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Govt creates agriculture equipment leasing unit Chronicle 15/6/2020 Prof Mthuli Ncube Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has created an agricultural equipment leasing unit within Agribank to assist farmers with farming equipment at a low fee to enhance production on farms. The Government has also sourced 5 000 motorbikes for agricultural extension officers so …
Govt mulls fuel facility for frontline workers Chronocle 15/6/2020 Minister Fortune Chasi Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent GOVERNMENT is considering coming up with a special fuel facility for frontline workers who are losing a lot of productive time in fuel queues. This was said by Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi yesterday. Fresh …
COMMENT: Lowering of tariffs by Zesa will bring relief to consumers 15/6/2020 The Chronicle In a world full of greedy capitalists, the decision by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) to lower the cost of electricity tariffs not only comes as a relief but a shock as well. Consumers are no longer used to prices …
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Govt mulls fuel price hike 0 June 14, 2020 10:54 AM Source: Govt mulls fuel price hike | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Investigations Editor Fuel prices might be reviewed upwards in order to address biting “artificial shortages” of the commodity on the local market, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has hinted. In an interview with …
VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga 0 June 14, 2020 11:07 AM Source: VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Vusumuzi Dube in Binga Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation scheme here will next month plant its first crop, 16 years after inception. Production at the 15 000-hectare scheme has had false starts since 2004. Vice …
300k cattle succumb to drought, disease 0 June 14, 2020 11:17 AM Source: 300k cattle succumb to drought, disease | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Senior Reporter At least 300 000 cattle died last year owing to drought and disease, a latest national report has revealed. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report 2019/2020 Season, …
VAT exemption for domestic tourism 0 June 15, 2020 2:00 AM Source: VAT exemption for domestic tourism | Sunday Mail (Local News) Sunday Mail Reporter The tourism industry will enjoy Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption on products offered to locals as part of measures to nurse the sector back to health after over two months of Covid-19-induced …
Hunger pandemic deepens Posted on June 12, 2020 by The Independent in Business AFRICAN countries must urgently boost their agriculture budgets as well as food stockpiles and keep supplies flowing to avert a likely hunger crisis, currently heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has revealed. MTHANDAZO NYONI Compiled by the African Development Institute (ADI) following a seminar held …
$48m for irrigation revival Herald 12/6/2020 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau At least 10 major irrigation schemes in Masvingo province are set to undergo rehabilitation and expansion using $48 million budgeted for by Treasury under the National Accelerated Irrigation Development Programme (NAIDP). Once implemented successfully, the development is expected to usher in a new era …
Tongaat to utilise Manyuchi Dam Herald 12/6/2020 Minister Chadzamira Masvingo Bureau Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe and some private players have been given the nod by Government to develop 7 000 hectares of virgin land around Manyuchi Dam in Mwenezi for maize and sugar cane production under irrigation. Manyuchi Dam, which was constructed in the mid-1980s, …