Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
VAT on imported services reversed …. through the back door Financial Gazette Marvellous Tapera 9 January 2020 AT THE beginning of 2019 the government extended the Value Added Tax (VAT) on imported services burden to persons who are registered operators to the extent to which such persons use the imported services to produce taxable supplies. …
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Effective response to poachers menace vital Herald 16/1/2020 Last week, two families lost breadwinners; two spouses lost their husbands; and children of two families lost their fathers after callous murders by poachers. The two were protecting Zimbabwe’s rich wildlife, the envy of many, as evidenced by foreign tourists making a beeline to this country …
Rains to persist up to next week Herald 16/1/2020 Nesia Mhaka,Herald Correspondent Zimbabwe is expected to continue receiving rains up to Monday, with some parts of the country expected to experience flash floods, Meteorological Service Department (MSD) deputy director Mrs Linia Gopo has said. For the past week, most parts of the country have …
Crop situation improves Herald 16/1/2020 Herald Reporters The crop situation has improved following rains that have hit the country in the last few days bringing renewed hope of decent harvests. Crops were deteriorating before the turn of the New Year as the dry spell prolonged across the country. Hope among farmers is high, especially …
Anthrax affects 33 in Bikita Herald 16/1/2020 Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent The number of people diagnosed with anthrax which hit Bikita last week has risen from 28 to 33 while cattle deaths rose to 40 from 24, an official has confirmed. The outbreak hit Bikita District in Masvingo last week causing loss of livestock …
‘Storms to interrupt power supply’ Chronicle 16/1/2020 Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter ZESA Holdings says violent storms that have been predicted by the Meteorological Services Department will worsen the power supply situation in the country as electricity infrastructure would be destroyed. The Meteorological Services Department has warned that violent storms may …
New technology for Gwayi-Shangani Dam Chronicle 16/1/2020 An aerial view of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction site Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ENGINEERS working on the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North have adopted a new construction technology to speed up work on the project they say will be completed by December next year subject to availability …
Time to revive rain-making ceremonies Herald 15/1/2020 Rain-making ceremonies such as this one were common place in days gone by. Names of such prophets as Murenga, Chaminuka and Mukwati were invoked during such ceremonies for their intersession to the Almighty God, especially in drought years Arthur Kaseke,Correspondent The recent dry spell, which had tale-tell …
Economists pin hope on rainy season Herald 15/1/2020 Mr Jabangwe Fradreck Gorwe, Business Reporter Economists and industrialists have pinned prospects for enhanced volumes performance by companies this year on adequate and good rainy season as well as increased incomes across various sectors of the economy. The discernible trend across most companies’ trading updates in the …
New help for Zim wildlife conservation Chronicle 15/1/2020 Paidamoyo Chipunza, Senior Reporter Zimbabwe will be able to take enforcement of wildlife conservation to new levels after the launch on Sunday of an academic forum supported by China that seeks to enhance wildlife conservation. The forum is called the “Collaborative Research in Agriculture Planning, Ecosystem …