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Who is to blame for Zimbabwe’s land reform disaster? 3 September 22, 2020 9:17 AM Britain, not Zimbabwe, must pay for colonial land grabs. Source: Who is to blame for Zimbabwe’s land reform disaster? | Colonialism | Al Jazeera Corn fields are harvested at Ivordale Farm on August 1, 2018 outside Harare, Zimbabwe [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images] On August …
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Lock-down order amendments 23/9/2020 BILL WATCH 61/2020 Source: Lock-down order amendments – The Zimbabwean The Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lock-down), Order was consolidated and republished on the 20th August, and we explained its effect in our Bill Watch 57/2020 [link]. Since then the new Order has been amended three times, by SI 208/2020 [link], SI 216/2020 [link] and SI …
Law for growing hemp gazetted By Shamiso Dzingire Daily News Last updated Sep 21, 2020 THE government has gazetted regulations through Statutory Instrument (SI) 218 for the cultivation, possession, transportation and sale of industrial hemp (cannabis), with the application fee for a permit to cultivate the plant set at US$200. This comes as the government legalised …
Milk production slumps NewsDay 22/9/2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S milk production declined by 3% to 37,88 million litres in the first half of this year, a latest report by the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (Lmac) reveals. In its report, Lmac said milk production for the period January to June 2020 amounted to 37,88 million …
Livestock farmers urged to adapt Herald 22/9/2020 Beitbridge Bureau Successive droughts have continued to take their toll on communities in Beitbridge that rely on livestock production for a living amid indications that a total of 4 500 cattle in the district succumbed to drought-related deaths during the last farming season. In an interview on …
410 000ha for Command Agric Herald 22/9/2020 Dr Basera Agriculture Reporter Farmers benefiting under the special programme for import substitution, Command Agriculture are expected to put 410 000 hectares under food crops during the forthcoming summer cropping season. Command Agriculture is a cost recovery agriculture scheme introduced by Government to substitute importation of maize. …
Foreign investors to easily repatriate funds: Government Chronicle 22/9/2020 Prof Mthuli Ncube Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will soon issue a directive to facilitate smooth repatriation of capital and dividends by foreign investors, which will buttress the ease of doing business in the country. Treasury is pushing the matter …
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TSL volumes plummet Independent 21/9/2020 FIDELITY MHLANGA LISTED diversified concern, Tobacco Sales Limited (TSL) suffered a sharp volumes decline across its subsidiaries during the third quarter ended July 2020, mainly due to a shorter tobacco season. The expectations in the tobacco industry were that national tobacco volumes would be lower by between 10% and 15% …
Zimbabwe spends US$800m annually on grain imports By Blessings Mashaya Daily News Last updated Sep 20, 2020 ZIMBABWE is spending US$800 million annually on grain imports, deputy Agriculture minister Vangelis Haritatos has said. Speaking in the Senate recently, Haritatos said the country adopted the Pfumvudza programme as a measure to address the problems of low productivity. …
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Seed Co wins coveted ZimInd Quoted Companies Survey award By Newsday.Co.Zw – September 19, 2020 BY MELODY CHIKONO SEED CO International was judged the overall winner of the Zimbabwe Independent Quoted Companies Survey award at a glittering ceremony yesterday.This year’s survey was held under the theme Soaring above turmoil: Business post-COVID-19. Masimba Holdings Limited and Zimplow Limited …
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