adminTobacco sales open on high note
Agriculture Reporters
THE 2012 tobacco-selling season opened in Harare yesterday with the price averaging US$4 per kilogramme.
The bulk of the crop was bought for more than US$ 4per kg, a price that many farmers feel was fair while the industry expressed satisfaction with the quality of the leaf.
Most farmers at all the four auction floors expressed satisfaction at the state of the infrastructure and the service they were getting.
Boka Tobacco Auction Floors, Millennium Tobacco Floors, Tobacco Sales Floor and Premier Tobacco Floor are the licensed floors.
Farmers said they were happy with the ablution, water and health facilities.
When sanitary wear becomes a luxury
Catherine Masunda Features Correspondent
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tinashe Magaya’s parents struggle to feed their offspring and for things like sanitary pads and tampons are luxuries she can not dare ask for. She has devised a way of making her own sanitary pads using pieces of cloth during her
Labour unions sleeping on the job
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Most of the questions centre on whether our trade unions are proactive or reactionary. Some employees I spoke to pointed
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Fishing expedition ends in tragedy
Chronicle Reporter
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Boy dies in suspected drowning
Beitbridge Reporter
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2012 pool season kicks off
By Mduduzi Moyo
THE Bulawayo Pool Association 2012 season got underway with fixtures in Division One being deferred to next weekend.
Only the games involving the 16 premiership teams took place.
PSL clubs fear player loss over Asiagate
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
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Hwange, Platinum ready for continental showcase
Sports Reporter
HWANGE FC and FC Platinum yesterday declared that they were ready to rumble in foreign shores as they embark on continental football journeys this weekend.