A family of white Zimbabwean farmers have been evicted from their land after it was handed over to a British doctor who runs a weightloss clinic in Nottingham. The Rankin family, who have farmed tobacco in Zimbabwe for decades, were handcuffed by police and dragged off their land so it […]
Agriculture
Govt gives free cotton seeds to farmers
GOVERNMENT has provided free cotton seed to farmers in an effort to revive the sector which at one time was the country’s biggest source of export revenue. According to an announcement released by the country’s biggest cotton ginning company, Cottco, the government provided for all the inputs requirements for the […]
Last herds of pedigree Hereford and Senepol cattle under threat
As the drought in Zimbabwe bites deep and reports of cattle deaths escalate, the country’s last two herds of irreplaceable pedigree Hereford and Senepol cattle are under severe threat – not directly from the drought, but from a senior government official who has forced the owner off his farm. If […]
‘Millions face starvation’
THE World Economic Forum (Wef) says emphatically that the majority of Zimbabweans will starve in 2016. In its Global Risks Perception Survey for this year, Wef said the food crisis currently facing the nation would escalate to starvation soon, with people in the rural areas set to be the worst hit. […]