Policy on Mandatory Testing before Reopening Business
Policy on Mandatory Testing before Reopening Business
SI 99 of 2020: Unpacking Level 2 Lockdown Restrictions
SI 99 of 2020: Unpacking LEVEL 2 Lockdown Restrictions
Pair fined $500 for maize theft
Pair fined $500 for maize theft NewsDay 4/5/2020 Two Bindura men were on Friday fined $500 or alternatively a 30-day jail term for stealing green maize cobs from a local commercial farm. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE Dadirai Zindonde (23) and Gladis Siburinyu(22) were sentenced on their own plea of guilty when they appeared before magistrate …
Speed up maize distribution: Mohadi
Speed up maize distribution: Mohadi Herald 5/5/2020 Vice President Mohadi Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Maize distribution to vulnerable people, especially in rural areas, must be expedited to ensure no one goes hungry, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said. He said it was important for Government to take care of citizens, especially those affected by …
Farmers must treat cattle rearing like business
Farmers must treat cattle rearing like business Herald 5/5/2020 Running cattle operations in a self-sustaining way will help in reducing losses Obert Chifamba Agric-Insight THOUSANDS, if not millions of cattle farmers countrywide, spent the better part of 2018 and 2019 battling to contain rampaging tick-borne diseases that left most of them without even a single …
Government avails stimulus package details
Government avails stimulus package details Chronicle 5/5/2020 Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT yesterday released details of the $18 billion Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package aimed at reinvigorating the economy following slowdown induced by Covid-19. The bulk of the money is going towards the agriculture …
Govt to review wheat prices
Govt to review wheat prices Herald 4/5/2020 Deputy Minister Karoro Andrew Muvishi Mashonaland East Correspondent The producer price of wheat will be reviewed to cover high production costs incurred by farmers, a Government official has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Douglas Karoro at a field day in Goromonzi last week said Government …
Product dumping worries dairy farmers
Product dumping worries dairy farmers Herald 4/5/2020 Business Reporter The Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers has expressed concern that stockpiling of milk and milk-based products across the world, could result in product dumping from developed markets at the expense of viability of local players. The dairy farmers’ representative body national chairman Mr Kudzai Chirima, …
Wearing masks now legal requirement
Wearing masks now legal requirement Herald 4/5/2020 Dr Moyo Herald Reporter Wearing masks in public places is legally required from today in terms of new public health regulations gazetted on Saturday and those who fail to wear them when they leave home can be arrested. But the masks can be improvised in terms of …
Tobacco farmers paid US$14 000 on first day of sales
Tobacco farmers paid US$14 000 on first day of sales Herald 4/5/2020 Mrs Chido Nyakudya Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Farmers have earned US$13 566 from the sale of 7 815 kg of flue-cured tobacco on the opening day of this year’s tobacco marketing season, as contract floors continued to offer higher prices than those offered …
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