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The ‘secret weapon’ to agro-industrialisation Financial Gazette 6/3/2020 Mandivamba Rukuni THE 2019/20 season is most certainly going to contribute to further slowdown in Zimbabwe’s economic recovery agenda. It is now crucial that we have re-think both the food security and the re-industrialisation strategies in the long term. Before I go deeper into that though …
Respect property rights – SA envoy Financial Gazette 6/3/2020 Paul Nyakazeya Group Digital Editor ZIMBABWE must urgently correct issues around property rights, bilateral agreements, dividend repatriation and the elimination of cartels-driven graft as well as encouragement of industrial competition if it is to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and resuscitate its floundering economy,. South …
Gonarezhou National Park vs Kruger National Park: The ultimate comparison NewsDay 12/3/2020 Africa has long been a popular destination with tourists the world over. This alluring continent has endless appeal, filled with diverse cultures, wildlife and landscapes, and there is often no better way to gain a close experience of Africa’s natural treasures than on …
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Residents threaten to protest over roller meal shortage NewsDay 12/3/2020 BY SIBONGINKOSI MAPHOSA BULAWAYO residents have threatened to take to the streets if maize meal shortages persist. Residents queuing for the staple product expressed concern over the shortages, claiming that the obtaining situation was precarious and if not addressed, they would be left with no …
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Byo man jailed 45 years for copper cables theft “Dangling electricity cables almost touching the ground along Khami Road in Bulawayo NewsDay 12/3/2020 BY NIZBERT MOYO A BULAWAYO man was this week jailed for 45 years for stealing electricity copper cables. Prosper Tshuma (26) of Iminyela, Bulawayo, was arrested after police received a tip-off from …
Agriculture land audit complete Herald 12/3/2020 Minister Shiri Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter AN initial report of the second phase of the national agricultural land audit, expected to rationalise farm ownership and sizes countrywide, is now complete and will soon be made public, a Cabinet minister said. In July last year, the Government started rolling …
Zim will not pull out of CITES Herald 12/3/2020 Mr Munodawafa Tawanda Musarurwa Zimbabwe will not pull out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) as this will hurt the country’s capacity to trade with other members of the convention, Parliament heard Monday. This is notwithstanding that …
Helping women unlock agric potential Herald 12/3/2020 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Thembi Mlilo, a smallholder farmer at Sibangani Village in the Umzingwane District of Matabeleland South, can now look forward to harvesting and threshing her sorghum crop with ease, in less time and attain cleaner grain more than ever before following …
Plethora of problems affect irrigation schemes’ output Chronicle 12/3/2020 Insukamini Irrigation Scheme members hold a trophy they won recently at the 2019 National Irrigation Scheme competition. The irrigation scheme was almost collapsing when CCMT intervenened — (pictures Patrick Chitumba) Feature Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Around 2015, a once-vibrant irrigation scheme in Lower Gweru was facing …
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Treasury in $3bn surplus Chronicle 12/3/2020 Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube Business Editor FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says Treasury will maintain a cash budgeting framework despite having a $3 billion surplus, so as to minimise fiscal deficit. Fiscal indiscipline and uncontrolled money supply growth have in …