Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tongaat shares suspended to ‘protect investors’ 12/6/2019 The Herald Hippo Valley and Triangle Estates’ JSE listed parent Tongaat Hulett has requested the suspension of its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange amid an investigation. According to a shareholder notice issued on Monday afternoon, the company’s listing on both the JSE and the London Stock …
Govt, EU launch US$45m livestock fund 12/6/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Government and the European Union (EU) yesterday launched a US$45 million Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme fund which is expected to boost the livestock sector, maximise smallholder farmers’ profits and improve competitiveness on domestic and international markets. The programme mainly targets small …
Government to set up horticulture department 12/6/2019 A horticulture department will cushion through development of policies and strategies aiming at transforming the agribusiness The Herald Kumbirai Tarusarira Business Reporter Government says it is considering setting up a horticulture department committed to creating a conducive regulatory environment for the sector to adequately thrive, a senior …
CSC engages Netherlands leather consultants 12/6/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) has engaged senior experts from the Netherlands to assist the firm in developing a comprehensive leather value chain strategy that will promote value addition of leather and associated by-products. The State-owned meat processor and marketer, which had …
Maize producer price goes up 12/6/2019 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa The Chronicle Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has increased the maize producer floor price to $1 400 per tonne from $726 to enable farmers to go back to the fields in the upcoming summer cropping season. It, however, immediately warned retailers against increasing the price of …
Zimbabwe Wants to Sell Ivory Stockpile, May Withdraw From CITES 12/6/2019 Bloomberg Zimbabwe may consider withdrawing from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because the organization won’t allow it to sell its ivory stockpile. The southern African nation with the world second-largest population of elephants has a stockpile of tusks worth an …
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TIMB hikes weighing, auction charges – NewsDay Zimbabwe 11/6/2019 BY MISHMA CHAKANYUKA/FIDELITY MHLANGA THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has hiked floor-clearing charges, weighing and auction fees, further eating into the earnings of farmers already hard-pressed by depressed prices this season. The weighing and auction fees were raised from ZWL$25 to ZWL$48 per bale …
Zim to be food insecure by September: USAid – NewsDay Zimbabwe 11/6/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA MOST of the country’s districts will be food insecure by September due to a poor 2018/19 harvests and “escalating” macroeconomic hardships, a food security report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has revealed. “Most poor households …
Illegal State land sales: Authorities cries foul 11/6/2019 The Herald Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief LOCAL authorities here yesterday cried foul over the illegal sale and allocation of urban State land in the province, which resulted in them losing millions of dollars in development levies. Presenting insights into the state of affairs in their …
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Concern over surge in illegal settlers 11/6/2019 The Herald Mash West Bureau Police have been challenged to deal with unscrupulous people illegally settling on land while using fake offer letters in Mhangura. The appeal was made by Mhangura constituency legislator Cde Precious Chinhamo-Masango, who bemoaned rampant illegal settlement by land-hungry villagers in her constituency. …