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Second quarter power generation below target: ZPC Chronicle 16/8/2019 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says electricity generated in the second quarter of the year was 7,56 percent below target on the back of a host of challenges. ZPC generates electricity from the Hwange Thermal Power Station, the Kariba Hydro Power …
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ZimTrade challenges avocado growers Chronicle 16/8/2019 Business Reporter THE national trade development and export promotion agency, ZimTrade says the country should take advantage of its favourable climate to grow organic avocadoes and increase exports of the crop to the European Union. According to an online farmers’ magazine, Farmers’ Voices, ZimTrade has urged local avocado growers …
Step up or ship out, power producers told 0 August 15, 2019 11:16 AM Source: Step up or ship out, power producers told | The Herald August 15, 2019 Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government has begun issuing show-cause orders to some holders of power generation projects that are yet to …
Govt must expedite agric exchange facility 0 August 15, 2019 5:08 PM Source: Govt must expedite agric exchange facility | Herald (Top Stories) ONE of the targets of the Transitional Stabilisation Programme is the operationalisation of the Agriculture Commodity Exchange to guarantee market access for farmers and boost their income. Given the critical nature of the …
Farming mainstay of rural economy: Nzenza 0 August 16, 2019 2:04 AM Source: Farming mainstay of rural economy: Nzenza | The Herald Minister Sekai Nzenza Runesu Gwidi Masvingo Correspondent Farming is the mainstay of Zimbabwe’s rural communities and prevents them from being heavily dependent on Government-sponsored food handouts, a Cabinet minister has said. Speaking during the recent …
Green gold: Kenyan farmers abandon food crops By Newsday – August 13, 2019 KANYUAMBORA — At this time of year, Albert Njeru’s farm would usually be blanketed with shoulder-high rows of maize. But not anymore. Now the fields of grain are gone, replaced by two acres (0,80 hectares) of bushy green muguka leaves, a potent legal stimulant …
Millers favour dialogue to court process over grain trading Chronicle 15/8/2019 Minister Perrance Shiri Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says the milling industry will not participate in the ongoing litigation against Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri seeking to set aside Statutory Instrument 145 …
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Sunshine will help empower Africa Ken Silverstain The sun may be shining on Africa. And solar power may become one of its most critical economic development tools. Not only can it bring electricity to rural regions of the continent but it can do so inexpensively, facilitating new businesses, medical operations and educational opportunities. The fundamental …
Zim’s beef exports ambitions an illusion 0 August 12, 2019 5:05 AM Source: Zim’s beef exports ambitions an illusion – NewsDay Zimbabwe August 10, 2019 BY GERALD MUTSVAIRO ZIMBABWE’S chances of tapping into the lucrative European Union (EU) beef market are being dampened by low production and a myriad of diseases plaguing the sector. Zimbabwe used to be …
Noose tightens on land barons 0 August 12, 2019 6:10 AM Source: Noose tightens on land barons | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Lincoln Towindo Senior Reporter The commission of inquiry into the sale of State land will this week submit its findings from six of the country’s ten provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, while alleged cases …