on Monday. BY VICTORIA MTOMBA In an interview yesterday, ZETDC managing director Julian Chinembiri said the blackout was due to problems …
Govt hands over 250 A1 farm offer letters in Mash East April 30, 2015 in News Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement, on Tuesday handed over A1 farm offer letters to 250 people drawn from all the nine districts in Mashonaland East Province as a revived accelerated land distribution programme continues. by Jairos …
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Land applications go online May 4, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Cde Matiza Senior ReporterMashonaland East has become the first province to establish a website which land seekers can use to apply on-line for land and access essential information without visiting provincial offices in Marondera. Minister of State for Mashonaland East Cde Joel Biggie Matiza, who officiated at …
Loadshedding hits tobacco workers April 30, 2015 Business Abigail Mawonde Harare BureauLOADSHEDDING has hit employees in the tobacco industry amid revelations that Tobacco Processors Zimbabwe is deducting hours lost during power outages from workers’ salaries.At times TPZ sends workers home up to a time when electricity is restored. The company has gone as far as incorporating …