Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
US$200m RBZ scam: Judge’s divorce ruling opens can of worms | | Masvingo Mirror RASHID SAIDI 28/7/2020 Matthew Takaona Masvingo – A little known divorce case presided over by Justice Garainesu Mawadze in 2012 has become a source of evidence to support allegations of corruption in the US$200 m Reserve Bank Farm Mechanisation Programme. The almost …
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Maize producer price reviewed Herald 25/7/2020 Dr Basera Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Farmers are now being paid the new producer price of maize of $21 000 a tonne and for traditional grains of $21 913 a tonne as directed by Cabinet. In a statement to the GMB and Silo Food Industries, Lands, Agriculture, Water, …
Fish farming training for Agritex officers Herald 27/7/2020 Agritex officers line up before a fish pond during a training break at Chibero College Herald Reporter A TEAM of 30 Agritex officers from Matobo, Insiza, Chegutu and Mhondoro Ngezi districts recently completed an intensive fish farming training workshop at Chibero Agricultural College, as part of …
Stiffer conditions to pass roadblocks 27/7/2020 The Herald Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter Police at roadblocks will now be seeking more detailed documentation signed by an employee’s chief executive officer or general manager so that those legitimately going to work in an essential service or an exempted business can pass with the minimum of fuss. While …
Preparation for summer cropping season starts Chronicle 27/7/2020 Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has said it has started preparing for the coming summer cropping season and distribution of inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme will start in the coming weeks. Responding to questions in the Senate on Thursday, …
Nasty row erupts over farms Posted on July 24, 2020 by ambizwo@newsday.co.zw in Main News ZANU PF officials in Mashonaland West province are up in arms with the Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa, accusing her of single-handedly presiding over the exercise to downsize commercial farms in the province without consulting them, it has emerged. EVERSON MUSHANA/ANDREW KUNAMBURA Mliswa, in her …
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TSL hit by delayed tobacco selling season Chronicle 24/7/2020 Business Reporter DIVERSIFIED firm, TSL Limited recorded a slight decline of two percent in profit to $105 million for the half year to April 30, 2020 compared to $107 million recorded prior year. The late onset of the tobacco selling season, which was delayed by …
Transporters forex demand hit grain deliveries Chronicle 24/7/2020 GMB silos Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Grain Marketing Board has been failing to deliver grain to depots in Matabeleland South Province under the drought relief programme as transporters are refusing to be paid in local currency. This emerged during a provincial taskforce committee meeting on …
British govt warned against caustic African Wildlife Conservation crisis Chronicle 24/7/2020 The proposed imposition of hunting trophy imports ban would sadly collapse the excellent wildlife conservation culture in the Emmanuel Koro Observers worldwide are appalled by the proposed British Government anti-trophy hunting imports Bill. They are concerned that the ban will cause greater harm …
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