Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Forex auctions set to begin Herald 18/6/2020 Herald Reporter Auctions of foreign currency will be used from Tuesday next week to set the official exchange rate, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced last night, with approved importers bidding every Tuesday through their banks for the foreign currency earned by exporters or through offshore …
Theft, vandalism hit Zesa operations Chronicle 18/6/2020 Dr Gloria Magombo Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief ZESA cannot cope anymore with the level of theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure resulting in incessant supply disruptions at a time the economy is facing challenges. At least four transformers are stolen every day while hundreds of kilometres …
Make finished goods to stabilise rate: Retailers 0 June 17, 2020 12:05 PM Source: Make finished goods to stabilise rate: Retailers | Herald (Top Stories) Buyers inspect tobacco during the inaugural sale at Boka Tobacco Floors in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central Province yesterday. About 500 bales were sold at the floor. Boka now operates four buying facilities in …
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FEATURE-‘Dying of hunger’: Zimbabwe street vendors hit by coronavirus clampdown – Agricultural Commodities – Zimbabwe Situation 18/6/2020 Source: FEATURE-‘Dying of hunger’: Zimbabwe street vendors hit by coronavirus clampdown – Agricultural Commodities – Reuters HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Martha Kahari was already struggling to make ends meet after Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown forced her to stop selling second-hand …
Farmers fail to meet cereal demand By Mugove Tafirenyika Daily News 16//2020 Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWEANS face starvation amid revelations that the country’s national cereal production for the 2019-2020 season has failed to meet national demand by a massive 50 percent, the Daily News reports. This comes as the World Food …
National beef cattle herd declines By Mugove Tafirenyika Daily News 16/6/2020 Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE national cattle herd decreased by 5,7 percent from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, after the average national cattle mortality rate increased from 5 percent in 2018 to 9 percent in 2019, …
Villagers slam Makoni RDC for grabbing grazing lands – NewsDay Zimbabwe 17/6/2020 VILLAGERS at Mutanda villages 3 and 4, Chidamunyu, Nyazura, have slammed Makoni Rural District Council (RDC)’s decision to allocate residential plots on their grazing land, saying the new settlers were destroying their forests. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE Makoni RDC chief executive officer Edward Pisa …
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Communal farmers deserve pat on the back Herald 16/6/2020 Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight FOR the past three decades or so communal farmers have run a fairy race in which they have built a history that has set them apart as stalwarts in guaranteeing national food security. Their impressive performance started hogging the limelight just after …
Botswana investigates 154 elephant deaths 16 JUN, 2020 – 00:06 Herald GABORONE. — Botswana is investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 154 elephants over two months in the northwest of the country, a wildlife official said yesterday, although poaching or poisoning have been ruled out. “We are still awaiting results on the exact …
Ginneries seek higher US$ retention thresholds Herald 17/6/2020 About 85 percent of Zimbabwe’s cotton is exported Business Reporter Cotton ginneries are seeking to keep 80 percent of their foreign currency earnings, people familiar with the matter have said. Currently, cotton ginneries retain 50 percent of their foreign currency earnings with the remainder being surrendered …