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Govt orders councils to stop land allocations Source: Govt orders councils to stop land allocations – Sunday News May 6, 2018 Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal ReporterTHE Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing has issued a temporary directive instructing all local authorities to stop all land allocation as they push to resolve land disputes that emanated …
Leveraging on tobacco for currency stability It is quite concerning that, given the abundance of natural resources commanded to her care by God, Zimbabwe continues to face currency instability. Persistence Gwanyanya,Economist With the recent opening of the tobacco selling season, one is naturally tempted to reflect on whether the country is maximising value from …
Safari operators record 5% upturn in revenues SAFARI Operators Association of Zimbabwe (Soaz) has registered a 5% growth in revenue in the first quarter of 2018 on the back of improved country perception and lifting of the ivory ban, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza This is a turnaround from the 20% loss in …
Disease, forex shortage cripple dairy farmers DAIRY production in the first quarter of 2018 has been hampered by the shortage of foreign currency and the prevalence of tick -borne diseases, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chairman Emmanuel Zimbandu told reveald on Tuesday that the cost of drugs …
Mbanje farming: Let’s put things into perspective newsday The more things change, the more they remain the same. I had just finished primary school when the first human-to-human heart transplant operation was done in South Africa by Christiaan Barnard and his team. Doomsdayers and religious fundamentalists — yes, they have always been there, they are …
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‘Zim left with wheat reserves for 90 days’ newsday GRAIN Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will next week send a 12-member delegation to Canada to sign a 200 000-tonne wheat deal, amid reports that the country’s granary is depleting. BY OBEY MANAYITI Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, GMAZ chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara said although there was …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Payment for tobacco farmers needs to be prioritised IT appears tobacco farmers who bring hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency annually, do not get the respect they deserve from arms of Government entrusted with responsibility to take care of their needs during the tobacco marketing season. Gold miners who generate …
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Understanding crop water requirements | The Herald Quite a number of farmers have found themselves saddled with huge irrigation water bills which some are now failing to pay owing to their inability to appreciate and understand the water requirements for their crops. These farmers ended up committing themselves to water in excess of their …
Tobacco merchants face prosecution | The Herald Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterIn an unprecedented move, farmer representative bodies are combining efforts to bring to book tobacco contracting firms that are allegedly prejudicing tobacco farmers of millions of dollars, The Herald Business has learnt. This comes after thousands of independent tobacco farmers were unwittingly registered by …
The farmer is the farm Flip Buys | 30 April 2018 Flip Buys says that real value often lies in that which you cannot see (or physically grab) The high expectations generated by the parliamentary motion of the ANC and EFF on the expropriation of land without compensation, are now resulting in the incitement of …