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Suspension of maize meal, flour duty unsettles local millers   Chronicle 28/5/2020  Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Small and Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) says the suspension of customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal would cripple production and viability of the local milling industry. In terms of the regulations gazetted …

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CSC upgrade project put on hold   Chronicle 28/5/2020  Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has suspended rehabilitation works, putting on hold a programme that was expected to see the country’s meat processor and marketer resuming operations before the end of the year. CSC-Boustead Beef consultant, Mr Reginald Shoko …

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Nespresso uses blockchain to track coffee from Zimbabwe 28/5/2020 by Ledger Insights Nespresso is using blockchain to enable consumers to trace the origin of Zimbabwe sourced coffee back to the farm. Two years ago, Nespresso started a Reviving Origins program to restore coffee agriculture in regions affected by conflict or other changes. In the late 1980s, …

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How to get a licensed gun in Zimbabwe by Mandla Ndlovu  Byo24 27/5/2020 Zimbabwe has, of late, been inundated with reports of criminals as the economy continues on a nose dive and people try to find alternative means of survival. Most people, small businesspersons, are in need of firearms to protect their businesses but they …

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Tongaat increases sugar price Herald 27/5/2020   Herald Reporter Sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (THZ) has with immediate effect almost doubled the price of sugar. The last increase in the commodity’s price was in March. In a statement yesterday, the sugar producer pegged a 1kg packet of brown at  $63,84 from $32,58 while a 2kg …

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The sad tale of Mushandike Irrigation Scheme  Herald 27/5/2020   Derelict canals at Mushandike Irrigation Scheme which require rehabilitation after being built in the 1980s George Maponga Senior Reporter On the southern verges of Masvingo City, two mountains — Chamanyoka and Nyanda — rudely squeeze and dwarf the highway to Beitbridge. As the road breaks …

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