Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘Poacher kills’ over 100 elephants July 22, 2017 Local News Leonard Ncube & Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle ReportersPOLICE have arrested a suspected poacher for allegedly poisoning over 100 elephants using cyanide at Hwange National Park. Tony Maphosa, who has been on the run since 2013, allegedly poisoned water points and salt pans with cyanide resulting in the …
Crippling power cuts looming Ndakaziva Majaka • 20 July 2017 3:02PM • 6 comments HARARE – Zimbabwe’s power imports for the first quarter of 2017 went up by about 10 percent as local production slumped 23 percent, a development that local energy experts anticipate to result in load shedding if not properly managed. With a …
Govt pays $134m to former white farmers, $1 billion needed to compensate other farmers Posted by Maveriq | 21 Jul, 2017 | Business | On Thursday, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa revealed that government has so far paid out $134 million as compensation to former white farmers who lost land during the government’s fast track land reform programme. …
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Dam Levels as at 17/07/2017 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL DAILY TREND (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 35777.1 55.2 Tokwe Mukorsi 1802.6 1303 72.3 Mutirikwi 1378.08 546.397 39.6 Manyame 480.23 473.044 98.5 Osborne 401.64 335.725 83.6 Mazvikadei 343.815 340.08 98.9 Manyuchi 309.06 296.364 …
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US ivory ban lift buoys safari sector July 21, 2017 in Business THE Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ) sees a 30% growth in revenue following the lifting of an ivory ban by the United States, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently lifted the ivory ban on Zimbabwe imposed …
Zimbabwe should not export surplus maize, say experts July 20, 2017By Staff Reporter Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made ZIMBABWE has a 900 000 tonne grain surplus from the 2016/17 season, according to a crop assessment report.Additionally, the country also had surplus yields of sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cowpeas, groundnuts and sugarbeans during the …
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Zimbabwe to open one million protected land for farming July 20, 2017By Own Correspondent Deputy Mines, Minister Fred Moyo BULAWAYO — Zimbabwe is planning to release one million hectares of protected land to small-scale gold miners across the country to boost production, Mines and Development deputy minister, Fred Moyo has said, a development that threatens wildlife …
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July 20, 2017 By Andrew Kunambura, Political Reporter MOZAMBICAN-registered trucks line up to offload imported maize at the Grain Marketing Board’s Murewa on Monday, July 17, 2017 – Picture by Freedom Mashava GRAIN imports into Zimbabwe have continued despite a government ban imposed five months ago and official projections of surplus production from the current …
African govts race to halt armyworm catastrophe July 20, 2017 in Feature Story, News When my team and I visited Felix Jumbe of Peacock Seeds, a hybrid seed grower in Salima, Malawi, in March, we were shocked by the destruction caused by the fall armyworm. JOE DEVRIES Armyworm caterpillars are devastating maize plants in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi, …