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Call to plant hybrid seeds

The Herald 

Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter drought-tolerant hybrid maize seeds represent a new shift in farming opportunities in the country as they improve yields in the face of challenges presented by climate change in the region such as recurring droughts, seed company Sygenta Zimbabwe has said. Prolonged dry spells experienced in the 2018/2019 season caused a 54 percent decline in national maize output compared to the 2017/2018 season, threatening national food security, the livelihoods of many rural... Читать дальше...

Zim’s powerful music of the struggle

The Herald 

Anakwa Dwamena Correspondent In April of 1980, when Bob Marley arrived to headline the Independence celebrations that would see Rhodesia become Zimbabwe, his song “Zimbabwe”, the centrepiece of the “Survival” album, was the most popular foreign song in the country. Marley, whose religion of Rastafarianism had long preached cultural and political resistance against white oppression […]

War vets’ children swindled

The Herald 

EMMB Africa — touted as one the best training institutes for earth-moving equipment operators — has been awarded a Government contract to train hundreds of children of war veterans, charging $2 000 fees per head when it does not have a single fully-functional machine, The Herald can reveal.



LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Laws don't stop evil

The Washington Times 

As we emerge from a weekend defined by two horrendous mass shootings, I listen to the commentators trying to explain "why." I think the best overarching answer was provided by our second president, John Adams, in 1798: "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don't take USPS' word for it

The Washington Times 

"Reforming the Postal Service" (Web, July 28) points to USPS' shipping and package capabilities as its one redeeming quality amid the agency's rapidly growing losses. USPS' $143 billion in total unfunded liabilities and debt are disregarded as an afterthought -- and apparently so are the nation's taxpayers who may be ...

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One in 10 ultra-wealthy Hong Kong residents lost their millionaire status in 2018, and an expert says the extreme wealth loss highlights the volatility of their net worths

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • The net worths of Hong Kong's ultra-wealthy are more volatile than the net worths of their counterparts in any other region in the world, according to Capgemini's 2019 World Wealth Report.
  • One in 10 Hong Kong residents who began 2018 as high net worth individuals could no longer be considered as such by the year's end, according to Capgemini.
  • Hong Kong's wealthiest residents often enjoy the greatest profits when the markets are bullish, but experience the steepest losses during market routs... Читать дальше...


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