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3,000 jobs at revamped tomato canning plant May 24, 2016 Business Some of the idle equipment at Arda’s Balu Estate in Umguza Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterA JOINT-VENTURE tomato and fruit processing investment between Schweppes Zimbabwe and the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) is targeting to create at least 3,000 direct and indirect jobs. About 300 …
Rain, cold weather forecast May 24, 2016 Local News Melody Mashaire Harare BureauTHE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the country will from tomorrow experience light rains and low temperatures. In a statement, the department said moist air was expected to enter southern and western parts of Zimbabwe from Botswana. “Some relatively moist air is forecast to enter southern …
Electronic spot fines will not end police corruption May 23, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis The disproportionately high number of roadblocks is what is indeed fuelling and sustaining corruption Bernard Bwoni Correspondent Corruption is a culture and an attitude that has firmly rooted itself in the Zimbabwe psyche and society at large. It comes in the form …
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Wildlife sales: Sounds good, but is it? May 23, 2016 Business Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryTO curb the crippling effects of the current drought on wildlife, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has laid out plans to sell-off some of the animals, from elephant to lion, zebra and impala. Sounds like a good plan, but there …
All not well in the bakery sector May 23, 2016 Business Tinashe Makichi Business ReporterAll is not well in the bakery sector as deep-seated “wars” over the most essential input – flour – are straining relations between millers, bakers and suppliers. Bakers are lobbying Government to allow them to import processed flour which they argue is cheaper …
‘Electricity demand significantly down’ May 23, 2016 Business Business ReporterDEMAND for electricity has significantly come down since 1999 owing to the slowdown in economic activity over the years, a Government official has said. Energy and Power Development Secretary Partison Mbiriri said on Friday that the country is facing a deficit of 400MW against a demand of …
All imported foodstuffs tested for GMOs: Made May 21, 2016 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGovernment tests all imported foodstuffs for genetically modified organisms, a senior official has said. Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made (pictured right) said Government did not allow production …
Govt to revamp Save Conservancy May 23, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories From George Maponga recently at SAVE VALLEY in ChiredziGovernment has started restructuring wildlife-rich Save Valley Conservancy in southeast Lowveld as part of efforts to curb rampant poaching and to reduce conflict between animals and humans who have settled in the area. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife …
Treasury releases $4.5 million to GMB May 20, 2016 Business Bianca Mlilo, Business ReporterTREASURY has released $4,5 million to the Grain Marketing Board to pay farmers harvesting this season’s maize crop, the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Joseph Made, has said. Responding to a question without notice in parliament, Made said although maize harvesting …
Spot fines to end…They drive corruption, Minister Chombo says May 20, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Lloyd Gumbo Harare BureauTRAFFIC police officers will soon stop collecting fines for traffic offences in cash at roadblocks to curb corruption in the force, the Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Ignatius Chombo, said yesterday. The Minister said the government was working on …
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