Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tanganda production declines Herald 18/2/2020 Tanganda Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s largest grower and producer of tea and coffee, Tanganda Tea Company Limited – a subsidiary of Meikles Limited – reported a decline in bulk tea production during the quarter and nine months to December 31, 2019 due to erratic power supplies that affected …
82 arrested for wildlife crimes, 17 pangolins recovered Herald 18/2/2020 Crime Reporter At least 82 people were arrested last year while police recovered 17 pangolins and over 1 000kg of pangolin scales, as the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) declares war on wildlife crimes. During the same period, ZRP handled 40 cases and of the …
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Nzenza hails Irvine’s Zim Herald 18/2/2020 Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza addresses Derbyshire Primary School children at Irvines Zimbabwe Private Limited company in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Innocent Makawa Cletus Mushanawani and Nesia Mhaka INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister, Sekesai Nzenza has hailed Irvine’s Zimbabwe for embracing technology in a massive way that has …
Heavy rains wreak havoc countrywide Chronicle 18/2/2020 Harare Bureau HEAVY rains which have been pounding most parts of the country continue causing infrastructural damage while landslides in Vumba on Saturday blocked access to the iconic Leopard Rock Hotel, a favourite with tourists to the Eastern Highlands. Poor drainage systems in some parts of Harare …
Minister explains subsidised roller meal system Chronicle 18/2/2020 Prof Mthuli Ncube Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT is next week expected to roll out the new targeted system for the distribution of subsidised roller meal to vulnerable groups with more work still needed to upgrade the database of urban beneficiaries to the standard already achieved with …
CSC workers petition Minister Chronicle 18/2/2020 Minister Ezra Chadzamira Walter Mswazie in Masvingo MORE than 155 Cold Storage Company (CSC) workers in Masvingo have appealed to the Minister of Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira to intervene after the new investor, Boustead Beef (Pvt) Zimbabwe, issued them with retrenchment notices. While the US$400 million joint venture …
Proposed zero draft Position paper on Sustainable Food System
Power and Property Perhaps it has been like this everywhere, but what I know is that property rights and power have always been closely linked in Africa. In Europe property rights were the basis of the power of Feudal Kings and the Barons and the evidence of their wealth and power remain everywhere. In Africa …
Dam water levels rise By Newsday – February 15, 2020 BY PRECIOUS CHIDA ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said water levels in dams have risen in response to rains received nationwide in the past two weeks, bringing relief to most local authorities whose water sources were fast drying up. Most major dams were on the verge …
Mealie-meal shortage reflection of failed agriculture policies By Newsday – February 16, 2020 BY PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI IN the run-up to this year’s edition of Valentine’s Day — touted internationally as a day set aside for lovers commemorated yesterday — a meme of a 10kg pack of Red Seal roller meal made the rounds on social media with …
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