RBZ deploys price monitors…as prices continue to slide

RBZ deploys price monitors…as prices continue to slide    7/7/2019 Source: RBZ deploys price monitors…as prices continue to slide | Sunday Mail (Local News) Bulawayo Bureau THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has deployed a team of price monitors to assess compliance with the recently promulgated law which makes the Zimbabwe dollar the sole legal tender …

Zimparks on the recovery path

Zimparks on the recovery path    7/7/2019 Source: Zimparks on the recovery path | Sunday Mail (Local News) Sunday Mail Reporter THE new team at the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has managed to transform the organisation, which was previously dogged by transparent issues and allegations of poor corporate governance, into a reformed entity, …

Forex ban: A typical law likely to criminalise every citizen

Forex ban: A typical law likely to criminalise every citizen       Source: Forex ban: A typical law likely to criminalise every citizen – NewsDay Zimbabwe July 2, 2019 guest column Learnmore Zuze A fundamental legal principle enunciating the facets of a typically well-crafted law relates to the aspect of reasonability. Among a host of other pillars like …

Support agriculture, businesses told

Support agriculture, businesses told   4/7/2019 The Herald Enacy Mapakame Zimbabwe needs to invest more in agro-based businesses as it pushes for the implementation of the National Industrial Development Policy as well as the attainment of the 2030 goal of becoming an upper middle income economy. Only four African countries rank among the upper middle …

15 000ha farmland for war vets

15 000ha farmland for war vets   4/7/2019 The Herald Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has allocated war veterans 15 000 hectares of farmland in the country’s eight agricultural provinces following complaints that the liberation war fighters were excluded from the Land Reform Programme, The Herald has established. Government has since ordered the eight provincial …

Zim must fully utilise affordable clean energy

Zim must fully utilise affordable clean energy   4/7/2019 The Chronicle Walter Mswazie, Features Correspondent Zimbabwe’s rural population spends at least $1,5 million on buying candles for lighting due to energy poverty amid reports that about 10 million people are victims of the phenomenon. The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says more than 80 percent of people …

Premium prices attract small farmers back to coffee growing in Zimbabwe

Premium prices attract small farmers back to coffee growing in Zimbabwe   4/7/2019 Source: Premium prices attract small farmers back to coffee growing in Zimbabwe – Reuters A worker picks coffee beans at Crake Valley Farm in Vumba, Zimbabwe, June 25, 2019. Picture taken June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo HONDE VALLEY, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – David Muganyura smells …

Govt to reintroduce food for work scheme

Govt to reintroduce food for work scheme   3/7/2019 The Herald Sydney Mubaiwa Masvingo Correspondent Government has completed a document which outlines modalities on the implementation of a Food for Work programme, with a Cabinet minister calling for the prioritisation of productive activities largely aimed at achieving food security. In face of the worst drought …

Gweru to set up vegetable market

Gweru to set up vegetable market   3/7/2019 The Herald Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent GWERU City Council has courted an investor to set up vegetable and fruit market bays that will accommodate at least 5 000 vendors. In an interview, Gweru mayor Councillor Josiah Makombe said the local authority is expected to finalise the deal …