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No land rights for ex-spouses July 16, 2014 in Columnists, Opinion I read The Herald report of July 10 2014 about Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo’s divorce with interest and disbelief. Guest Columnist Sibusisiwe Marunda From the beginning, let it be known that I do not have anything against the Honourable Minister or his person. My interest in …
Order must be restored on farms July 16, 2014 in Columnists, Opinion It is disheartening that there is still so much chaos on the farms nearly 15 years after the land reform programme was launched. NewsDay Editorial Recent reports show that members of the ruling Zanu PF party are still fighting over what remains of commercial …
Regulate tobacco contract farming — Boka July 16, 2014 in Business, News BOKA Tobacco Auction Floors chief executive officer Rudo Boka yesterday told Parliament that contractors were grabbing 70% of tobacco business while auction floors only remained with 30%.VENERANDA LANGASENIOR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER Addressing members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture and Mechanisation, Boka said …
Tobacco growers take stand against child labour July 16, 2014 in News A recent article which appeared in the NewsDay on July 5 headlined Children suffer on tobacco farms asserted that the International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA) has acknowledged that child labour is rampant in the tobacco sector. Guest Column with Francois Van De Merwe …
Bulawayo Power Station shut down Posted on July 15, 2014 by ZimSitRep_M — 8 Comments ↓ via Bulawayo Power Station shut down | Radio Dialogue 14 July 2014 by Lesley Moyo The Zimbabwe Power Company has shut down Bulawayo Power Station to pave way for investigations to establish the source of a strange smoke in one of the generators. The station has …
Zesa exports 150MW of power to Namibia July 15th, 2014 JAIROS SAUNYAMA – Zesa Holdings will for the next 10 months be exporting power to Namibia as part of settling the $40m debt acquired from NamPower in 2009. Zesa Holdings chief executive Josh Chifamba told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy …
Govt moves to resolve land reform chaos July 15th, 2014 RICHARD CHIDZA – Government is ready to deal with lawlessness in the agricultural sector in order to improve productivity, a cabinet minister said on Monday. Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora told journalists at a press briefing that all people who occupied land illegally or in an …
Zim to host SADC Sugar Producers’ conference July 15, 2014 Business Business ReporterThe Zimbabwe Sugar Association is to host the Annual Conference of the Federation of SADC Sugar Producers on July 23 2014 in Victoria Falls.This is the first time that Zimbabwe hosts this meeting. The conference will be held back to back with the SADC …
Tobacco deliveries improve . . . expected to surpass 210 million kg July 15, 2014 Business Tobacco deliveries are set to top the 210 million kg mark as the season ends Business ReporterTobacco deliveries this year are expected to end above the 210 million kilogrammes mark with 209,8 million kg having already been delivered to the …
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Maize deliveries to GMB rise 231percent July 15, 2014 Business Business ReportersMAIZE deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board have risen 231 percent since the beginning of the 2014 marketing season in April, a senior Government official said.Farmers have so far delivered just over 40 000 tonnes of the grain to the GMB up from about 12 …