Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Need to transform agric model: Shiri Herald 6/3/2020 Minister Shiri Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Government has called for an urgent transformation of the agricultural model to ensure farmers actively participate in commercial production and also contribute to economic growth. This came out during Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri’s lecture on …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: GMB action commendable, but the challenge is bigger Chronicle 6/3/2020 Industry and Commerce Deputy Minister Raj Modi For allegedly playing games with people’s lives, five Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officials at its Belmont depot in Bulawayo have just been suspended from their jobs without pay and benefits. It is said that the …
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Farmers of traditional grains get new lease of life Herald 5/3/2020 Traditional grains, including sorghum, millet and rapoko, enhance food security in the country. Various traditional grains are on display at an outdoor market recently in the picture above Ruth Butaumocho African Tapestry Climate change continues to wreak havoc across the world and in …
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‘Better tobacco prices expected this season’ Herald 5/3/2020 Ketina Mutangakuwawa Muchenje and her husband Owen Muchenje assess their groundnut crop in Domboshava’s Ward 4 during a field day at their homestead yesterday. Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter Tobacco farmers can expect better returns for their crop this marketing season after structural economic issues that …
Zacc investigates fuel retail companies Herald 5/3/2020 Justice Matanda-Moyo Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will investigate reports of fuel hoarding by oil companies that allegedly received, in the past week, 20 million litres of diesel and almost 9 million litres of petrol, but reportedly withheld much of the fuel …
UPDATED: Government tightens surveillance on forex fuel dealers Chronicle 5/3/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT is tightening surveillance mechanisms to ensure fuel procured using free funds under the Direct Fuel Import (DFI) facility is not abused by dealers in the sector. Of late, there have been growing concerns that fuel dealers and their …
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Govt owes us $120m in roller meal subsidy: Millers 0 March 5, 2020 2:02 AM Source: Govt owes us $120m in roller meal subsidy: Millers – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY Staff Reporter Millers have said government currently owed them over $120 million in roller meal subsidy refunds dating back from last December, which is affecting the constant supply of …
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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 …