Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tongaat Hulett scales up distribution footprint Chronicle 28/5/2021 Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GIANT sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, plans to rope in competent transport operators who would enhance the company’s drive to expand its regional market distribution footprint. Tongaat has operations in Zimbabwe where it operates Hippo Valley Estates Limited and …
Government launches Intwasa second phase Chronicle 28/5/2021 Mthabisi Tshuma and Michelle Nyanzira, Chronicle Reporters GOVERNMENT today will launch the second phase of the successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme to increase household and national food security through farm mechanisation. Having gone through one of the most bountiful harvests brought by plenty of rains and the conservation agricultural …
Government foregoes US$2,3bn through tax incentives Chronicle 28/5/2021 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor GOVERNMENT has tightened its subsidies issuance framework to curb economic leakages amid reports Treasury has sacrificed up to US$2.3 billion in potential revenue through granting of tax incentives between 2011 and 2019 as part of efforts to stimulate productive …
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Push for sectoral determination of wages Chronicle 28/5/2021 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Business Editor GOVERNMENT has stressed the need to strengthen sectoral determination of salaries and wages through National Employment Councils (NECs), as well as maintaining the stability of the economy and the prevailing foreign currency auction system. This follows a Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) …
Veldfires claim 4 lives countrywide 0 May 27, 2021 11:29 AM Source: Veldfires claim 4 lives countrywide | Newsday (News) BY TATENDA CHITAGU Four people died last year due to veldfires, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has said, while over a million hectares of forests and grasslands went up in smoke. Speaking during the belated national fire …
Legislators outraged by legal instrument on cotton 0 May 27, 2021 6:39 PM Source: Legislators outraged by legal instrument on cotton | The Herald Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Members of Parliament have expressed concern over a legal instrument on cotton contracting companies, saying it protects private firms more than it does the Presidential Input Scheme that holds 98 …
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Tobacco deliveries surpass 110m kg mark 0 May 27, 2021 6:59 PM Source: Tobacco deliveries surpass 110m kg mark | Herald (Top Stories) So far this season flue-cured tobacco sales have surpassed 110 million kg and US$300 million in 33 days, with stakeholders expressing satisfaction at the smooth progress of the marketing and the quality of the …
Milk processors appeal for powders import quota rise By The Zimbabwe Independent – May 21, 2021 BY MELODY CHIKONO ZIMBABWE’S milk processors are appealing for an increase in their milk powders import quota, a move that will see the sector’s import bill trebling to over US$60 million this year. The call comes amid a serious …
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‘Lands ministry haven for corruption cartels’ By The Zimbabwe Independent – May 21, 2021 BY TINASHE KAIRIZA A GOVERNMENT investigation, whose preliminary findings have been submitted to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has exposed rampant corruption at the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, which derailed government’s projects and prejudiced the fiscus of revenue. The …
Lack of technical expertise hamper fish farming- farmers Herald 27/5/2021 Mr Wilford harvesting fish from his ponds in Mazowe district. Daniel Chigunwe Mash Central Correspondent The fish farming business is being hampered by lack of knowledge and technical expertise especially among new players, acting director Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, …
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