CSC installs $9m solar plant . . . Move to counter power cuts

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CSC installs $9m solar plant . . . Move to counter power cuts    Chronicle 2/9/2019 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe wants to install modern technology, including a 3MW solar project at its Bulawayo headquarters before it resumes operations to address some of the operational inefficiencies facing the industry. The …

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Zesa on brink of collapse 

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Zesa on brink of collapse  6 August 30, 2019 4:34 PM Source: Zesa on brink of collapse – The Zimbabwe Independent August 30, 2019 ANDREW KUNAMBURA ZIMBABWE’S state-owned power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is on the brink of collapse due to a plethora of problems. It is beset by multiple crippling factors, including rampant power theft, non-payment of …

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Drought hit Matabeleland South farmers turn to traditional crops

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Drought hit Matabeleland South farmers turn to traditional crops  0 September 1, 2019 1:18 PM Source: Drought hit Matabeleland South farmers turn to traditional crops | The Standard (Local News) By Lulu Brenda Harris Smallholder farmers in Matabeleland South’s Matobo district are turning to drought-resistant crops as prolonged dry spells continue to disrupt their farming activities. …

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Vet Department exposed

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Vet Department exposed  0 September 1, 2019 2:39 PM Source: Vet Department exposed – The Standard September 1, 2019 By VENERANDA LANGA AUDITOR General Mildred Chiri says Zimbabwe lost about 22 895 cattle between 2015 and 2018 due to various diseases, which cost the country about US$45 million every year in lost exports revenue. This was revealed in …

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Legislators call for urgent livestock feeds

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Legislators call for urgent livestock feeds   Herald 30/8/2019 Thupeyo Muleya  Beitbridge Bureau Parliamentarians, Cdes Albert Nguluvhe (Beitbridge East) and Ruth Maboyi (Beitbridge West) have called on Government to urgently avail stockfeeds under the drought relief initiative to save over 100 000 cattle which are now susceptible to the effects of a devastating drought in their …

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Macadamia farmers appeal for assistance

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Macadamia farmers appeal for assistance   Herald 30/8/2019 Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Chief MACADAMIA nuts farmers are appealing for Government assistance in growing one of the country’s potential major foreign currency earners if resources are availed. South Africa is the world’s largest producer of macadamia nuts, harvesting 50 000 tonnes annually and earning R3,2 billion …

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Load-shedding back to Stage 2

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Load-shedding back to Stage 2 Herald 30/8/2019   Mr Gwasira Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter Zesa HOLDINGS has reverted to Stage Two load-shedding schedule hardly two weeks after assuring consumers of significant relief. Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira earlier this month said they had downgraded load-shedding from Stage Two to Stage One after it started receiving …

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