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Fall army worm spreads to Asia, Mediterranean February 8, 2017 Business THE fall army worms that have ravaged corn fields from Ghana to South Africa since arriving on the continent last year could spread to Asia and the Mediterranean, a research body said. Infestations of the pest that arrived from the Americas last year have been …
Good rains bring hope February 8, 2017 Business Morris Mpala, MoB capital LtdNOTHING screams hope like a good rainy season. Nothing smells production like the smell of summer rains. There is something about the rain that rejuvenates every economic being in the community. It awakens the financial fibre within. It awakens the production DNA in all beings …
More water flows into Byo dams February 8, 2017 Local News Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterBULAWAYO’s supply dams are now 74,4 percent full. According to the Bulawayo City Council, Insiza Dam was spilling while Upper Ncema was at 71,70 percent full and Mtshabezi at 79,49 percent full as of yesterday. Inyankuni and Lower Ncema are at 37,81 percent …
Zesa power station catches fire February 8, 2017 Local News Mpopoma substation. Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle CorrespondentA ZESA power substation in Bulawayo’s Mpopoma suburb caught fire yesterday causing power outages in some parts of the city. Two electricity transformers were destroyed in the inferno, an official said. Zesa Southern Region general manager Engineer Lovemore Chinaka said they were …
GMB in storage dilemma. . . Only 3 out of 12 silo depots functional February 8, 2017 Local News One of the GMB depots Elita Chikwati, Harare BureauTHE Grain Marketing Board has only three functional silo depots out of the 12 storage facilities countrywide, as preparations for the intake of the summer crops have started. The GMB …
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5 missing, presumed dead after floods February 8, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories The truck that was swept away by the flooded Bubi River last week Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterFIVE people are missing after they were swept away by floods in two separate incidents in Matabeleland South province last week. The Civil Protection Unit said it was worrying that …
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This season’s heavy rains ITCZ-induced: Experts February 7, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Sifelani Tsiko —Could the recent storms and floods that have affected most of the country resulting in damage and widespread, persistent flooding surpass the scale of the Cyclone Eline-induced floods of the 1999–2000 era which were the worst in the living memory of …
EDITORIAL COMMENT February 7, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Command Agric: Stitch in time saves nine By our layman’s estimate, Zimbabwe seems to have received far above average rainfall this cropping season, and it is still raining. This should be great news for a nation still smarting from a crippling drought last year, which ravaged the …
Region to meet over fall armyworm February 7, 2017 Business Armyworm Business Reporter ZIMBABWE will join its regional counterparts for a meeting planned for next week to map strategies aimed at containing the spread of the fall armyworm pest, which threatens prospects of a good maize harvest for the country and region this season.A fall armyworm …