Tobacco farmers seek late start to auction season

Tobacco farmers seek late start to auction season – NewsDay Zimbabwe   1/3/2019 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA/XOLISANI NCUBE TOBACCO farmers are pushing for the tobacco marketing season to be opened at a later date to allow farmers to finalise the harvesting of the crop and to put in place logistical arrangements before the season kicks off. …

Climate Change Management Bill on the cards: Zhakata

Climate Change Management Bill on the cards: Zhakata   1/3/2019 The Herald Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau GOVERNMENT has started working on a legal instrument to enhance the implementation of climate change adaption and management strategies to reduce emissions by 33 percent per capita in line with Vision 2030, an official has said. In an interview …

Farmers warned to wary of pulpy kidney

Farmers warned to wary of pulpy kidney   1/3/2019 Haemorrhages on the heart muscle caused by pulpy kidney disease The Herald Manicaland Bureau MANICALAND farmers have been urged to be wary of pulpy kidney, a disease that attacks goats and sheep, which has the potential to impede livestock productivity. Mutare District livestock officer Mr Nomatter …

Estate planning: An important gift you can give your family

Estate planning: An important gift you can give your family   1/3/2019 The Herald Elizabeth Andreya Features Writer First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and her team of legal experts have been to several provinces where they initiated programmes on inheritance to educate widows and orphans about their rights. This follows sad stories of how women and …

Gwanda irrigation schemes underutilised

Gwanda irrigation schemes underutilised   1/3/2019 The Chronicle Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent ONLY 60 hectares of land has been utilised this farming season out of an estimated 480 hectares under irrigation schemes in Gwanda. Speaking during a drought relief committee meeting held in Gwanda recently, Agritex crop officer, Mr Shepherd Ncube said the district has …

New number plates requirements introduced

UPDATED: New number plates requirements introduced   1/3/2019 The Chronicle Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter MOTORISTS will no longer be required to change vehicle registration plates along with the change of ownership as the Government seeks to reduce expenditure in the production of the plates, a senior official said yesterday. Acquiring new vehicle registration plates has …

Treasury released funds to procure 2 000 transformers

Treasury released funds to procure 2 000 transformers   1/3/2019 The Chronicle Nqobile Tshili, Business Correspondent GOVERNMENT is set to procure 2 000 electricity transformers to address power transmission gaps, which are negatively affecting service in critical sectors, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Dr Jorum Gumbo, said. He told Business Chronicle that Treasury had …

What new Monetary Policy Statement means to average Zimbabwean

What new Monetary Policy Statement means to average Zimbabwean    1/3/2019 Source: What new Monetary Policy Statement means to average Zimbabwean | Herald (Opinion) Prof Mthuli Ncube Path to ProsperityAs we work to put Zimbabwe’s economy back on its feet, recovery is the word. The Zimbabwean financial situation, its industry, its businesses, have all been in …