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Ambient water quality monitoring October 27, 2016 Business What is water quality? WATER quality refers to the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of living organisms and human needs. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against …
VP Mnangagwa appeals for agric partnerships October 25, 2016 Local News VP Mnangagwa Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare BureauTHE Government is appealing to development partners for collaboration in the agriculture and agro-industry value chain sectors to ensure food and nutrition security for its citizens, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Information, …
Rural food insecurity set to worsen October 26, 2016 Local News Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle CorrespondentFOOD insecurity levels are rising in rural areas and are expected to reach 42 percent by the end of March next year, the worst of its kind since 2009. About 4 million people in rural areas of Zimbabwe will need food aid between …
Byo water crisis deepens October 26, 2016 Local News Bulawayo City Council decommissions Umzingwane Dam Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterA SECOND supply dam has been decommissioned in Bulawayo, deepening the city’s water crisis, the worst in five years. The local authority, set to embark on a 24-hour water shedding schedule for all suburbs on November 1, has been …
Rainy season to begin next week: Met Office October 27, 2016 Local News Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterTHE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted that the rainy season will begin next week with hot temperatures expected to continue. Isolated and light showers that have been experienced in some parts of Zimbabwe are expected to continue throughout the country. …
Govt to shoot FMD cattle By ZimSitRep_M | October 24, 2016 0 Comment Source: Govt to shoot FMD cattle – Sunday News Oct 23, 2016 Dumisani Nsingo, Farming ReporterTHE Government will continue to destroy all livestock especially cattle that will have been moved from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) quarantined areas into unaffected destinations as it bids to control the spread of the viral …
Zanu PF MP accuses Mombeshora, Mahofa of sabotaging party programmes By ZimSitRep_M | October 26, 2016 1 Comment CHIREDZI West legislator Darlington Chiwa (Zanu PF) has accused Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahova and her Lands counterpart, Douglas Mombeshora of defying President Robert Mugabe’s directive to drive out the 213 Zanu PF bigwigs, who grabbed sugarcane plots at …
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Zimbabwe to protect livestock 0 Companies & Markets October 20, 2016 The country’s border areas are very porous and there is frequent movement and interaction between communities living on the different sides. By Farai Mabeza GOVERNMENT is moving to protect the country’s sheep and goats from a disease called peste des petits ruminants …
Fresh land grabs scuttle recovery efforts October 21, 2016 in News It has been two months since 41-year-old farmer Mark McKinnon lost a property that he had known to be his home his entire life. He vividly recalled how he was sent into exile in Canada, leaving a 266-hectare flourishing farm and wildlife sanctuary to a …
Govt wary of water crisis October 22, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is seeking Cabinet approval to declare the country a water shortage area as the situation has worsened due to the El-Nino-induced drought which is the worst in 25 years.If the provision is granted, the ministry will …