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First cigar plant for Zimbabwe Sunday Mail 14/6/2020 Business Reporter A local firm, Mosi-Oa-Tunya Cigars, is leveraging on the country’s position as the major leaf tobacco producer on the continent to become Zimbabwe’s first cigar producer. A market for cigars is considered a niche segment in the tobacco industry, which is increasingly viewed as …
Boka to open auction floors in Mvurwi Sunday Mail 14/6/2020 Business Reporter Boka Tobacco Floors will open another auction floor in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central, as efforts to decentralise marketing of the cash crop gather momentum. Already, Boka, which owns the largest auction floor in the country, runs buying facilities in Rusape and Karoi. While …
Sugarcane farmers mull value addition plant Herald 15/6/2020 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Indigenous sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld want to help the nation achieve its Vision 2030 goals by opening a value-addition plant at Rutenga Growth Point in Mwenezi where the Government is setting up a dry port. One of the biggest cane farmers’ …
Details of informal sector, churches exemptions spelt out Herald 15/6/2020 Herald Reporter Informal traders registered with a local authority for the purposes of paying presumptive taxes or who pay rent on premises for carrying out their operations are now deemed to be in the formal sector and so exempted from lockdown regulations, while churches can …
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Communal farmers dominate crop production Chronicle 15/6/2020 Minister Shiri Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter COMMUNAL farmers have delivered the bulk of the tobacco marketed so far, while the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment report has indicated that they will also score the highest maize yields from the 2019/20 summer cropping season. According to the …
Farmers urged to take farming seriously Chronicle 15/6/2020 Vice-President Chiwenga talks to farm owner Mrs Tsitsi Mbudzi while Midlands Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Larry Mavima, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube listen. — Picture by Patrick Chitumba Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has said there is a …
Govt creates agriculture equipment leasing unit Chronicle 15/6/2020 Prof Mthuli Ncube Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has created an agricultural equipment leasing unit within Agribank to assist farmers with farming equipment at a low fee to enhance production on farms. The Government has also sourced 5 000 motorbikes for agricultural extension officers so …
Govt mulls fuel facility for frontline workers Chronocle 15/6/2020 Minister Fortune Chasi Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent GOVERNMENT is considering coming up with a special fuel facility for frontline workers who are losing a lot of productive time in fuel queues. This was said by Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi yesterday. Fresh …
Govt mulls fuel price hike 0 June 14, 2020 10:54 AM Source: Govt mulls fuel price hike | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Investigations Editor Fuel prices might be reviewed upwards in order to address biting “artificial shortages” of the commodity on the local market, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has hinted. In an interview with …
VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga 0 June 14, 2020 11:07 AM Source: VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Vusumuzi Dube in Binga Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation scheme here will next month plant its first crop, 16 years after inception. Production at the 15 000-hectare scheme has had false starts since 2004. Vice …