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‘No winter blackouts’ | The Herald The Herald Business ReporterPower utility Zesa Holdings, says it has put in place measures to ensure that there will be no blackouts during winter when demand for electricity increases. Zimbabwe has not experienced major power blackouts since December 2015 and the supply is expected to remain stable in …
10pc export incentive for cotton growers The Herald Hind Siam Herald ReporterCotton growers will be paid an export incentive of 10 percent as Government moves to boost production of the crop. In a statement yesterday Reserve Bank governor, Dr John Mangudya, said farmers will also get $40 cash per each bale sold with the …
Call for formal tourism border Some of the tourists who participated at the just ended Wildrun Tourism Expedition held between May 9 and 13 in the Mapungubwe TFCA,120km west of Beitbridge town Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge BureauTOURISTS who participated in the just ended annual tri-national wildrun expedition in the Greater Mapungubwe Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) have …
‘Partnerships in agric key to transforming industry’ From Leonard Ncube in Victoria FallsPRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said partnerships by all players in the agricultural sector are key to the transformation of industry and ensuring food security on the African continent. Officially opening the Southern African Confederation of African Farmers Union (SACAU) conference here yesterday, President …
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Building Competitive Economies in Africa Source: Building Competitive Economies in Africa – The Zimbabwean How has China and the Far East Tiger States built up their economic systems so as to be able to compete in the new globalized world order and to challenge the dominance of western capitalist States? MDC-T local government secretary Eddie Cross …
Zim lending rates too high By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Zimbabwe Farmers Union executive director Paul Zakariya ZIMBABWE’s high cost of borrowing, which is much higher than in regional economies, is rendering the country’s products uncompetitive, a Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU) report has indicated.“While average lending rate was …
Govt pledges soya price hike, urges farmers to keep crop By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter Most of the soya bean produced in Zimbabwe is, however, primarily used in oil expression. A producer price increase for soya beans for the 2017/18 farming season is on the cards.In a statement released on Tuesday, Lands, Agriculture …
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Soya bean output up 33% Own Corresponden The Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe expects the soya bean harvest to be around 40 000-45 000 metric tonnes, a 33 percent increase from the last season. ZIMBABWE will register a 33 percent increase in soya bean production for the 2017/2018 season, Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe (OEAZ) …
Maize output below average | The Financial Gazette By Own Correspondent The GMB maize buying price remains at $390 per tonne. By Farai Mabeza MAIZE production for the 2017/2018 season will be below average because of the dry spell experienced mid-season, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has reported.In its April report released a …
Farmer’s escape from death’s jaws AFTER spending 80 years on the same farm, building a school that the late Defence minister Moven Mahachi once attended, the Smart family thought nothing would uproot them from this property they had grown to call home. Bernard Mpofu After all, they had voluntarily surrendered three other farms at …