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Fuel prices adjusted to ruling exchange rate Herald 25/6/2020 Herald Reporter The overnight doubling in fuel prices is a direct result of the setting of a new official exchange rate reflecting the actual market value of a US dollar, bringing Zimbabwean fuel prices into line with regional norms and ending the quasi-fiscal subsidy from …
Bakhwa people’s transition from hunting to agriculture Chronicle 25/6/2020 Mthabisi Tshuma, Features Correspondent Winter has, since time immemorial, presented a perfect hunting opportunity for the Bakhwa people from Thwai Thwai area in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South province. Low temperatures were the most favourable for them to head into the bush accompanied by dogs and …
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Winter wheat impresses Govt 25/6/2020 The Chronicle Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT is confident that the harvest from the winter wheat crop will be enough to cover nine months, a development that will result in the Central Bank using less foreign currency to import wheat. The national winter wheat crop assessment conducted by the …
Govt hikes fuel 150%, gazettes USD prices 0 June 24, 2020 3:47 PM Source: Govt hikes fuel 150%, gazettes USD prices – NewsDay Zimbabwe GOVERNMENT has hiked fuel prices by 150% and also formally gazetted US Dollar prices for the scarce liquid, as the nation continues to move towards redollarisation, setting the stage for another wave of basic …
Filling stations to operate 24 hours By Staff Writer Daily News 24/6/2020 THE government has given filling stations the green light to operate around the clock in a bid to ease the shortage of the commodity in the country. In a statement last night, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the national taskforce on Covid-19 agreed …
Brace for severe cold, frost: MSD Herald 24/6/2020 Herald Reporter Zimbabweans should brace for severe cold temperatures since the country has now reached the peak of its winter period, Meteorological Services Department (MSD) deputy director (Public Weather Forecasting) Principal Meteorologist Mrs Linia Mashawi-Gopo has said. She said June and July were the peak period …
Chipinge farmers forced to sell livestock for a song Herald 24/6/2020 Communal farmers need technical support to save their livestock Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Farmers in Chipinge have resorted to selling their livestock to middle men at very low prices to avoid losing animals to starvation as grazing land has started depleting owing to …
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President to launch tractor facility 24/6/2020 President Mnangagwa Herald Reporters President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch the John Deere agricultural equipment supply facility that is part of Government’s mechanisation development programme, said Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, presenting the 21st Cabinet Decision Matrix yesterday. Government entered into a US$50 million deal …
Cottco board to focus on improving productivity Chronicle 24/6/2020 Harare Bureau Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) chairman Dr Abraham Babs Nyoni says his board will focus more on further improving cotton productivity to sustain higher yields. He said good cotton quality would also be the priority of his board. After peaking at 352 000 …
Move to boost sesame production Herald 22/6/2020 Dr Basera Elita Chikwati Zimbabwe is targeting 100 000 tonnes of sesame crop during the 2020/21 summer farming season as it moves to boost production of export crops to increase foreign currency earnings. The growing of sesame is also being promoted to increase feedstock for cooking oil …