Zimra simplifies vehicle clearance processes

Zimra simplifies vehicle clearance processes   Chronicle 29/3/2021  Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has simplified the import processes that had in the past been delaying the customs clearance of new and pre-owned vehicles at the country’s border posts. In a recent memo addressed to Beitbridge Transit-Shed managers, Zimra’s acting regional manager …

CSC engages creditors over corporate rescue strategy

CSC engages creditors over corporate rescue strategy Chronicle 29/3/2021   Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE defunct State-owned meat processor and marketer, the Cold Storage Company (CSC), says it will hold its first creditors’ meeting this week under interim corporate rescue to receive a report on the “reasonable” prospects of rescuing the firm. The meeting, …

Tobacco farmers need assistance

Tobacco farmers need assistance  1  March 27, 2021 6:28 AM Source: Tobacco farmers need assistance | Theindependent (Zimbabwe) IF there is any important development that has come out of the agrarian reforms that kicked off at the turn of the millennium, it is the rapid transformation of thousands of rural farmers into small-scale tobacco producers. The dramatic …

Three natural enemies found to ‘beat fall armyworm’

Three natural enemies found to ‘beat fall armyworm’ SciDev,Net 26/3/2021 Armyworm on a maize leaf. Copyright: CABI Speed read Fall armyworm causes Africa up to 18 million tonnes of maize losses a year Researchers have identified potential native insects to kill fall armyworm Cost-effectiveness of the approach needs to be determined, expert says By: Eldon …