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Huge increase in food aid recipients July 1, 2017 Local News Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterTHE number of people receiving food aid has increased by nearly 50 000, the Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Cde Tapiwa Matangaidze, has said. The Deputy Minister said the increase in the number of households receiving maize was attributed …
Government audits Command Agriculture beneficiaries July 3, 2017 Local News Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Professor Jonathan Moyo Felex Share, Harare BureauGOVERNMENT will this week dispatch teams to audit usage of Command Agriculture inputs countrywide, as it emerged yesterday that the programme’s financier, Sakunda Holdings, paid duty for fuel used in …
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‘Zim fights diseases to resume beef exports’ July 3, 2017 Local News Deputy Minister Zhanda Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls ReporterGOVERNMENT is struggling to mobilise adequate resources to contain livestock diseases such as foot-and-mouth (FMD), which it needs to eradicate to be allowed to export beef to the European Union (EU), the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation …
‘Well known’ elephant poacher shot dead in Zim By ZimSitRep_M | July 2, 2017 0 Comment An elephant poacher has been shot dead in a contact with game scouts in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, a conservation group says. Source: ‘Well known’ elephant poacher shot dead in Zim | News24 2017-07-01 Hwange – An elephant poacher has been shot dead in a …
The command agriculture exposé in full By ZimSitRep_M | July 2, 2017 0 Comment Source: The command agriculture exposé in full – The Standard July 2, 2017 Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa last week reacted angrily to a report by The Standard revealing that his ministry had ignored internal advice that the command agriculture financing model was flawed. The advisory note generated …
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Armed men now occupy my farm’ – evicted white Zim farmer 2017-06-30 08:00 Picture: Frank Chikowore, News24 Multimedia · User Galleries · News in PicturesSend us your pictures · Send us your stories Special Report NEWS WATCH: ‘I’ll remove Mugabe from power single-handedly,’ says former minister Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo …
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Government abuses fuel levy to fund command agriculture By Staff Reporter Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa GOVERNMENT has admitted it diverted cash from the NocZim debt redemption fund to pay off loans contracted under its command agriculture programme. The NocZim debt levy, introduced in 2003 to clear the now disbanded parastatal’s debt …
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Rhino horn, manhood and fingernails June 30, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis, Isdore Guvamombe Isdore Guvamombe ReflectionsIn the village, the size of the snake is irrelevant to its capacity to kill but that fact is mostly ignored when one suddenly bumps into a snake. Again, in the village, the snake is so feared that it is never …
Fertiliser industry requires $120m for raw materials June 30, 2017 Business Michael Tome Business ReporterZimbabwe’s fertiliser industry requires over $120 million in foreign currency for the importation of raw materials used in the manufacture of compound and top dressing fertilisers for the forthcoming summer cropping season. Estimated fertiliser effective demand for 2017 /18 season is 160 000 …
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Petya-Ransomware a threat to Zimbabwe June 29, 2017 Local News Online EditorZIMBABWEANS should be wary of the latest global cyber-attack dubbed Petya-Ransomware that left some major companies offline in Europe and Asia on Tuesday. Zimbabwe Information Communication Technologies (ZICT) chairman Jacob Mutisi warned local computer users to be cautious when dealing with e-mails as a measure …