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When should people retire? Chronicle 23/1/2020 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters Many able-bodied people are retired when they reach “retirement” age to the disadvantage of organisations and are replaced with less qualified people. In Zimbabwe, there is no legal retirement age. Many people have wrongly concluded that the retirement age is 60 or 65 …
Big wigs face arrest in land barons dragnet Chronicle 23/1/2020 Former First Lady Grace Mugabe Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau At least 132 people in Harare, including political heavyweights, face arrest for allegedly selling State land, corruptly allocating themselves stands, fraud, abuse of cooperative funds and criminal abuse of office. This follows an audit report …
‘Agric policies must attract investment’ Chronicle 23/1/2020 Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri addresses stakeholders at the Ministry’s strategic workshop in Bulawayo yesterday. Listening from left are Silo Food Industries board chairperson Dr Patience Siwali and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Dr John Basera Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business Editor ZIMBABWE …
Urban residents also benefit from safari hunting – the untold story Chronicle 22/1/2020 Emmanuel Koro Widely viewed as only benefiting poor rural residents of Africa, the hunting industry is stunningly benefiting urban residents as well. The benefits are far-reaching and crosscutting, demonstrating the importance of the hunting industry to Southern Africa’s wildlife economy. In …
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Bulawayo dam levels drop as national levels rise Chronicle 22/1/2020 Desmond Nleya, Chronicle Reporter NATIONAL dam levels continue to rise but water levels at dams supplying Bulawayo continue to fall, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) said yesterday. In a statement, ZINWA said the national dam level average had risen to 49, 2 percent, …
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One to one for USD debts . . . Supreme Court makes landmark ruling Chronicle 22/1/2020 Chief Justice Luke Malaba Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Supreme Court has ruled that debts which were incurred in United States dollars before new regulations came into force on February 22 last year can be discharged in local …
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s move swiftly to curb fall armyworm Chronicle 22/1/2020 After a long dry spell which adversely affected the early planted crop, the rains started falling in substantial amounts over the past two weeks or so. That was a welcome relief for farmers some of whose crops had been totally destroyed so they …
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us By Newsday – January 21, 2020 guest column:David Mhlanga MANY commentators, researchers and economists the world over are increasingly talking about the potential impact of the fourth industrial revolution. Researchers are fully admitting to the fact that the fourth industrial revolution is changing how we live and work, how the …
Agric players urged to climate-proof By Newsday – January 21, 2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S agriculture sector players should immediately come up with strategies on how to grow the sector in the face of climate change and limited access to appropriate funding among other challenges, a government official has said. Addressing delegates attending the ongoing integrated results-based …
Govt to adopt smart agriculture By Newsday – January 20, 2020 Government says it is engaging agriculture sector stakeholders to promote and implement a comprehensive transformation which will allow farmers to migrate from conventional farming methods to smart agriculture to improve their yields. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA The transformation will also see the increase in the production …