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Why do the lights keep going out in Zimbabwe? 31/5/2019 The Stream also discusses Botswana’s move to allow elephant hunting and freedom of expression in Mauritania. Source: Why do the lights keep going out in Zimbabwe? – Al Jazeera Zimbabwe’s energy crisisZimbabweans are enduring hours-long power cuts as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) tries to manage dwindling …
Kariba left with 3 months’ power supply: Chasi Source: Kariba left with 3 months’ power supply: Chasi – NewsDay Zimbabwe May 31, 2019 ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi yesterday revealed that water levels in Lake Kariba were so low that current supplies will only be able to generate power for the next 14 weeks, paving way for …
Binga faces acute food shortages Source: Binga faces acute food shortages – NewsDay Zimbabwe May 31, 2019 BY NQOBANI NDLOVU HUMANITARIAN agency, Save the Children, has embarked on infant and young children feeding awareness campaigns in famine-ravaged Binga district, Matabeleland North province to reduce stunting. The programme is part of Save the Children’s ongoing humanitarian aid …
As Zimbabwe’s forests fall, timber shortage tightens screws on carpenters 31/5/2019 Source: As Zimbabwe’s forests fall, timber shortage tightens screws on carpenters – Reuters BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe’s crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has struggled. “I cannot get …
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Innovative Solutions to Develop Africa’s Tourism Industry 30/5/2019 St Louis, Mauritius – The World Bank Group opened today a two-day forum on Tourism Connectivity to explore innovative approaches to developing Sub-Saharan Africa’s tourism industry. Source: Innovative Solutions to Develop Africa’s Tourism Industry – The Zimbabwean The event gathered delegates from the Ministries of Tourism and Transport in …
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Cyclone stalls work on Marowanyati Dam 31/5/2019 The Herald Nyore Madzianike Senior Reporter CYCLONE Idai, which ravaged the country in March this year, has stalled construction work at Marowanyati Dam in Buhera as water levels rose drastically, making it difficult to work on some sections. The tropical cyclone also swept away some of the …
Can snake farming be the answer to anti-venom shortages? 31/5/2019 The Herald Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Snakes! Eish! In Zimbabwe and elsewhere across the African continent, snakes inevitably evoke reactions of fear and helplessness. For most people, their stomachs flutter uncomfortably at the mere image of a slithering serpent. Its well …
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BAT programme benefits 700 farmers 31/5/2019 The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mash Central Bureau MORE than 700 tobacco farmers have benefited from the British American Tobacco Zimbabwe Empowerment Trust-sponsored training programmes that were initiated at Chaminuka Vocational Training Centre in 2015. The diploma and certificate courses have since been spread to Manicaland and Mashonaland West …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Prompt food imports will prevent hunger 31/5/2019 The Chronicle The 2018/19 agricultural season was a bad one, resulting in the country harvesting less maize than the amount required for national consumption per year. The Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF), projected in August last year that most countries in the region …
ZACC officers wind up training 30/5/2019 Source: ZACC officers wind up training | The Herald Herald ReporterTwenty-three Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officers who were being trained by the Zimbabwe Republic Police in line with President Mnangagwa’s zero tolerance to the scourge will this week wind up their course. The training is part of measures put in …