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Masuka squeals over Cabinet ministers’ snub ByNewsday 6/8/2021 BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA /REX MPHISA Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has okayed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) water cuts to government departments failing to pay for water timely to clear the $2,4 billion water debt, of which the Defence and War Veterans Affairs ministry is …
Bountiful forecast for SA agriculture The Herald 6/8/2021 South Africa’s tractor sales for the first half of this year were up 27 percent year on year at 3 385 units. DURBAN. – As the harvest for the 2020/21 summer grains and oilseeds drew to a close and focus increasingly shifted towards the 2021/22 production season, …
Additional directors for parastatals The Herald 6/8/2021 Herald Reporter THE additional names of board members for the Tobacco Research Board (TRB), Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), Silo Food Industries and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA), were announced yesterday. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Settlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka recently announced the first …
Bumper harvest to boost poultry sector The Chronicle 6/8/2021 Business Reporter THE bumper harvest recorded by Zimbabwe this year on the back of a successful cropping season is expected to drive increased poultry production. A good harvest means improved availability and competitive pricing of stock feed, which is a major input for poultry farming. Already, …
Pensioners to get loss of value compensation The Chronicle 6/8/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) will before the end of the year conclude modalities to start compensating early next year, policyholders and pensioners for the loss of value suffered prior to 2009. In 2015, former President Mugabe set up …
Hippo profit plunges over 50pc The Herald 5/8/2021 Enacy Mapakame Sugar processor, Hippo Valley Estates Limited’s profit for the year to March 31, 2021 more than halved to $1,1 billion on fair value loss while sugar production took a dip. According to the group sugar production went down 4 percent on the back of lower …
Coffee production boon for Zimbabweans: President The Herald 5/8/2021 Political Editor AS Zimbabwe reaps fruits of the country’s economic development under the Second Republic which opened the country to investors, President Mnangagwa says the primary beneficiaries of the rebounding economy must be Zimbabweans. This comes as Nespresso, an operating unit of Switzerland-based Nestle Group, partnered TechnoServe …
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Wheat stocks enough to last till next harvest The Chronicle 5/8/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S wheat stocks stand at 79 820 tonnes and are sufficient to sustain the country until the next harvest next month. Farmers have put 66 435 hectares under winter wheat this year, with the hectarage planted being the third …
New farmers should preserve forests The Chronicle 5/8/2021 The Forestry Commission says it has suspended the issuance of firewood permits countrywide due to abuse of the system which has seen about 70 000 hectares of forests being destroyed. The commission’s director general Mr Abedinico Marufu said the move is meant to protect the country’s forests. …
ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices Effective 5 August 2021 0 August 5, 2021 9:10 AM Source: ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices Effective 5 August 2021 – Pindula News The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Thursday, 5 August 2021. ZERA has set the maximum pump price of diesel at ZWL$114.29 or US$1.33 per litre and petrol at ZWL$117.07 or US$1.37 per litre. In …