Baboons present new woes for timber firms

EASTERN NEWS | Baboons present new woes for timber firms Bernard Chiketo  •  22 March 2018 9:51AM  •  0 comments MUTARE – Timber companies here have a new problem to deal with — menacing troops of baboons — which have raised fresh fears of affecting the production of pine trees.A  decade ago, the primates severely affected …

African nations sign largest free trade agreement since WTO

African nations sign largest free trade agreement since WTO newsday KIGALI — African leaders on Wednesday signed what is being called the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade Organization. AP/ Staff Reporter The deal creates a continental market of 1.2 billion people, with a combined gross domestic product of more than …

ZimParks embark on ambitious command fisheries programme

ZimParks embark on ambitious command fisheries programme newsday THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has introduced 100 000 kapenta fish in the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam under the government’s ambitious command fisheries programme that will see the decentralisation of the pelagic and non-migratory sardine-like fish from Kariba Dam. BY Everson Mushava Zimparks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo …

Tobacco now under Command Agriculture

Tobacco now under Command Agriculture   Elita Chikwati  and Livingstone MarufuThe 2018 tobacco season started yesterday with Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga indicating that tobacco will now be covered under the Command Agriculture Programme. “I am elated to report that Government has extended the Tobacco Contract Model to the same category, Special Maize Production …

Workers have to submit to employer’s control

Workers have to submit to employer’s control   Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY workers have been dismissed for either failing to submit themselves to the employer’s control or failure to adhere to a lawful order out of ignorance of the law as they will be thinking the employer is victimising them. In the matter Innscor Africa vs …

Owed $260 million, Zesa plots defaulter disconnections

Owed $260 million, Zesa plots defaulter disconnections   Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle CorrespondentZESA is owed nearly $260 million by clients in Matabeleland region with the power utility company threatening a nationwide disconnection programme starting next month to force defaulters to pay their bills. The debtors include companies and individuals. Those to be affected by disconnections include industry …