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Zera registers more forex fuel dealers NewsDay 4/3/2020 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has invited more fuel companies to sell fuel in foreign currency in yet another clear sign that the economy was fast redollarising. Last month, authorities came under fire for giving Zuva Petroleum the greenlight to sell fuel in …
Rains rekindle Umzingwane farmers’ hopes Herald 4/3/2020 Umzingwane Dam intake tower Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor For Ndaba Dube, a smallholder farmer at Ntabemnyama Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South Province, reports of a drought in the 2019-2020 cropping season had cast darkness and despair. Reports of a drought were abuzz on …
Flash floods to hit central Zim Herald 4/3/2020 Cletus Mushanawani Senior Writer Some areas in Zimbabwe are likely to see flash floods as heavy rains falling across parts of Southern Africa over the last six days escalate today, with some areas in central Zimbabwe expected to receive over 50 millimetres in one day and …
40th Independence anniversary . . . Open letter to British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie Robinson Melanie Robinson Jonathan Maphenduka AN issue of profound and cruel injustice to the people of Zimbabwe is the insistence by former white farmers that they be compensated for “improvements” of farms they lost through the Land Reform Programme which …
Electricity supplies improve countrywide Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter THE country’s electricity supply has improved in the past few weeks with consumers confirming the reduction in the power outages. While complaining about what they view as “steep” charges, following an upward review of power tariffs last week, individual consumers and corporates have said they are …
Millers secure 10k tonnes of maize Chronicle 4/3/2020 Mr Garikai Chaunza Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says it has received delivery of 10 000 tonnes of maize out of the 50 000 tonnes it is importing for subsidised roller meal. This followed the Government’s lifting of a …
Unlocking Zim’s dead capital Posted on October 11, 2019 by The Independent in Analysis Victor Bhoroma…analyst AGRICULTURE remains central to Zimbabwe’s economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and forward integration to the manufacturing sector for provision of raw materials and agricultural inputs. …
Abuse of food relief, inputs retards agricultural growth Herald 3/3/2020 Beneficiaries of food aid should not abuse such facilities Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight TAKE a stroll in any direction today and you are sure to meet someone munching a maize cob. If you have the guts, ask them if the cobs they are eating are from …
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Looking Back: Still time to plant alternative crops to take advantage of late rains Herald 3/3/2020 file picture The Rhodesia Herald, 6 January 1966 The poor rainfall so far this season has seriously prejudiced maize crops in many parts of the country. In the badly drought-stricken areas, such as Matabeleland, Midlands and the Western …
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Sustainable tobacco programme launched Herald 3/3/2020 Panashe Chikonyora and Kiyara Matambanadzo TIAN ZE Tobacco Company has launched a sustainable tobacco production programme in line with Sustainable Development Goal 15, which advocates against deforestation and land degradation to improve tobacco farming economically, environmentally and socially. According to TIAN ZE the sustainable tobacco production programme will …