Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sadc weather experts meet in Harare March 17, 2017 in News Southern African Development Community (Sadc) experts from meteorological services, civil protection authorities and water authorities met in Harare yesterday to discuss security and environmental issues affecting the continent. BY OBEY MANAYITI The meeting was part of the joint African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) initiative designed to …
Government assets now liable to seizure March 17, 2017 Crime & Courts Minister Chinamasa Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court ReporterGovernment is likely to lose property to the Sheriff of the court after the High Court invalidated the law that prevented companies and individuals from attaching State property. In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, Justice Edith Mushore struck down …
Optimism as tobacco selling season opens March 17, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Macheke farmer Jonathan Chatiza (centre), his wife Ndaizivei Gwere (left) and their daughter Pauline take a look at the tobacco crop at the official opening of the tobacco selling season at Boka Auction Floors in Harare on Wednesday. — Picture by Justin Mutenda …
Illegal logging threatens Zim forests March 17, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Indiscriminate cutting down of trees is rampant in Zimbabwe Sifelani TsikoIn the heart of Zimbabwe’s third largest state forest, Mafungabusi in the central part of the country, a soccer pitch has been carved out and a row of shops built with farm bricks, timber …
Mana Pools: Never for the faint hearted March 17, 2017 Business A tourist takes a photograph of a cape buffalo at Mana Pools Isdore Guvamombe Tourism MatrixAfter angrily gushing out of the wrath of the cruel turbines in its escape from Lake Kariba, the Zambezi River water appears a bit fatigued as it disappears into a …
Schweppes to invest $10m into fruit processing March 17, 2017 Business Business ReporterSCHWEPPES Zimbabwe’s Norton Based fruit processing subsidiary, Best Fruit Processors (BFP), says its board of directors has approved a $10 million investment to establish a similar operation at Esigodini, Matabeleland Province South, this year. BFP has already commissioned its nascent fruit processing plant in …
Day 1 tobacco sales rake in $423 000 March 17, 2017 Local News Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterAt least $422 729 worth of tobacco weighing 191 891 kilogrammes was sold on the first day of the marketing season on Wednesday, according to figures released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board. The average price for the three auction …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Tobacco growers must invest more in value addition March 17, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Minister Joseph Made The tobacco marketing season opened on Wednesday at the three auction floors in Harare with the contracted crop going on sale yesterday. About 1 000 bales were expected to go under the hammer at Boka Tobacco Auction …
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Colcom revenue clocks $33m in six months March 17, 2017 Business Business ReporterLISTED meat processor Colcom Holdings Limited’s revenue clocked $33 million in the six months period to 31 December 2016, which is an increase of eight percent against the comparative period. The firm’s financial results for the period indicate the group maintained a growth trajectory …
Tobacco farmers improvise amid coal shortages March 17, 2017 Business Minister Walter Chidhakwa Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau ChiefTOBACCO growers have been forced to improvise in their curing processes as the country faces a shortage of coal because of flooded coal mines in Hwange, an official has said. Some farmers have resorted to using firewood, which has been …