Labour Matters: Workers management under Covid-19

Labour Matters: Workers management under Covid-19  Chronicle 30/7/2020   Davies Ndumiso Sibanda ONE of the most difficult things to manage among workers during Covid-19 is their private lives and the way they generally conduct themselves at personal level during and after hours. For businesses to survive there is a need to invest in training employees …

Minister Shiri: A champion of Matabeleland irrigation projects

Minister Shiri: A champion of Matabeleland irrigation projects Chronicle 30/7/2020   Farmers at the Tuli-Lushongwe irrigation scheme in Gwanda Chronicle Reporters The late Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Perrance Shiri was instrumental in the revival of major irrigation projects in Matabeleland South province as part of the Government’s thrust to ensure …

Minister Shiri: A man who loved rural communities

Minister Shiri: A man who loved rural communities    Chronicle 30/7/2020 The late Minister Perrance Shiri Leroy Dzenga, Harare Bureau The late Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Perrance Shiri, was a busy man. He was in charge of the single most critical portfolio in Zimbabwe, agriculture, given its centrality to national food …

4 000 displaced farmers get US$3,5 billion compensation

4 000 displaced farmers get US$3,5 billion compensation  Chronicle 30/7/2020   President Mnangagwa witnesses the signing ceremony between Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and Commercial Farmers’ Union president Andrew Pascoe at State House yesterday to compensate farmers who lost their land during Land Reform Programme.-Picture: Tawanda Mudimu Fungai Kwaramba, Harare Bureau The …

Minister Shiri declared a national hero

Minister Shiri declared a national hero    Chronicle 30/7/2020 The late Air Chief Marshal (Rtd) Perrance Shiri Elita chikwati, Harare Bureau NATIONAL liberation fighter, retired Air Force of Zimbabwe commander and Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Rtd), who died early yesterday after a short illness at …

Covid-19 Lock-down Order : Imposition of Curfew

BILL WATCH 51/2020 [29th July 2020] Covid-19 Lock-down Order : Imposition of Curfew Last week the President announced that stricter lock-down measures would be imposed with effect from the 22nd July.  The principal measures he announced were: A nightly curfew would be in force throughout the country from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Businesses, other …

Ariston revenue up 15%

Ariston revenue up 15% NewsDay 29/7/2020 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA LISTED entity Ariston says revenue during the nine months ended June 2020 grew by 15% compared to the prior comparative period. “Group’s revenue remains predominantly foreign currency denominated. Revenue for the nine months period to June 30, 2020, grew by 15% in inflation-adjusted terms compared to …

Millers want grain distribution decentralised

Millers want grain distribution decentralised Chronicle 29/7/2020   Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Small-to-Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) has appealed to Government to decentralise the distribution of imported maize across the Grain Marketing Board depots in the country. At present the imported grain is received by GMB Bulawayo depot and the millers across …

Sadc should address food insecurity

Sadc should address food insecurity    Chronicle 29/7/2020 About 41,2 million people in 13 Southern African countries will suffer food insecurity between now and March 2020, following low rainfall in the 2018/2019 growing season A new report, released yesterday by Sadc, has revealed that close to 44.8 million people in urban and rural areas across …