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Zimbabwe lifts ban on cloven-hoofed animal imports from South Africa
The Red Meat Producers' Organisation (RPO) and Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have welcomed Zimbabwe's recent move to lift the ban on the importation of cloven-hoofed animals an...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:23hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on high alert for avian flu
Surveillance measures have been intensified along the borders of Zimbabwe in response to the emergence of a novel, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain, recently identified in South Africa....Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA consumers face higher prices in 2022
Various product prices are rising rapidly across the globe as the world opens after months of lockdown. As a result, food prices have been in the headlines, and SA is no exception.As a case in...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Importation of poultry from South Africa remains suspended
The importation of poultry and poultry products from South Africa remains suspended as the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) is on high alert following confirmed reports of an outbreak of high p...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heightens surveillance against Avian influenza
THE Department of Veterinary Services has advised poultry farmers to tighten bio-security and maintain proper disinfection to curb any potential spread of the avian influenza into the country. ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's hefty traffic fines start
Errant and negligent motorists who flagrantly disregard road rules will have to contend with hefty traffic penalties when the new standard scale of fines, which prescribe a maximum penalty of $700 an...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traffic offenders to be fined up to $700
Errant and negligent motorists who flagrantly disregard road rules will have to contend with hefty traffic penalties when the new standard scale of fines, which prescribe a maximum penalty of $700 and...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Innscor reports good performance in all business portfolios
INNSCOR Africa Limited posted a $48,6 million profit after tax in the full-year ended June 2018 from $34,4 million in prior period, as all its business portfolios reported good performance.The...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Day-old chicks shortage hits industry
THE production of hatching eggs in Zimbabwe is projected to remain depressed until the last quarter of this year, necessitating the continued high dependence on imports to satisfy demand for day-old c...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chicken prices fall as poultry farmers increase production
THE price of chicken has fallen from $4 per kilogramme to an average of $3,50 per kilogramme as poultry farmers have increased production after recovering from the effects of bird flu and drop in pric...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe free of avian flu
Zimbabwe has reported it was now free of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu that hit the country between May and August last year.Poultry producer Lanark, a commercial farm 25km south o...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 10:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now free from Avian flu
Zimbabwe is now free from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that hit the country between May and August last year. The disease killed one million chickens in South Africa and Zimbabwe....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 01:01hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Poultry industry on the rebound
THE poultry industry appears to be on the rebound following challenges posed by the outbreak of the Avian Influenza.A report last week said the disease reduced to critical levels the supply of day...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports chicken eggs from Europe
POULTRY producers could be forced to import hatching eggs from Europe on the back of local and regional shortages that were triggered by the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza viru...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Avian influenza is in Southern Africa, concerted regional approach required to manage it
The first ever confirmation of outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in southern Africa (so far reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, in that or...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 12:32hrs | 4 | by Chimimba David Phiri and Moetapele Letshwenyo
Zimbabwe bans poultry imports from South Africa
Zimbabwe has banned poultry and poultry products from South Africa following an outbreak of Avian Influenza in Mpumalanga and Free State provinces. Department of veterinary services director Dr Jospha...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa hit by serious avian flu, leaving thousand of birds dead
South Africa has been hit by avian influenza leaving thousands of birds dead, as Zimbabwe works with the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Crisis Management Centre to review its systems following an...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hardly exports poultry to South Africa and Botswana
THE country is not affected by South Africa and Botswana Governments' decision to ban Zimbabwean chicken products as the country hardly exports poultry produce, players in the industry have said....Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa bans chicken imports from Zimbabwe
South Africa has immediately suspended all trade in live poultry, meat and table eggs from Zimbabwe over an outbreak of bird flu.The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) an...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana bans importation of Zimbabwe poultry products
BOTSWANA has banned the importation of poultry products from Zimbabwe following an outbreak of avian influenza.In a notice yesterday, the Botswana government said it was also cancelling the im...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Technical Meeting on Emerging High Impact Trans boundary Crop Pests and Animal Disease
The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Zimbabwe – represented here by the Permanent Secretary Ringsong Chitsiko.Representatives from the Southern...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Dr. David Phiri - FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Southern Africa
Emergency conference on fall armyworm
Cereal crop-eating caterpillars have infested maize fields in Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. While pest identification is still being awaited in some countri...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by FAO
Fall armyworm outbreak a blow to prospects of recovery for southern Africa
New pest poses novel threat to region reeling from effects of consecutive droughts Harare - A fall armyworm out...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 13:29hrs | 7 | by FAO
Bird flu case reported in China
A 39-year-old man in a southern Chinese hospital is suffering from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported Friday.The man -- identified by Xinhua as a bus dri...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 22:33hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Postmortem shows MDC senator died of bird flu
Gladys Gombami-Dube the mainstream MDC senator for Mabutweni died of bird flu, a family spokesperson told journalists at her house in Mpopoma high density suburb on Wednesday.Family spokespers...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reported
Zimbabwe bans poultry imports from South Africa
GOVERNMENT has banned, with immediate effect, all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa following an outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N2) in ostriches at five commercial farms in th...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 09:12hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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