ZETDC announces shock 50 percent tariff increase to be reviewed monthly 

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ZETDC announces shock 50 percent tariff increase to be reviewed monthly  1  September 24, 2020 11:45 AM HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Wednesday raised electricity tariffs by 50 percent, as it warned there would now be tariff reviews every month in line with inflation and currency exchange rate movements. Source: ZETDC …

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Does Zimbabwe need an elephant cull?

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Does Zimbabwe need an elephant cull?  0  September 25, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Does Zimbabwe need an elephant cull? | TheArticle (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) At least 50 people and hundreds of livestock have been killed in recent months in communities surrounding Zimbabwe’s biggest game park. The source of the trouble has been the local …

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Locust control operations stepped up

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Locust control operations stepped up  Herald 24/9/2020   Sifelani Tsiko Agric & Environment Editor Locust control and prevention management campaigns have been stepped up in Masvingo Province where locust outbreaks were reported in June. Mr Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Research Services Institute, said recently that the training of agricultural …

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Low tariffs bleed Zesa

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Low tariffs bleed Zesa   Herald 24/9/2020  Fungi Kwaramba Political Editor DELAYS in reviewing electricity tariffs to be cost reflective have left the country’s power utility ZESA in huge debt and threatening to bring back power cuts that had become a thing of the past. Already, suppliers of coal are threatening to stop supplies owing …

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Mashonaland East targets 20 000ha irrigated tobacco

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Mashonaland East targets 20 000ha irrigated tobacco    Herald 23/9/2020 Rutendo Rori Correspondent Farmers in Mashonaland East have started transplanting irrigated tobacco, with the province targeting 20 000 hectares. This was said by provincial Agricultural Extension Services officer Mr Leonard Munamati. Farmers, he said, had so far established seedbeds that could cover 12 000 hectares. …

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Farmers go a gear up as seed uptake increases

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Farmers go a gear up as seed uptake increases Herald 23/9/2020   Ivan Craig Agriculture Reporter The uptake of inputs, particularly seed, has increased as preparations for the forthcoming summer cropping season intensify. Beneficiaries of Government input schemes and the banks’ sponsored Command Agriculture have begun receiving inputs while self-financed farmers are busy procuring seed …

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Hwange tourism players form conservation association

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Hwange tourism players form conservation association  Chronicle 23/9/2020   A tourist takes to the dance floor as traditional dance group, Pezhuba Pachena entertains visitors at the Hwange National Park Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter PLAYERS in the tourism sector around Hwange National Park have formed an association aimed at promoting sustainable conservation and marketing “Destination …

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Govt committed to Bulawayo Kraal development

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Govt committed to Bulawayo Kraal development  Chronicle 23/9/2020   Bulawayo Kraal overnight water storage dam. Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE rate with which Government is moving in implementing works at the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga District, reflects the serious approach to development and commitment towards creating employment and alleviating poverty through transforming the …

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Indigenisation law ill-conceived: Zanu PF

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Indigenisation law ill-conceived: Zanu PF  1  September 22, 2020 8:25 AM Source: Indigenisation law ill-conceived: Zanu PF | Newsday (News) BY BLESSED MHLANGA GOVERNMENT rolled out an ill-conceived indigenisation policy for political expediency during the late former President Robert Mugabe’s era, Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has said. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters in Harare …

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