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Zimbabwean authorities order NGO to close its doors 28 April 2021 - 18:31 By LENIN NDEBELE and JOHN NCUBE Connect, a family therapy and counselling training organisation in Manicaland, was told to close. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/antstang Zimbabwean authorities have ordered a non-governmental organisation to shut shop, resurfacing fears that the state is targeting NGOs it believes are pushing a political agenda. Connect, a family therapy and counselling training or...

Fiona Hancox standing down from Silver Fern Farms board 27 Apr, 2021 02:30 AM 7 minutes to read West Otago farmer Fiona Hancox is standing down from the board of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative. Photo / Supplied West Otago farmer Fiona Hancox is standing down from the board of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative. Photo / Supplied Otago Daily Times By: Sally Rae When Fiona Hancox stood for the board of Silver Fern Farms, it was all about timing. Six years later, the West Otago farmers decision to not ...

VILLAGERS who want to save the iconic Red Lion Inn in Culross can now buy their very own slice of the pub thanks to the launch of a community share offer next week. Its hoped the initiative will raise around £250,000 in £25 shares which will help the community buy the boozer from current owners David Alexander and Ann Dowds, who are retiring. A new community benefit society called West Fife Community Trading Limited that has been set up will be the owners and a tenant will run the pub a...

Press Release – Agri-Women’s Development Trust A partnership between the Agri Womens Development Trust (AWDT) and Kiwi tech company MEA will apply technology and data to accelerate progress in New Zealands primary sector. The partnership will focus on evolving the accessibility and capability … A partnership between the Agri Women’s Development Trust (AWDT) and Kiwi tech company MEA will apply technology and data to accelerate progress in New Zealand’s primary sector. The partnership...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.19.21 In every Session, there are clear winners and losers, while others prove more elusive to pin down. Once again, Florida Politics is assembling an (arguably) comprehensive look at who walked away from Sine Die 2021 victorious, who tanked, and who landed somewhere in between. Of course, there is the one bill lawmakers must pass: Florida’s upcoming state budget. Crafted in the ever-present shadow of COVID-19,...

Senate agrees to preserve Space Florida funding Image via AP. Senate budget leaders have agreed to preserve funding for Space Florida at its usual level. Ahead of the budget conference, the Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee and Chair  George Gainer had only offered $3 million, half of what Space Florida has received in recent years. But with the first return offer of the budget conference, the Senate agreed to preserve the aerospace economic developmen...

R115m bail out bid for Independent Development Trust By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Cape Town - Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has requested R115 million from the National Treasury to fund the Independent Development Trust’s (IDT) operational cost shortfall. In a written reply to DA MP Samantha Jane Graham, De Lille said the management of the financial assistance would be monitored closely. She said the IDT would remain the implementing agent for the Non-State Sector (NSS), Non...

NAKOVACAKE CLUSTER PRAISED FOR INGENUITY AMIDST COVID-19 14/03/2021 The Vanua o Nakovacake in Nadi has been praised for their ingenuity and tactic in implementing strategies to meet the needs of members of their vanua amidst the impact and external shock wrought by COVID-19 on the Fijian economy.   This after the development programmes by members of the Nakovacake Farmers’ Cluster and Nakovacake Development Trust was presented to the Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment Hon. D...

Nearly 600 iconic red phone boxes across Scotland are up for grabs – and local communities are being urged to take them on and transform them for the 21st Century. Since 2008, a total of 482 phone boxes across the country have been taken on by communities for just £1 each through BT’s Adopt a Kiosk programme. Redundant phone boxes, once a lifeline of communication before the arrival of mobile phone networks, have been transformed into everything from defibrillator units and mini h...

Kirkcudbright Development Trust frustrated at being unable to use new Johnston Centre due to coronavirus pandemic Current restrictions mean the Johnston Nursery is the only service allowed to operate from the building The Johnston Centre in Kirkcudbright. (Image: Jim McEwan) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to sen...