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Employers given 14 days to have workers tested 7/5/2020 The Herald Herald Reporter All employers of reopened businesses have 14 days from today to have themselves and their staff screened and tested for Covid-19, in terms of an amendment to the lockdown regulations gazetted yesterday that implement Tuesday’s Government policy of allowing testing to be …
Zhovhe Estate targets 1 000 tonnes of fish annually Darlington Mapuranga explains how eggs are obtained from female fish for breeding at Zhove Dam Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau ZHOVE Estate has invested nearly R2 million into a fish farming project that will see them producing more than 1 000 tonnes of fish annually. The …
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Man fined $500 for not wearing mask 6/5/2020 The Herald Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent DEFYING Government’s directive on wearing face masks yesterday proved costly for a Harare man who was fined $500. The Government recently announced that the wearing of masks was now a legal requirement. In terms of new health regulations gazetted on …
Tobacco deliveries increase, prices firm Herald 6/5/2020 TIMB auction floors Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The volume of flue-cured tobacco being delivered to the floors continues to increase as prices firm. By day three of the opening of the 2020 marketing season, farmers had sold 694 496 kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$1,6 million with contact …
Fuel prices fall Herald 6/5/2020 Mr Eddington Mazambani Herald Reporter THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday reduced the price of petrol and diesel by 77 cents and 68 cents respectively owing to a fall in Free on Board (FOB) prices and the revised duty regime. Zera said the new prices would see a …
Victoria Falls residents jostle for free elephant meat Chronicle 6/5/2020 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) on Sunday gunned down a lone bull elephant that had terrorised Victoria Falls residents for the past month. The bull would reportedly stray into people’s yards in Chinotimba, Mkhosana and …
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Covid-19 testing rules relaxed – Second-hand clothes ban tightened Chronicle 6/5/2020 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has allowed companies to reopen without mandatory Covid-19 testing of employees as stipulated in terms of Statutory Instrument 99 of 2020 and has tightened measures to enforce the ban on importation of second hand clothes. Information, Publicity and …
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Hope for domestic tourism – Government stimulus excites tourism sector Chronicle 6/5/2020 Grace Byers (who plays Anika Calhoun on hit American series Empire) and her husband Trai Byers (who plays Andre Lyon, son to music mogul Lucious the same series) were stunned by the beauty of the Victoria Falls. (pic cred Grace Byers’ Instagram …
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Pair fined $500 for maize theft NewsDay 4/5/2020 Two Bindura men were on Friday fined $500 or alternatively a 30-day jail term for stealing green maize cobs from a local commercial farm. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE Dadirai Zindonde (23) and Gladis Siburinyu(22) were sentenced on their own plea of guilty when they appeared before magistrate …
Speed up maize distribution: Mohadi Herald 5/5/2020 Vice President Mohadi Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Maize distribution to vulnerable people, especially in rural areas, must be expedited to ensure no one goes hungry, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said. He said it was important for Government to take care of citizens, especially those affected by …