15pc pay rise for Tongaat workers

15pc pay rise for Tongaat workers October 25, 2017 Business Tongaat Hullets workers on strike in this file picture Walter Mswazie, Masvingo CorrespondentAn arbitrator has awarded Tongaat Hullets Zimbabwe workers salary increases of between 7,5 percent and 15 percent putting to rest a two-year long protracted labour dispute between the employer and workers’ representatives. The arbitrator, retired …

Boy killed, one injured in buffalo attack

Boy killed, one injured in buffalo attack Chronicle 25 October 2017   Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A 10-YEAR-OLD boy died while the other was seriously injured after they were attacked by a buffalo in Chiredzi. The injured who is also 10 years old is admitted to Chiredzi District Hospital in a critical condition. An 11 -year-old …

Govt distributes 11 000 tonnes food aid monthly

Govt distributes 11 000 tonnes food aid monthly October 25, 2017 Local News Makokoba residents receive food aid in this file photo Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands CorrespondentGOVERNMENT has started distributing food aid to more than 200 000 households that are still in need of assistance in the country. In an interview Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy …

Govt to promote specialised crops

Govt to promote specialised crops October 25, 2017 Local News Minister Joseph Made Elita Chikwati, Harare BureauGovernment is looking at promoting specialised crop and animal enterprises to meet the quality and quantity requirements for regional and international markets, a cabinet minister said yesterday. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said President Mugabe wanted a …

Notorious cross-border poaching kingpin fights Bots extradition

Notorious cross-border poaching kingpin fights Bots extradition  2 October 24, 2017 4:44 PM Source: Notorious cross-border poaching kingpin fights Bots extradition | Newsday (News) NOTORIOUS Zimbabwe cross-border poaching kingpin, Dumisani Moyo, who is facing extradition to Botswana over various poaching offences in that country, yesterday pleaded with the Harare Magistrates’ Court to protect him and stop …

‘Indigenous trees are our heritage’

‘Indigenous trees are our heritage’ October 24, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Minister of State for Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri hands over a road-runner chicken to Ward-14 zanu-pf Chairman Cde Taderera Gwanzura in Mahusekwa last week. — (Picture by Rutendo Rori) Rutendo Rori Marondera CorrespondentGovernment has urged people to plant more indigenous trees …

Govt targets 60pc agric export earnings

Govt targets 60pc agric export earnings October 24, 2017 Business, Top Stories Deputy Minister Marapira Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterGOVERNMENT is targeting to increase agriculture’s contribution to national export earnings to around 60 percent by next year from the current 35 percent, due to a number policy interventions that it has lined up to improve the sector. This comes after …

Adesina pledges fund for young farmers

Adesina pledges fund for young farmers October 24, 2017 Business African Development Bank president Dr Akinwumi Adesina Business ReporterAFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has pledged to set up a fund for young farmers using the $250 000 World Food Prize money that he won recently. Dr Adesina has been proclaimed the 2017 World …

Tobacco farmers should lead reforestation programmes

Tobacco farmers should lead reforestation programmes  0 October 23, 2017 9:26 AM Source: Tobacco farmers should lead reforestation programmes – NewsDay Zimbabwe October 23, 2017 Tobacco is one of the leading cash crops and a major foreign currency earner in Zimbabwe. The country does not only enjoy enormous returns from tobacco sales, but it also boasts the best …