Bio-fuel projects remain redundant

Bio-fuel projects remain redundant – NewsDay Zimbabwe   5/3/2019 BY TONDERAYI MATONHO The long fuel queues being experienced across the country coupled with shortages of critical energy needs like electricity indicate mammoth challenges facing Zimbabwe, despite the abundance of alternative energy options available. The bane of not only facing biting fuel shortages and other energy …

Guruve residents urge govt to increase food handouts

Guruve residents urge govt to increase food handouts – NewsDay Zimbabwe   5/3/2019 BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE AS HUNGER stalks communities in Guruve, Mashonaland Central province, following poor rains this season, hundreds of families converged at Mushoshoma Secondary School and Kadzimwenje in Bakasa ward 20, Guruve North constituency on Sunday and yesterday to receive 600 bags …

Prepaid electricity system down: Zesa

Prepaid electricity system down: Zesa – NewsDay Zimbabwe   5/3/2019 BY REX MPHISA ZESA Holdings says it is experiencing technical challenges on its prepaid system countrywide. Scores of people throughout the country experienced difficulties in buying electricity tokens through different platforms offered by the power utility for pre-paid meters. “It’s countrywide. We are working to …

GMAZ to mobilise $80m for wheat contract farming

GMAZ to mobilise $80m for wheat contract farming   5/3/2019 The Herald Michael Tome Business Reporter GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has appointed National Wheat Contract Farming Committee (NWCFC), a technical committee to lead the winter wheat contract farming for the next three years. The NWCFC appointment is a private sector response to Finance …

60MW solar plant for Umguza

60MW solar plant for Umguza   5/3/2019 The Chronicle Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter A BULAWAYO-based renewable energy firm, Glancier Investments (Private) Limited, has unveiled plans to set up a 60-megawatt solar plant in Umguza District in Matabeleland North province in a project that is set to cost millions of dollars. The wholly Zimbabwean-owned company is …

Zimbabwe Food Security Outlook, February to September 2019 – Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Food Security Outlook, February to September 2019 – Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation   5/3/2019 Source: Zimbabwe Food Security Outlook, February to September 2019 – Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb Late and below-normal rains and economic hardships expected to impact poor household food access Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) acute food insecurity outcomes are expected across most typical …

Antiquated equipment cripples agric sector

Antiquated equipment cripples agric sector    4/3/2019 Source: Antiquated equipment cripples agric sector | Daily News Zimbawe’s agricultural sector needs massive retooling to increase production as it is still relying on antiquated equipment. Farming experts said as long as the situation remains like this, the sector’s capacity to produce more will be constrained, leading to an …

‘Zimbabwe land a dead asset,’ says Mthuli Ncube

‘Zimbabwe land a dead asset,’ says Mthuli Ncube eDuzeNet 4/3/2019 Bulawayo24 Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme, which left most of its land without collateral value has meant the country is now carrying a dead asset, its Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Before land reform, most farmers had title or property rights …

Hunger stalks Zimbabwe’s urbanites as 1,5 million face starvation

Hunger stalks Zimbabwe’s urbanites as 1,5 million face starvation    Standard 3/3/2019 Mark Lowcock, UN under secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, visiting the densely populated Epworth suburb, where he met with families in need. News in depth BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA A staggering 1,5 million Zimbabweans living in urban areas are facing severe food …