Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Picture bleak for SA’s drought-ravaged grain farmers Engineering News and mining weekly By: Tracy Hancock 12 February 2015 The next 14 days will determine the fate of South African food prices over the next 12 months as the summer grains, namely maize, sunflower and soya beans, are in a “critical stage”, Grain SA CEO …
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Dry spell drives up SA maize prices Agri Africa 10 February 2015 A dry spell in South Africa’s maize belt is threatening the overall crop, causing prices to spike. There are fears that a lack of rain in the next two weeks will diminish the size of the coming crop and result …
SOUTH AFRICA – GRAIN SA UPDATE ON DROUGHT 12 Feb 2015 A group of Executives and Grain SA staff members took an aerial survey of the North West Free State and the North West Province early this morning. “The summer grains (maize, sunflower and soya beans) are in a critical stage and the next …
What’s In Store For Us? Peter Gambara 19 Feb 2015 THE summer season is almost three quarters gone and a lot of stakeholders are eager to know what’s in it for them.Some of the questions stakeholders are now asking are; will there be good maize harvests? Will it be enough to feed the country without the …
A Wildlife Paradise 18 Feb 2015 Cyril Zenda THEY say Christmas comes once a year. So when in early January, Archwell Maramba, a 58-old villager from Zimunya communal lands, ecstatically accepted a special gift from his friends, what he was not sure about was whether it was a very early Christmas present for the brand …
War Veterans Demand Share Of Save Conservancy 19 Feb 2015 MASVINGO — The Save Valley Conservancy saga has taken a new twist with the boisterous former fighters of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle demanding pieces of land in the acclaimed wildlife sanctuary.The demands were part of the resolutions made here by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans …
Editorial Comment: CSC re-capitalisation crucial for its revival February 19, 2015 Opinion & Analysis IN his monetary policy statement last week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya singled out the revival of the Cold Storage Company as one of the critical planks upon which the overall resuscitation of the country’s economy hinges. Over the …
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Mzembi reflects on the Zim economy February 19, 2015 Business Walter MzembiJust woken up and am reflecting on some elements of the Zimbabwe economy and its composition seems to run as follows and this is by no means exhaustive: 1) A fast shrinking heavily taxed or taxed to extinction formal sector . . . pays the …
Corruption: A cancer eating into Zimbabwe February 19, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Conrad Gweru CorrespondentVice President Emmerson Mnangwagwa recently noted that, “ . . . the prevalence of corruption and fraudulent activities in our society is unacceptable and can only derail the efforts that are in place to achieve the goals set out in the Constitution.” The …
Govt urged to compensate farmers February 19, 2015 Local News Farirai Machivenyika Senior ReporterGovernment has been asked to pay the current market price for outstanding payments for maize delivered to Grain Marketing Board during the 2013-2014 marketing season. This was said by legislators when officials from the Agricultural Marketing Authority appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Mechanisation …