Arda Trek Antelope goes without electricity

Arda Trek Antelope goes without electricity  Sunday Mail 2/2/2020   Arda Antelope Estate manager Mr Alec Chinyayi shows the maize crop that has been hit by heat wave owing to lack of irrigation water following theft of electrical cables last year Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter  THE viability of Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda)-Trek Antelope …

Kariba water levels worsen

Kariba water levels worsen Sunday Mail 2/2/2020   Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi Gabriel Masvora, News Editor  WATER levels at Kariba Dam, home to the country’s biggest and only hydro-electric power station, have started going down.  the dam is left with power generation water that is at one metre level, it has been learnt. …

Zacc probes GMB . . . Employees’ mealie meal allocation arrangement suspended . . . 60 percent of commodity being channelled to the black market

Zacc probes GMB . . . Employees’ mealie meal allocation arrangement suspended . . . 60 percent of commodity being channelled to the black market Sunday Mail 2/2/2020   Dealers sell 20kg bags of mealie meal at Renkini Long Distance Bus terminus in Bulawayo last week. The mealie meal was being sold for $130 Dumisani …

Zimra clears the air on Capital Gains Tax

Zimra clears the air on Capital Gains Tax  0 January 31, 2020 5:06 PM Source: Zimra clears the air on Capital Gains Tax – NewsDay Zimbabwe January 31, 2020 BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said couples intending to sell their jointly-owned matrimonial houses are obliged to pay double Capital Gains Tax, with each of the …

Ban on GM Corn Imports Lifted to Avert Famine 

Zimbabwe News: Ban on GM Corn Imports Lifted to Avert Famine  1 February 2, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Zimbabwe News: Ban on GM Corn Imports Lifted to Avert Famine – Bloomberg   Zimbabwe has quietly lifted a ban on imports of genetically modified corn for the first time in 12 years as the southern African nation begins to …

South African Corn Imports Hit 7-Year High 

Zimbabwe News: South African Corn Imports Hit 7-Year High  0 February 3, 2020 2:00 AM Source: Zimbabwe News: South African Corn Imports Hit 7-Year High – Bloomberg South Africa exported 13,688 tons of corn to Zimbabwe in the week ended Jan. 24, the highest weekly amount since Dec. 2013, in a sign the drought-stricken country may finally be …