Informes

JOHANNESBURG, 30 April (PLUSNEWS) Supplementary feeding programmes are helping the children of some of Zimbabwe's struggling city dwellers, who have been battered by the shocks of inflation, food shortages and unemployment. Previously, relief operations were directed at people living in rural…

HARARE, 30 April (PLUSNEWS) - Zimbabwe has one of the world's highest prevalence rates for HIV/AIDS. IRIN spoke to UN Development Programme Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator J. Victor Angelo on the assistance the UN is providing to help…

GoZ announces new minimum wage levels The Tripartite Negotiating Forum, composed of representatives from both government and business, announced agreement on a new set of minimum wage levels. The minimum for farmworkers is to be ZW$23,070/mo, and for horticulture and agro-industry…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 April (IRIN) - The Zimbabwe government will allow individuals to sell limited quantities of grain throughout the country, relaxing restrictions that make its Grain Marketing Board (GMB) the sole buyer and seller of grain, state media reported. Permits…

HARARE, 24 April (IRIN) - "Before I came here, I was feeling very guilty, but now I feel much better," said 16-year-old Tendai, twisting her hands nervously. She was chatting with a woman who looked on with compassion. They were…

JOHANNESBURG, 23 April (IRIN) - Two assessments currently being conducted in Zimbabwe will allow the World Food Programme (WFP) to better prepare for meeting the expected food needs for the year ahead. About half of all Zimbabweans currently require food aid…

By Cris Chinaka ZAMBEZI VALLEY, Zimbabwe, April 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme will halve its aid to Zimbabwe in May and June because some recipients have grown enough crops to feed themselves for a time, a…

Summary The National Crop Forecasting Committee (NCFC), the Government and the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) are in the final stages of estimating Zimbabwe's cereal production in 2002/03. FEWS NET/Zimbabwe will wait for these…

Relief in response to the unfolding humanitarian needs has expanded its programme to cover about 1,7 million beneficiaries in 18 districts throughout the country. The general food aid program has distributed a record 20,485 metric tonnes of food in a…

JOHANNESBURG, 9 April (IRIN) - Commercial farmers in Zimbabwe on Wednesday criticised as insufficient the government's purchase offers for their farms, acquired under the controversial land reform programme. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president, Colin Cloete, told IRIN that on average, the…