Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers urged to grow fodder for livestock Chronicle 17/1/2020 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter FARMERS in Matabeleland North have been urged to diversify and grow fodder and legumes to counter effects of drought. This comes in the wake of reports that Matabeleland North province had lost 6 466 cattle to drought by end of November last year. …
Synergies for Growth – Cooperate. Collaborate. Complement. ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY By Dr A J Masuka, Chief Executive Officer, Zimbabwe Agricultural Society Every year, since 2016, as part of a broader transformation strategy to rally consensus, and to bid and unite support for the wider cause of agriculture and to complement stakeholder efforts towards agriculture-led accelerated …
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It’s definitely a drought year, what next? Financial Gazette 9 January 2020 Peter Gambara DESPITE getting assurances from our own Meteorological Services Office that we should expect a “normal to below normal” summer season, it is now clear that we are experiencing one of the worst drought seasons we have ever seen. We last experienced …
VAT on imported services reversed …. through the back door Financial Gazette Marvellous Tapera 9 January 2020 AT THE beginning of 2019 the government extended the Value Added Tax (VAT) on imported services burden to persons who are registered operators to the extent to which such persons use the imported services to produce taxable supplies. …
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Effective response to poachers menace vital Herald 16/1/2020 Last week, two families lost breadwinners; two spouses lost their husbands; and children of two families lost their fathers after callous murders by poachers. The two were protecting Zimbabwe’s rich wildlife, the envy of many, as evidenced by foreign tourists making a beeline to this country …
Rains to persist up to next week Herald 16/1/2020 Nesia Mhaka,Herald Correspondent Zimbabwe is expected to continue receiving rains up to Monday, with some parts of the country expected to experience flash floods, Meteorological Service Department (MSD) deputy director Mrs Linia Gopo has said. For the past week, most parts of the country have …
Crop situation improves Herald 16/1/2020 Herald Reporters The crop situation has improved following rains that have hit the country in the last few days bringing renewed hope of decent harvests. Crops were deteriorating before the turn of the New Year as the dry spell prolonged across the country. Hope among farmers is high, especially …
Anthrax affects 33 in Bikita Herald 16/1/2020 Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent The number of people diagnosed with anthrax which hit Bikita last week has risen from 28 to 33 while cattle deaths rose to 40 from 24, an official has confirmed. The outbreak hit Bikita District in Masvingo last week causing loss of livestock …
Change of VAT rate on imports Chronicle 16/1/2020 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority WITH effect from 1 January 2020, the rate of value added tax on standard rated goods was reduced from 15 percent to 14,5 percent. What is the effect of the change on imported goods? If the goods being imported are subjected to value …
Cash shortfalls and discipline Chronicle 16/1/2020 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters MANY employees who work with cash wrongly think that after the employer has recovered cash shortfall, the matter is closed. Many organisations particularly supermarkets where there are cashiers, have policies that allow the employer to recover for cash shortfalls and this has resulted in …