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LATEST: YW4ED for pig rearing course The Chronicle 22/11/2021 Bongani Ndlovu, Online Reporter Bulawayo province will this week send 25 for a pig rearing course in Norton as a way to empower them under the Young Women for Economic Development (YW4ED) programme. YW4ED was launched by the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, in August this …
Engineers step up CSC Boustead Beef Byo rehab The Chronicle 23/11/2021 Engineers busy doing rehabilitation works at the CSC-Boustead Beef main plant in Belmont, Bulawayo yesterday Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor MEAT processor, CSC Boustead Beef Zimbabwe, says its engineers would work throughout the forthcoming Christmas holiday to expedite the on-going rehabilitation of the Bulawayo factory …
Campfire elects new board – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 20/11/2021 BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA THE Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has elected a new board chaired by Alderman Luka Ndou from Beitbridge. Campfire districts convened in Kadoma to elect a new leadership. Alderman Zoolakes Nyathi from Bulilima district was elected the vice-chairperson. Other …
TIMB demands proof of inputs distribution from contractors The Herald 22/11/2021 Marytise Vambayi Herald Reporter The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) which validated the value of inputs and quantities given to farmers has demanded proof from contractors that they gave farmers the agreed quantities, as it moves to curb corruption and fraud. TIMB is …
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CSC to process meat by-products The Herald 22/11/2021 CSC investor Bousted Beef intends to start processing by-products from meat to produce raw materials required by other industries Business Reporter Boustead Beef, the investor working on reviving Zimbabwe’s largest meat processor, Cold Storage Company (CSC), will soon start processing by-products from meat production at its Bulawayo …
Garlic transforms lives in Gutu The Herald 2/112/2021 Gutu Central legislator and Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Winston Chitando has been in the forefront of promoting garlic farming in his constituency Africa Moyo recently in GUTU The garlic export programme initiated by Gutu Central constituency legislator, Cde Winston Chitando, has expanded to include more …
No payment, no electricity — Minister The Herald 22/11/2021 Acting Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter The Government has directed Zesa Holdings to immediately institute measures to recover $15 billion it is owed by its clients in unpaid electricity bills. Under the directive only paying customers should get power. …
Urban hydroponics farmers beat water challenges The Chronicle 22/11/2021 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief IN the backyard of a house in one of the oldest suburbs in Gweru, Ascot, a 44-year-old mother of two is using hydroponics to grow vegetables. Ms Shelter Saidi, a vendor in the suburb always had a passion for farming but …
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales The Chronicle 22/11/2021 Nqobile Tshili/Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Chronicle Reporters TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system. Communities living near national parks are allocated a number of elephants among other wildlife that they sell to develop their …
NEW: What African countries got out of COP26 The Sunday Mail 20/11/2021 Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla The 26th United Nations climate change conference, COP26, recently came to an end, having aimed to get countries united in the fight against climate change. Climate change issues are likely to hit African countries the hardest though the continent is …