Rainy season comes to an end . . . Mat’land crops a write-off

Rainy season comes to an end . . . Mat’land crops a write-off Chronicle 16/3/2020   Chronicle Reporters THE rainy season is ending with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) saying Matabeleland region is unlikely to receive significant rains anymore. The MSD made the declaration as most crops are a write-off in the area.  In both Matabeleland …

Africa News: New Rainfall to Help Power Zambia, Zimbabwe 

Africa News: New Rainfall to Help Power Zambia, Zimbabwe  0  March 13, 2020 10:26 AM Source: Africa News: New Rainfall to Help Power Zambia, Zimbabwe – Bloomberg The Zambezi river at the edge of the Victoria Falls on Dec. 10, 2019. Photographer: Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images Long-suffering Zambians and Zimbabweans finally may have something to cheer: daily power cuts …

Zimbabwe Offers Land as Compensation for 800 Seized Farms

Zimbabwe Offers Land as Compensation for 800 Seized Farms  1  March 13, 2020 11:04 AM Source: Zimbabwe Offers Land as Compensation for 800 Seized Farms | World News | US News HARARE (REUTERS) – Zimbabwe’s government will offer land as compensation for nearly 800 farms it seized under its land acquisition policy since 2000, according to regulations published on …

Dual monetary economy: Organised chaos 

Dual monetary economy: Organised chaos  0  March 13, 2020 1:20 PM Source: Dual monetary economy: Organised chaos – The Zimbabwe Independent Victor Bhoroma DESPITE the visible momentum towards full re-dollarisation and apparent depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) declared that de-dollarisation is well on course. The central bank points that Zimbabwean dollar transactions …

Zim triggers process to reverse land reform

Zim triggers process to reverse land reform  3  March 14, 2020 2:03 AM Source: Zim triggers process to reverse land reform | Newsday (News) GOVERNMENT has started a process of repossessing land to compensate indigenous and white former commercial farmers affected by the 2000 land reform programme, described by many as chaotic. BY MOSES MATENGA The country …

Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers to get half their earnings in US$

Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers to get half their earnings in US$  0  March 16, 2020 2:00 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers to get half their earnings in US$ Tobacco is one of Zimbabwe’s top export earner and here were fears farmers would withhold their crop if they did not receive payments in US dollars A Zimbabwean harvests tobacco …

UK MPs moot Zim bailout

UK MPs moot Zim bailout  0  March 15, 2020 2:29 PM Source: UK MPs moot Zim bailout | The Sunday Mail Lincoln Towindo Senior Reporter ZIMBABWE’s commitment to mend diplomatic and political ties with the United Kingdom has attracted a growing constituency in the British legislature with some parliamentarians asking the Conservative government to soften its hardline stance …