Zimbabwe approves first cannabis production project
from PATRICK CHITONGO in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI - ZIMBABWE has approved the first project for the farming and processing of cannabis, a development that is set to earn the co ...
Read More »Climate change fuelling fatal Nigeria conflicts
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA - THE United Kingdom (UK) is concerned at the impact of climate change that is driving deadly violence between farmers and livestock her ...
Read More »Digital literacy initiated for SA rural farmers
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - SOME 350 small-scale farmers, mostly women and youth, in rural areas have received training in a programme aiming to equip the land tillers with ...
Read More »SA bumper harvest allays regional maize shortfalls
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - DESPITE the expected drop in regional maize production in 2019, worsened by the dreadful Cyclone Idai, the supply during the 2019/20 marketing y ...
Read More »Bumpy ride forecast in crucial week for SA econom
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - ANALYSTS are wary of one of the most critical weeks in the South African economic calendar culminating in downgrades by international rating agencie ...
Read More »New cane varieties to boost Zimbabwe’s sugar output
from PATRICK CHITONGO in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI - ZIMBABWE is anticipating increased production of sugar following the discovery of 19 new cane varieties. Test have proven th ...
Read More »SA halts global maize exports to boost SADC
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - REGIONAL supplies of the staple maize are projected to decline to their lowest level this month but it is not all gloom and doom as South Africa ...
Read More »Marula festival ignites Limpopo tourism sector
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – THE Limpopo Tourism Authority (LTA) is making the most of the upcoming annual Limpopo Marula Festival to boost the travel and hospitality sector ...
Read More »Overspending discouraged this Valentine’s Day
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - FIRST National Bank (FNB) has discouraged the public from overspending this Valentine’s Day. Ester Ochse, Product Specialist at FNB Wealth and ...
Read More »Millions without food as hunger rises in Africa
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI - SOME 257 million Africans – a fifth of the total population's 1.3 billion people are undernourished as hunger rises in the contine ...
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