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BCC battles to keep water clean Chronicle 16/6/2021 Illegal gold panners carry their tools in Esigodini, Umzingwane District on Friday. panners cause siltation Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has deployed rangers on a full-time basis at its water catchment areas to safeguard the city’s supply dams from being contaminated by toxic …
Malunga farm grab claims false 0 June 15, 2021 10:12 PM Source: Malunga farm grab claims false | The Herald Mr Siphosami Malunga Political Editor THE farm that Government has repossessed in Matabeleland North does not belong to Osisa director Mr Siphosami Malunga and his two partners but was compulsorily acquired under the Land Reform programme in 2004 …
Govt clamps down on maize mealie smugglers – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/6/2021 BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA GOVERNMENT has begun a crackdown on errant retailers who are selling imported mealie-meal as it moves to curb the smuggling of the commodity from neighbouring countries. The exercise, which came as the country has registered a bumper maize harvest this year, …
Farmers race to meet wheat deadline Herald 15/6/2021 Elita Chikwati and Fungai Lupande More than 49 500 hectares have been planted under wheat with frantic efforts in progress to meet today’s planting deadline, but farmers who have failed to plant are now directed to return all unused inputs to Grain Marketing Board depots by …
Bulilima farmers despair as livestock thefts rise Herald 15/6/2021 Stock theft is now rampant in Bulilima district, south west of the country on the border with Botswana Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Simon Ndebele, 57, headman Madlambuzi of Bulilima district has lines of worry on his face as large-scale livestock thefts in …
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Tobacco industry to comply with Covid-19 measures Herald 15/5/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The tobacco industry is implementing the tighter lockdown regulations announced by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, in his capacity as Minister of Health and Child Care, on Saturday for the sector with no more than two people now allowed to accompany …
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Rise in Kariba Dam levels to boost power generation Chronicle 15/6/2021 Kariba dam Business Reporter WATER levels at Kariba Dam have risen by 1,94 metres to 482,82m, further consolidating Zimbabwe’s potential to generate more electricity at Kariba Power Station, the country’s biggest hydro-power plant. According to the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), water levels at …
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Zimbabwe has enough water for two years Chronicle 15/6/2021 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) chief executive officer Engineer Taurai Maurukira has said the country has enough water to last for two farming seasons following rains that fell during the last rain season. Eng Maurukira said Zinwa is mobilising resources …
Mechanised Intwasa/ Pfumvudza on the horizon Chronicle 15/6/2021 Agritex acting director, Mr Stancilae Tapererwa (right) gives a speech during a donation of motorbikes to Matabeleland South Province by Superfert at Valley Irrigation Scheme in Matobo District. (Picture by Dennis Mudzamiri) Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT plans to introduce mechanised agriculture under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa …
Farmers warned over unsanctioned joint ventures Herald 14/6/2021 Minister Masuka Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau FARMERS who violate the Zimbabwe Land Commission Act by subletting their farms without the Government’s nod risk being evicted from the farms, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, has said. The Act stipulates that …