1310 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://bulawayo24.com/opinion/columnist/103609Ironically, levels of insurance in the farming sector in Zimbabwe are low.It is unfortunate that farmers view insurance as an unnecessary expense rather than an investment to curtail future risk, given the small size of their holdings. The fact that an insurance policy is purchased when the business....Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:19:00 +0100bulawayo24-17d266da01412c854fee0858ab0b61f020170201161900http://bulawayo24.com/news/national/103507THE heavy rains being experienced in various parts of the country have seen an alarming rise in drowning cases and rainfall incidents as people attempt to cross flooded rivers and their homes get ravaged by flash floods. Recently, an eight-year-old boy drowned while fishing with his 10-year-old brother in a flooded Nhomela River in Plumtree.Tue, 31 Jan 2017 07:12:00 +0100bulawayo24-2f797c88c418a812a25f2fb08ce6e25120170131071200http://www.herald.co.zw/lightning-kills-2-pupils-injures-85/Freeman Razemba and Margaret Matibiri TWO pupils from Chinatsa Secondary School in Marondera were killed on Thursday afternoon, while 85 others were injured after being struck by lightning while awaiting dismissal at the assembly point. National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:49:00 +0100herald-ef2a4458d0b05477111a7458634adadc20170127234900http://allafrica.com/stories/201701230758.htmleditorial. Persistent heavy rains have pounded most parts of Zimbabwe since mid-December last year, bringing relief to farmers and urban dwellers following drought conditions experienced over the past two seasons. The downpours have brought relief and misery in equal measure in different parts of....Fri, 27 Jan 2017 03:34:00 +0100allafrica-4b0363256642719c718c445ec24645db20170127033400