VAT implications on supplies paid for otherwise than in cash

VAT implications on supplies paid for otherwise than in cash   IN carrying out trade, business operators may engage in various transactions and agree on various methods of payments. Such payment arrangements may entail cash or other means other than cash. An example is barter transactions made between or amongst operators. Barter transactions Barter transactions …

RBZ release $20 million for wheat imports

RBZ release $20 million for wheat imports   Source: RBZ release $20 million for wheat imports – NewsDay Zimbabwe June 20, 2018 THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday released the $20 million requested by millers to import part of the 200 000 metric tonnes of wheat from Canada and Germany to avert a bread shortage. BY FREEMAN MAKOPA …

Agritrade to contract 5 000 farmers

Agritrade to contract 5 000 farmers   The Herald Munashe Matambo Business ReporterTobacco contractor, Agritrade is planning to support over 5 000 small scale farmers in the next cropping season from 4 000 after recording its best season this year. This comes when Zimbabwe’s tobacco output is projected to surpass the targeted 200 million kilogrammes, …

Stakeholders’ roles in veld fire management

Stakeholders’ roles in veld fire management   The Herald Veld fires have become one of the most topical environmental issues with terminal effects in Zimbabwe. Over the years, infrastructure and property worth millions of dollars have been lost in inferno. Agricultural produce such as maize, soyabean and wheat have been burnt down by fires thus …

Move to beneficiate cotton, farmers urged

Move to beneficiate cotton, farmers urged   The Herald Livingstone MarufuZimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) has demanded more  small scale cotton farmers’ participation in the processing of raw cotton into lint in order to improve their lives and productivity on farms as they would earn more money. This comes after private ginners have illegally bought Government …

Farmers to get inputs early, says Marapira

Farmers to get inputs early, says Marapira   The Herald Sydney Mubaiwa Masvingo CorrespondentGovernment says the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme will be rolled out early this year to give farmers ample time to prepare for the 2018-19 agricultural season. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Resettlement Cde Davis Marapira said Government wanted farmers to plant …

Zim receives $3million for green economy policy

Zim receives $3million for green economy policy newsday Zimbabwe has so far received $3 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) which will go towards completion of climate change policy frameworks aimed at influencing an overall green economy by 2030, an official has said. BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA The money came through the ministry of Environment, …

Baobab trees have more than 300 uses, but they’re dying

Baobab trees have more than 300 uses, but they’re dying   The Herald Aida Cuni Sanchez CorrespondentNine of 13 of Africa’s oldest and largest baobab trees have died in the past decade, it has been reported. These trees, aged between 1 100 and 2 500 years, appear to be victims of climate change. Scientists speculate …

TIMB urges farmers to acquire crop education

TIMB urges farmers to acquire crop education   The Herald Harare. – The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board is urging farmers throughout the country to attend training to reduce losses after their tobacco bales are rejected at auction floors  due to bad handling of the crop. Statistics that the TIMB released last Friday shows that …

Cotton farmers dump private merchants

Cotton farmers dump private merchants   The Herald Business ReporterSeveral cotton farmers are dumping contract schemes by private merchants saying they have long been short-changed through inadequate supply of inputs. Farmers in Checheche, one of the country’s largest cotton growing area in Manicaland Province, told this newspaper that they have for long been short-changed by …