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A grim glimpse into the winter rainfall region’s future The good news is that rainfall conditions for most of the summer rainfall region are likely to improve from mid- to late summer. The bad news is that drought conditions are expected to continue in the winter rainfall region. This is according to Johan van …
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Crop munching pest raises hunger threat ROME — A crop munching worm that can fly up to 100km at night is spreading rapidly across Africa, threatening food production and the livelihoods of millions of farmers already struggling with conflicts and drought, experts said on Friday. Reuters The larvae form of fall armyworm prefers maize, but …
ZPC shuts down 2 power stations – January 29, 2018 THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has shut down two power stations — Bulawayo and Munyati — due to electricity oversupply in the country, an official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The power stations, with a combined installed capacity of 190 megawatts (MW), had not been …
Govt allocates $80 million for dams repair, construction – January 29, 2018 ENVIRONMENT, Water and Climate minster Oppah Muchinguri has revealed that her ministry was recently allocated $80 million by Treasury to construct and repair dams, as part of efforts to intensify water harvesting projects to mitigate challenges posed by climate change. By Nokuthaba Dlamini …
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Gokwe in dire need of food aid January 29, 2018 MIDLANDS & NORTH-WEST Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands BureauThe majority of people in Gokwe are in dire need of food aid with the continued dry spell in the Midlands Province pointing to a second successive year of drought, the District Administrator, Mr Edwin Mashindi has said. In an interview, Mr …
Zaka farmers write-off maize crop January 29, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Sydney Mubaiwa in ZakaMost farmers here have started counting their losses after declaring their maize crop a complete write-off owing to severe moisture stress caused by the prolonged dry spell. This comes as most parts of the district have gone for over a month without receiving …
Govt warns errant farmers January 29, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment has warned new sugar-cane farmers in the Lowveld to stop illegally expanding their plots, saying efforts were underway to repossess such land for allocation to other land-hungry Zimbabweans. The warning comes after a land audit carried by the then Ministry of Lands, Agriculture …
Don’t resettle people harphazardly, chiefs told January 29, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Runesu Gwidi Herald CorrespondentTraditional leaders in Bikita have been warned against haphazardly resettling people, and fuelling deforestation in the district. The development comes as some chiefs and village heads in Bikita have been blamed for aiding the rampant logging by people who were resettled without authority …
Audit exposes Zimparks rot January 29, 2018 Crime & Courts, HARARE METROPOLITAN Darlington Musarurwa Deputy News EditorZimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) board members are in a spot of bother after a Government audit revealed that they could have used funds from the parastatal unprocedurally to pamper themselves. The audit, which was conducted by officials from the …
Re-Membering Zim’s land reform programme January 29, 2018 Features, Opinion & Analysis Gracious Madondo Literature TodayZimbabwe’s historic land reform programme needs more literature written by those who directly participated in it. A casual glance on the Internet and in bookstores reveals a very sad development of scanty narratives on the issue in the form of biographies, …