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Zimbabwe Faces Corn, Wheat Shortage After Dry Weather
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Zimbabwe is facing corn and wheat shortages after a prolonged period of dry weather, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report.
The corn crop probably won’t exceed 600,000 metric tons, while the wheat crop won’t be more than 18,000 tons, the USDA said. Zimbabwe has an annual corn requirement of 1.2 million metric tons, according...
Students Drop Out Because of Unaffordable Fees
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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Zimbabwe student leaders held a crisis meeting with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai last week after it emerged that 28% of students had dropped out of the country's leading university because of a lack of foreign currency to settle tuition fees.
The University of Zimbabwe opened on Monday but students have been struggling to raise fees of between US$300 and $1,500 in...
Unions for Zimbabwe State Workers Set Deadline for Action on Salaries
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Negotiations deadlocked this week following a government offer of pay increases from US$7 to U$21 a month, for a top salary of US$236 a month and entry-level compensation of US$150
Zimbabwe’s restive civil servants have given the three top figures in the unity government in Harare 14 days to increase public employee salaries or risk the enforcement of pay demands through...
Eco Africa: 2009 Accomplishments
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
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This year has been a tough one financially, in Zimbabwe as always and here in New York for non profits including ours, (and many other individuals and companies, as we are all too aware).
In Zimbabwe sadly the great expectations for change with the coming of the new “Unity Government” are slowly fading as business-as-usual still seems to be the order of the day right...
