‘Fuel price crash should benefit motorists’

‘Fuel price crash should benefit motorists’  Herald 23/4/2020   Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government is monitoring movements on the international oil markets to ensure that the country benefits from the falling prices of the commodity that has been experienced in the past few weeks. Prices of crude oil fell below zero for a barrel for …

Basic goods prices revert to March 25 level

Basic goods prices revert to March 25 level  Herald 23/4/2020   Vice President Kembo Mohadi with Minister of Industry and Trade Dr Sekai Nzenza (left) Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailsers president Mr Denford Mutashu during the announcement of price moratorium in Harare yesterday. Picture by John Manzongo Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Prices of basic food items …

Poor grain supplies frustrate Hwange miller

Poor grain supplies frustrate Hwange miller Chronicle 23/4/2020   Mr Martin Ndlovu Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter AN indigenous miller in Ndlovu area just outside Victoria Falls has implored Government to consistently supply subsidised grain to millers so as to ensure sustainable roller meal availability in the country. Government introduced the subsidy on roller meal …

Solar power collectors to augument the national grid

Solar power collectors to augument the national grid  Chronicle 23/4/2020   Jonathan Maphenduka THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has announced an ambitious $500 million solar power project for the country to complement Kariba and Hwange plants by 2022. The project, to be financed with private capital, will see solar plants built across the country. …

Land reform will always be a footprint of gains of Uhuru

Land reform will always be a footprint of gains of Uhuru    Chronicle 23/4/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE land reform programme that the Government embarked on two decades ago is one huge achievement the country has scored since Independence was achieved 40 years ago. Zimbabwe attained its Independence on April 18, 1980 after …

Government, business contain ‘Covid prices’

Government, business contain ‘Covid prices’ Chronicle 23/4/2020   Vice President Kembo Mohadi Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT and business have reached a deal to revert the prices of basic commodities to what shops were charging on March 25 and placed a moratorium on the cost of the goods, as recent price hikes were based on …

‘Zim food situation gallops to alarming levels’

‘Zim food situation gallops to alarming levels’  0  April 22, 2020 4:28 PM Source: ‘Zim food situation gallops to alarming levels’ | Newsday (News) ZIMBABWE’S food crisis is expected to worsen and reach new lows by June this year, with about 4,3 million citizens expected to be food insecure. By Nkululeko Sibanda According to the Global Report …

Farmers decry tobacco season deferment

Farmers decry tobacco season deferment  0  April 23, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Farmers decry tobacco season deferment – NewsDay Zimbabwe THE tobacco marketing season which was set to commence today has been deferred to a later date as authorities struggle to timely put in place preventive measures against the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic during the selling process …

LOCKDOWN: Victoria Falls in lonely majestic splendour

LOCKDOWN: Victoria Falls in lonely majestic splendour   Herald 22/4/2020  The Victoria Falls By Marianne Betts The Victoria Falls appears to be thoroughly enjoying its alone time, reaching its highest flows in a decade in a powerful display of breath-taking beauty and intensity, which ironically no one is there to witness. The Victoria Falls rainforest …