President Emmerson Mnangagwa chairs his inaugural cabinet meeting as Head of State and Government while flanked Ministers Sithembiso Nyoni, Obert Mpofu, Simon Khaya Moyo and Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda (far right) at Munhumutapa offices in Harare. – Picture: Believe Nyakudjara
HARARE – Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affair, Ziyambi Ziyambi is currently battling for his life in the ICU of a Harare hospital amid a Covid-19 explosion that has paralysed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet.
This comes as the country is still to come to terms with the demise of three Cabinet ministers – two deaths being recorded inside a week.
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THE government is planning to resettle more than 180 farmers displaced by the expansion of Causeway Dam in Macheke, Mashonaland East province.
The water impoundment project at the Macheke farm has disrupted the farmers’ activities.
In Zimbabwe, disputes over the Causeway Dam project may soon be resolved. The government of this East African country has announced that it will compensate farmers for land lost.
They will receive 235 hectares of irrigable land. The farmers were settled in the watershed of the water reservoir.
The land allocated to the farmers will be irrigated through central pivot systems. These will be provided by the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Development.
Nhimbe Fresh Struggles to Crack Blueberries Exports
January 14, 2021
NHIMBE Fresh Produce, Zimbabwe’s leading horticultural firm is struggling to navigate the web of bureaucracy to get an import protocol to export blueberries to China.
Chief executive Mr Edwin Moyo told The Herald Finance & Business that the import protocol would pave way for China to do quality checks before the commodity can be exported.
Apart from exporting blueberries, China also expressed interest in avocados and macadamia. This comes at a time when the uptake of macadamia and avocado production is on the increase.
Nhimbe is producing berries on its 200 hectare farm in Marondera and the produce is expected to complement supplies from Zambezi Berry Company of Zambia, which is already exporting after it got approvals from Chinese authorities.
January 15 2021 / Modified on January 15 2021 In Zimbabwe, the government is planning to resettle more than 180 farmers displaced by the Causeway Dam in Machiki. The water impoundment project at this farm in Mashonaland East Province has disrupted the farmers activities.
In Zimbabwe, disputes over the Causeway Dam project may soon be resolved. The government of this East African country has announced that it will compensate farmers for land lost at Machiki, a farm in Mashonaland East province. They will receive 235 hectares of irrigable land. These farmers were in the watershed of the water reservoir.
The land allocated to the farmers will be irrigated through central pivot systems. These will be provided by the Zimbabwean Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Development. Water will be pumped from the Causeway Dam, which will be commissioned in 2020. The reservoir has b
All the positive cases are local transmissions, with 467 from Harare.
Five people also tested positive for Covid-19 at a security check point near Marondera.
Those who tested positive were among the 22 people who were tested at roadblock as the Government intensifies moves to test travellers.
The development comes after the Government dispatched healthcare workers to join the security services at roadblocks to screen those intending to pass through for Covid-19 and carry out awareness campaigns on mitigatory measures to reduce the spread of the pandemic.
The move is expected to help flatten the infection curve.
Health experts deployed to some security checkpoints are mandated to undertake further screening and testing people exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms.