Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
How to get a licensed gun in Zimbabwe by Mandla Ndlovu Byo24 27/5/2020 Zimbabwe has, of late, been inundated with reports of criminals as the economy continues on a nose dive and people try to find alternative means of survival. Most people, small businesspersons, are in need of firearms to protect their businesses but they …
Bindura demolishes illegal settlement Herald 27/5/2020 Mashonaland Central Bureau Bindura Municipality has demolished an illegal settlement at Chanaka along the Bindura-Mt Darwin Road. The settlement was created by people who were evicted from Senator Damian Mumvuri’s farm following a court order. The illegal settlers had been staying on the roadside with neither water, nor …
Tongaat increases sugar price Herald 27/5/2020 Herald Reporter Sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (THZ) has with immediate effect almost doubled the price of sugar. The last increase in the commodity’s price was in March. In a statement yesterday, the sugar producer pegged a 1kg packet of brown at $63,84 from $32,58 while a 2kg …
Farmers urged to safeguard electricity infrastructure Herald 27/5/2020 Conrad Mupesa Herald Correspondent Farmers have been urged to jealously guard electricity transformers and power lines from vandals as the nation focuses on putting 80 000 hectares under winter wheat. The call was made by the Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development Magna Mudyiwa during …
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The sad tale of Mushandike Irrigation Scheme Herald 27/5/2020 Derelict canals at Mushandike Irrigation Scheme which require rehabilitation after being built in the 1980s George Maponga Senior Reporter On the southern verges of Masvingo City, two mountains — Chamanyoka and Nyanda — rudely squeeze and dwarf the highway to Beitbridge. As the road breaks …
Zim tourism sector calls for recovery programme Herald 27/5/2020 Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe’s premier tourist destination Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter Travel and tourism players in the country have approached Government to intervene with a recovery plan for the sector, which is among the hardest hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The global travel …
‘New cotton hybrid a game changer’ Herald 27/5/2020 Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter Several Zimbabwean cotton farmers have embraced new hybrid seed after recording higher yields compared with traditional pollinated varieties. Last year, The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco), introduced the hybrid variety and it has been observed that boll count on hybrid was …
Duty on flour, maize meal suspended Herald 27/5/2020 Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube Herald Reporter Customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal has been suspended for six months from 22 May to 21 November in terms of regulations gazetted yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof …
Maize deliveries to GMB reach 23 000 tonnes Chronicle 27/5/2020 GMB silos Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau The Grain Marketing Board has now received 23 952 tonnes of maize since the beginning of the grain marketing season on April 1, almost three times the 8 952 tonnes delivered in the same period last year. Grain …
Covid-19 lockdown in Zim: a disaster for farmers Chronicle 27/5/2020 Farmers have suffered due to movement restrictions, clearing and the collapse of markets in major cities and towns Ian Scoones Over the last few weeks we have been tracking what’s been happening in our rural study sites in Zimbabwe as a result of the …
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