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Nestle invests $14,3m in dairy empowerment scheme July 11, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga recently in MutareNESTLE Zimbabwe says it has so far invested $14,3 million in its dairy empowerment scheme — Nestlé Dairy Empowerment Scheme (NDES), which is aimed at increasing milk output and reducing production costs. The programme was launched in 2011 to assist farmers contracted …
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Tokwe Murkosi dam nears completion By ZimSitRep_M | July 10, 2016 1 Comment Source: Tokwe Murkosi dam nears completion – Sunday News Jul 10, 2016 Walter Mswazie Masvingo CorrespondentTHE much-awaited multi-million dollar project, Tokwe-Murkosi Dam in Chivi district, Masvingo is now 96 percent complete, contractors have said. Italian contractor Italia-Impregillio project manager Engineer Urbano Luso said much of the work has been done …
Livestock market update July 2016 July 8, 2016 Business Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association The Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association will be holding their Inaugural general meeting on Friday July 22, 2016 in the Andy Miller Hall, Exhibition Park, Harare.This event follows the successful launch event held in March. At the July 22 meeting, the association will be …
Winter maize benefits orphans July 8, 2016 Local News Sen Mahofa From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has distributed nearly 25 tonnes of grain produced under the winter maize project in the Lowveld to ease food shortages at children’s homes and orphanages across the drought-stricken Masvingo Province. More than 30 orphanages, children and old people’s homes in …
President swears in commissioners July 8, 2016 Local News Mrs Kazembe Harare BureauPresident Mugabe yesterday swore in members of various commissions among them the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC), tasked with ensuring accountability, fairness and transparency in the administration of agricultural land vested in the State. Others commissioners sworn in are those on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission …
IMPORTS BAN CLARIFIED . . . Reprieve as Government reviews restrictions July 8, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Mike Bimha Oliver Kazunga in Mutare and Thupeyo Muleya in BeitbridgeTHE Government has come up with a list of goods that are exempt from import restrictions under the recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016. The SI tightens screws on …
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Cotton industry faces viability problems 0 Companies & Markets July 7, 2016 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Zimbabwe’s cotton productivity capacity has deteriorated to unprecedented levels ZIMBABWE’s cotton sector is experiencing viability challenges as production has declined, with the area dedicated to cotton slumping from 300 000 hectares in the 2011/2012 season to 110 …
Zimbabwe struggles to meet EU standards 0 National Report July 7, 2016 By Staff Reporter Philippe Van Damme, the head of the EU delegation to Zimbabwe DESPITE Zimbabwe signing a trade agreement giving it duty free access to the European Union (EU) market in 2009, government is yet to implement the deal because of the headaches …
Mafungautsi forest endangered 0 National Report July 7, 2016 By Own Correspondent Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri By Stephen Tsoroti THE quest for the elusive dollar among poverty stricken villagers living close to Mafungautsi forest, is putting the country’s teak and mahogany tree species at risk of being wiped out.Listed since 1954 as …
My Kondozi Story, The People’s Hope Pillaged: Review 0 National Report July 7, 2016 By Cyril Zenda Edwin Moyo TWELVE years after falling victim to a land reform programme that went horribly wrong, former co-owner of Kondozi Farm, Edwin Moyo, finally got his voice back to tell his side of the story.He narrates what really went …
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