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Informal food markets: Platforms for sharing The Herald Charles Dhewa Correspondent An under-appreciated advantage of African informal food markets is how they allow farmers, traders, consumers and other actors to emotionally participate in business and change processes through sharing their aspirations and frustrations. The same cannot happen in formal markets like supermarkets and formal manufacturing …
Zim earns $217m from Virginia tobacco The Herald Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter Zimbabwe has so far earned $216,8 million after exporting 51,3 million kilogrammes of tobacco to 52 countries, a setback of $72,8 million on export earnings realised during the same period last year. According to Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)’s latest weekly …
Informal food markets as platforms for sharing frustrations, aspirations From a recent survey at Mkambo, there are diverse preferences in terms of units of measurement and packaging . . . Charles DhewaAN under-appreciated advantage of African informal food markets is how they allow farmers, traders, consumers and other actors to emotionally participate in business and …
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What is prescription in labour cases? Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour MattersMANY workers try to bring up cases that happened a long time ago arguing that they were unfairly treated only to lose these cases with costs when the courts rule that the matters have prescribed. Prescription of disputes provisions are covered in section 94 of the …
Soya beans shortage hits URL operations Mr Busisa Moyo DIVERSIFIED agro-products manufacturer United Refineries Limited (URL) says it continues to operate at between 40 and 50 percent of capacity due to low production of soya beans in the country and the region triggered by lack of irrigation infrastructure and technical skills to grow the crop. …
Dreaming Mark 4 – Zimbabwe Situation Source: Dreaming Mark 4 – The Zimbabwean Last week, after dealing with the macro economic framework needed for recovery and then last week, the need to pay attention to essential services was the subject, today I want to go back into the realms of economics and write about property rights. Eddie …
Thetford Game Reserve and Lodges Thetford Game Reserve is only forty minutes away from Harare out on the Mazowe Road and is the perfect place to visit with family and friends. A mid-week excursion took us down the Golden Stairs Road, through Christon Bank and on to Thetford Game Reserve in the miombo woodlands and …
235 000 ha of maize planted under Command Agriculture Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri ZIMBABWE’S maize import substitution programme, known as Command Agriculture, increased hectarage by 40 percent in the current season to 235 256 hectares from 168 666 hectares last year.A Zimbabwe Annual Grain and Feed Report for June 2018 shows …
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GMB unfazed by $176m losses GMB silos: The parastatal continues to operate under going concern status. GRAIN Marketing Board (GMB) management says it is unfazed by the company’s cumulative $176 million losses as government will inject more resources.This was after auditor general Mildred Chiri had warned that GMB’s going concern status would be hampered by …
Poultry sector in aggressive restocking programme The Herald Bulawayo Bureau The poultry sector has embarked on an aggressive restocking programme after the outbreak of avian influenza that hit Zimbabwe last year. As a result of the avian influenza at one of the country’s biggest chicken breeders, Lanark Farm between May and August 2017, Zimbabwe was …
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