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Sadc to discuss tribunal court revival August 7, 2015 Local News Tendai Mugabe Harare BureauSadc will discuss the resuscitation of its tribunal court at the forthcoming 35th Heads of State and Government Summit to be convened in a week’s time in Botswana, the regional body’s chairman President Robert Mugabe has said. Unlike its disbanded, donor-driven and controversial …
Massive $2,7m wheat, maize project in Mat South August 7, 2015 Top Stories Pamela Shumba Senior ReporterTREK Petroleum has injected more than $2, 7 million into massive wheat and maize production projects in Matabeleland South in a bid to enhance food security and nutrition in the province. The projects, which are being run in conjunction with the …
Non-State actors key to reviving agric Posted on August 6, 2015 by ZimSitRep_W — 1 Comment ↓ via Non-State actors key to reviving agric | The Herald August 6, 2015 The issue of food insecurity and low productivity is not a Zimbabwean problem alone but a continental one. The African Union (AU) recognised the challenges of food insecurity and low agricultural productivity present to …
Low Prices Depress Tobacco Earnings Staff Reporter 6 Aug 2015 Zimbabwe produced 216 million kg in 2014 and 165 million kg in 2013. LOW prices dampened earnings during the 2015 tobacco marketing season, resulting in reduced revenue from sales during the year compared to the previous year.After 103 days of tobacco marketing, 194,1 million kilogrammes of …
Harare Agri Show Preps Underway Staff Reporter 6 Aug 2015 This year’s theme is: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change, Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change. THE 105th edition of the Harare Agricultural Show will be held from August 24 to 29, 2015 under the theme: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change, Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate …
Face To Face With Cecil’s Hunter Ray Ndlovu 6 Aug 2015 Theo Bronkhorst “MY home has been raided by the police three times and everything has been seized, guns, trophies and all. I really am under pressure,” an anxious Theo Bronkhorst told the Financial Gazette last Friday morning in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city.Wearing a grey shirt, military-style camouflage …
Tongaat Spared The Rod Staff Reporter 6 Aug 2015 Sugar producing concern, Tongaat Hullet, seems to have escaped the threatened expropriation of part of its plantations. CHIREDZI — Sugar producing concern, Tongaat Hullet, seems to have escaped the threatened expropriation of part of its plantations.Not so long ago, the company was threatened with closure in a …
Tax Amnesty Further Extended Phillimon Mhlanga 6 Aug 2015 Zimra Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi, GOVERNMENT has extended the tax amnesty window by a further three months to the end of September, hoping this will persuade tax defaulters and evaders to own up on unpaid taxes through voluntary submission on account of forgiveness for a tax delinquency, …
Fair trade: Ultimate tobacco smuggling solution August 6, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Thupeyo MuleyaFARMING is the mainstay of most families’ livelihoods especially those who grow cash crops. The government’s land reform programme at the turn of the century was a turning point for most black farmers who decided to try their luck in tobacco farming, a field …
Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme: Filabusi’s untapped potential August 6, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Sibonisiwe Khumalo, a farmer at Silalabuhwa Irrigation Scheme Prosper Ndlovu Business EditorCLIMATE change is real and its effects on global food security and nutrition cannot be wished away. Zimbabwe is already feeling the pinch as frequent droughts continue to dampen hopes for improved yields, especially …
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