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New dam to benefit 146 displaced villagers Source: New dam to benefit 146 displaced villagers – NewsDay Zimbabwe June 27, 2019 GOVERNMENT has relocated about 146 families in the Masomera area to pave way for the construction of Causeway Dam, about 30km outside Marondera. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA The villagers were given idle land in the vicinity …
Why Zimbabwe has banned foreign currencies 28/6/2019 The move shocks many as the largely cashless society fears a local currency that fuelled hyperinflation. Source: Why Zimbabwe has banned foreign currencies – BBC News Image copyrightEPA Zimbabwe’s government has taken the controversial decision to ban local trading in foreign currencies, including the US dollar, with immediate effect. …
Zimbabwe Says Dehorning Rhinos Paying Off 28/6/2019 VOA ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe says its practice of dehorning rhinos is bearing fruit, as it has kept poachers at bay and allowed the rhino population to gradually increase. Matobo Park — about 500 kilometers southwest of Harare — is home to both the endangered black rhino and …
Farmers get nod to lease farms Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Financial Gazette 26/6/2019 NEWLY resettled farmers have been granted permission by government to sub-let their farms in an effort to promote increased agriculture production. Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri said the new administration is not against the sub-leasing of farms, but concerned about turning farming into …
Bread shortage to persist Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Financial Gazette 26/6/2019 THE current bread shortages are expected to spill into 2020 after the country failed to meet its wheat planting target of 75 000 hectares, government has said. Zimbabwe is facing an acute shortage of bread, whose price nearly doubled yesterday to $7, 28, as …
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The Power of Dung: Biodigesters creating opportunities for farmers 27/6/2019 The Herald Katie Kennedy Freeman Correspondent For decades, clean cooking and specifically clean cooking technology, has been more of an energy thing. Stoves are designed by engineers, promoted by Ministries of Energy and sold in the context of improving combustion for a cleaner cooking …
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Govt calls for plant Act enforcement 27/6/2019 The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mash Central Bureau THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement will continue to develop appropriate legislation, regulations and policies to facilitate agriculture and agribusiness. In a speech read on her behalf by the acting director in her office, Mr Admore …
Milk output up 27/6/2019 Livestock and Meat Advisory Council The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S milk output for the first quarter increased by 14 percent to 19,4 million litres compared to the same period last year, the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council has said. In its latest report for the period under review, …
Prof Ncube slams debt takeover practice 27/6/2019 The Chronicle Golden Sibanda, Harare Bureau Government may not take over the debts of State-owned entities such as Air Zimbabwe and Zisco, touted as critical to making them more attractive to investors, after Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube indicated that automatic debt takeover was not …