Centres to benefit over 12k farmers

Centres to benefit over 12k farmers Daily News Last updated Dec 14, 2020 Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 12 000 farmers in Mhondoro-Ngezi and Chegutu districts will benefit from the Agricultural Centres of Excellence (ACE) established at Chibero Agricultural College, Mhondoro and Chegutu by the European Union-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services …

Machiki villagers benefit from major Govt project

JUST IN: Machiki villagers benefit from major Govt project  13 JAN, 2021 – 14:01 Herald     Andrew Muvishi Mash East Correspondent More than 180 villagers from Machiki Village in Macheke are going to benefit a total of 285 hectares irrigable land using centre pivots which is going to be provided by department of water resources …

Common challenges on land, immovable properties

Common challenges on land, immovable properties Herald 14/1/2021   Some developers, for example of flats or cluster homes, may sell off plan and charge a price of a completed unit yet they do not complete the construction. It is necessary to find legal solutions to such unfortunate situations. Godknows Hofisi This article looks at common …

Women farmers get skills

Women farmers get skills  Herald 14/1/2021   Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Twenty-nine female smallholder farmers at Siyalima Farm in Guruve have been engaged by the Development Aid from People to People (DAPP), to transform them into commercial farmers at the same time tackling gender inequality, gender-based violence and child marriages. Siyalima Farm is a …

Faults overwhelm Zesa’s capacity

Faults overwhelm Zesa’s capacity Herald 14/1/2021   Minister Soda Herald Reporter Zesa is not load-shedding, but is having to stretch manpower and resources to cope with the growing number of faults seen in rainy seasons, mainly falling poles, trees falling on overhead cables, water seeping into underground cables and lightning striking critical equipment. The extra …

Nhimbe Fresh struggles to crack blueberries exports

Nhimbe Fresh struggles to crack blueberries exports  Herald 14/1/2021   Nhimbe is producing berries on its 200-hectare farm in Marondera. The produce is expected to complement supplies from Zambezi Berry Company of Zambia Business Reporter NHIMBE Fresh Produce, Zimbabwe’s leading horticultural firm is struggling to navigate the web of bureaucracy to get an import protocol …

Electronic cargo tracking system

electronic cargo tracking system   Chronicle 14/1/2021  THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) introduced the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), becoming the fifth revenue administration in Africa to have such an operational Electronic Cargo Tracking and Monitoring System. The system became effective in January 2017 and was officially commissioned by the Minister of Finance and Economic …

Oil Castor acquires certifying agency status

Oil Castor acquires certifying agency status   zchronicle 14/1/2021  Mr Arellano Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business Editor A LEADING bio-technology concern, Oil Castor has been approved as a certifying agency for castor bean, a move expected to ensure high quality seeds for the production of the crop across Africa. The firm, which supports rural farmers across …

More floods predicted

More floods predicted Chronicle 14/1/2021   Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on standby for evacuations in flood prone areas of the country after the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) warned that tropical cyclones and serious floods remain a real danger in the second half of the 2020/21 rainy season. The weather …

Statutory Instrument 9 of 2021. Customs and Excise (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (UK) and Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) States Economic Partnership Agreement) (Suspension) (Market Access Offer) Regulations, 2021

Statutory Instrument 9 of 2021. Customs and excise (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (UK) and Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) States Economic Partnership Agreement) (Suspension) (Market Access Offer) Regulations, 2021 NB this is only the first 4 pages of this 156 page document which mostly covers rates of duty on hundreds of …