Government to Distribute Planting Vouchers to Vulnerable Farmers

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Government to Distribute Planting Vouchers to Vulnerable Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ 08 November 2011 Each Zimbabwean farmer considered to be vulnerable will receive 10 kilograms of maize seed, one 50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of ammonium nitrate fertilizer Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington The Zimbabwean government says it is printing more than one million vouchers to …

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Green Fuel launches ethanol-blended petrol

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Green Fuel launches ethanol-blended petrol http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 09/11/2011 00:00:00 by Gilbert Nyambabvu GREEN Fuel — a US$600 million bio-energy development in the eastern Chisumbanje district — has launched ethanol-blended with petrol on the local market in a development expected to cut fuel costs for motorists and help reduce the country’s fuel import bill. The fuel was available at selected …

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War Vets Languish In Prison Over Land Dispute

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War Vets Languish In Prison Over Land Dispute http://www.radiovop.com Masvingo, November 09, 2011– 33 war veterans were yesterday arrested by police for allegedly defying a court order to vacate Chikore farm involving a land dispute with Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Stan Mudenge, despite having appealed against the court order. The war veterans are representing more than 60 …

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Zimbabwe Plans Six Hydroelectric Generators, Newsday Reports

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Zimbabwe Plans Six Hydroelectric Generators, Newsday Reports http://www.bloomberg.com By Brian Latham – Nov 9, 2011 4:37 PM GMT+1000 Zimbabwe will need $30 million to build six hydroelectricity generators to ease power shortages in the country, Newsday said, citing Deputy Energy Minister Hubert Nyanhongo. The hydropower generators will produce between 1 and 5megawatts of electricity each, Harare-based Newsday said …

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Sudden power shut down at Kariba, Hwange

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Sudden power shut down at Kariba, Hwange http://www.swradioafrica.com Posted by admin on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in ZESA, Zimbabwe politics A statement from Richard Maasdorp, chairman of the Zimbabwe Power Company, has said that there was s sudden “shut down” of both of Zimbabwe’s major sources of generation at 0625 hours Wednesday 9th November (Kariba and Hwange). The …

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ZESA to increase tariffs by nearly 50%

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ZESA to increase tariffs by nearly 50% http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda09 November, 2011 A shocking 47 percent increase in electricity charges is being planned by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), after already raising tariffs by 31 percent earlier this year. The troubled parastatal said they needed an estimated $2.5 billion for construction and rehabilitation of the Kariba and …

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Prosecutors resume strike

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Prosecutors resume strike http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Godfrey MtimbaTuesday, 08 November 2011 10:33 MASVINGO – Prosecuters in the country will today resume their job action after negotiations with government over a possible pay rise failed to yield results. The prosecutors grouped under the Zimbabwe Law officers Association (Ziloa) said they will re-launch their strike action which was suspended last month to …

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Tongaat Hulett support for Zimbabwe sugar cane project

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Tongaat Hulett support for Zimbabwe sugar cane project 4 November 2011 | 14:50pm StockMarketWire.com – Zimbabwe vice-president Joice Mujuru has visited a sugar cane farming community project which is being supported by Tongaat Hulett. The project aims to help private farmers increase their supply of sugar cane to 1.4 million tons (equivalent to 180,000 tons …

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A Million Face Hunger As Zimbabwe Fails to Provide Seeds to Farmers

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A Million Face Hunger As Zimbabwe Fails to Provide Seeds to Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ 04 November 2011 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network earlier this week warned that one in 10 Zimbabweans will need food aid through year’s end, more in early 2012 as the so-called hunger season develops before harvest Violet Gonda | Washington Parts of Zimbabwe …

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No Seeds for Zimbabwean Farmers

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No Seeds for Zimbabwean Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ November 04, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Zimbabwe’s summer rains have started but many peasant farmers have no seed to plant crops and many families, particularly in the south of the country, are desperately hungry because their crops failed last year.  The Solidarity Peace Trust produced a detailed report this week about …

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