Farmers urged to use moisture techniques

Farmers urged to use moisture techniques     The Herald 5/10/2018 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau TOBACCO farmers have been urged to intensively employ moisture preservation techniques this season as part of efforts to produce a good crop in light of the forecast low rainfall pattern. Zimbabwe is expected to receive normal to below normal rainfall …

Govt must act on diamond, land policies

Govt must act on diamond, land policies     The Herald 5/10/2018 Tichaona Zindoga Political Editor What has happened to Zimbabwe’s diamonds? A few years ago, following the discovery of the precious mineral which triggered a massive fortune hunt in Marange and Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe looked on course for a massive boon. After the mad rush …

Cold spell to continue 1

Cold spell to continue     The Chronicle 5/10/2018 Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE cold spell being experienced in most parts of the country is a result of dropping of temperatures in South Africa and may prevail until tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department said yesterday. Most parts of the country yesterday experienced cold weather that is …

Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction on course

Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction on course     The Chronicle 5/10/2018 Leonard Ncube in Hwange CONSTRUCTION of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North is well on course with 34 percent of work done and the contractor hopeful to meet the December 2019 target for completion. This follows allocation of $23.33 million by Treasury in the 2018 …

Nssa offers amnesty to employers

Nssa offers amnesty to employers    Source: Nssa offers amnesty to employers – DailyNews Live 4.10.2018 Letwin Nyambayo      4 October 2018 HARARE – The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has offered allemployers a two-month amnesty to register and clear debts. In a statement yesterday, Nssa stated that unregistered companies shouldcome forward and register, adding that there …

Govt offers more farmland to Billy Rautenbach

Govt offers more farmland to Billy Rautenbach      Source: Govt offers more farmland to Billy Rautenbach | Newsday (News) 4/10/2018 Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has offered 10 000 hectares of land to Billy Rautenbach to expand his farming activities in Kanyemba, along the Zambezi River. BY Everson Mushava Shiri made the offer at the …

Zim land beneficiaries to compensate white farmers, says govt

Zim land beneficiaries to compensate white farmers, says govt Crecey Kuyedzwa, Harare 4/10/2018 Beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme will have to pay compensation to the displaced white farmers, a senior government official told parliament on Wednesday. Zimbabwe’s second president after long-time president Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to compensate white farmers who lost …

Money transfers tax a threat to financial inclusion

Money transfers tax a threat to financial inclusion – NewsDay Zimbabwe   4/10/2018 Announcing fiscal measures on Monday, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube said the intermediated money transfer tax had been reviewed from five cents per transaction to two cents per dollar transacted, effective October 1, 2018. The decision is a threat to …

‘New human settlement policy on cards’

‘New human settlement policy on cards’     The Herald /10/2018 Sharon Chigeza Mutare Correspondent APPROXIMATELY 45 000 hectares of arable land have been lost to unplanned housing developments over the past decade, a Government official has said. Speaking during the World Habitat Day commemorations held in Mutare on Monday, Local Government, Public Works and …