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Tobacco rakes in US$445 million http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 22 June 2012 09:50 Gamma Mudarikiri TOBACCO earnings for the current marketing season have so far earned the country US$455 million, 45% ahead of sales for the same period last year which were US$313 million. A total of 122 million kilogrammes have been sold at an average price of US$3,72 per …
Empowerment levy on the cards http://www.newzimbabwe.com 21/06/2012 00:00:00by Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is set to introduce an indigenisation levy with all companies expected to pay the new tax, a senate empowerment report has revealed. The report tabled in the senate on Tuesday added that the introduction of the levy is a requirement of the country’s empowerment law. The …
Illegal settlers threaten timber industry http://www.herald.co.zw/ Wednesday, 20 June 2012 12:00 Freeman Razemba recently in MutareThe timber industry has petitioned Government to impose stiffer and deterrent penalties on people involved in arson and deforestation countrywide. The Timber Producers’ Federation last week held a meeting in Mutare where they agreed to petition Environment and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema …
GMB handouts for Zanu (PF) http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The Grain Marketing Board has been distributing food aid under its grain loan scheme at Zanu (PF) offices in Chipinge, it has been established.20.06.1209:31amby Thomas Madhuku Villagers at Checheche Growth point told The Zimbabwean that the grain utility, under unclear circumstances, had been giving out grain from a building owned by the …
Two tons of African ivory seized http://www.iol.co.za June 19 2012 at 05:06pmBy SAPA Interpol on Tuesday said its biggest international operation against ivory traffickers had led to more than 200 arrests and yielded nearly two tonnes of contraband ivory. The three-month-long Operation Worthy, spread across 14 countries in east, south and west Africa, also led to the recovery …
‘Land reform programme failed to benefit war vets’ http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Fungi Kwaramba, Staff WriterTuesday, 19 June 2012 15:00 HARARE – Top ex-army generals working in the ministry of Defence yesterday tore into President Robert Mugabe’s land reform programme as having failed to benefit war veterans. They also spoke against the abuse of war veterans, many of …
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SADC urged to ‘safeguard’ regional human rights court http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell18 June 2012 Leading Southern African legal rights groups have called on regional governments to safeguard the still suspended SADC Tribunal, and to fully reinstate the court with a strengthened human rights mandate. The court was suspended more than a year ago for a 12 month …
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Mugabe warns ‘dubious’ farmers http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Thelma Chikwanha, Deputy News EditorSunday, 17 June 2012 13:40 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has castigated beneficiaries of the land reform programme who are not utilising the land allocated to them warning they risk having their land re-distributed. Speaking during the Women’s Assembly meeting held at the Zimbabwe Institute of Public …
Cotton sector calls for govt intervention http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 17 June 2012 11:11 BY LESLEY WURAYAYISTAKEHOLDERS in Zimbabwe’s cotton sector want government to consider investing substantially in cotton production amid low prices prevailing on the market, a move which threatens the viability of the sector. This came up at a meeting convened in Harare last week to look into …