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Business ReporterFARMERS have been urged to plant seed varieties that are compatible with weather patterns in their respective areas to achieve high yields. Speaking during the handover of a tractor to the winner of the Seed Co Bumper Harvest Murigadzose promotion, the seed company’s extension services
Karoi council workers go on strike
Chinhoyi Bureau
KAROI Town Council workers have gone on an indefinite strike pressing for the payment of their outstanding salaries. Council owes workers four months salary in excess of $220 000. Efforts to pacify the workers have been in vain as they have vowed to stay on strike until they get paid. In an
Competitiveness key to Zimdollar return
Martin Tarusenga Business CorrespondentContrary to what a proud nation would do to re-establish its own strong national currency, a key feature of its identity, there is yet no serious debate about when and how the Zimbabwean dollar will be reintroduced, let alone the strategy. A blind eye is being turned to this urgent call.
Epworth residents appeal to Shamu
Herald Reporters
Epworth residents have appealed to Zanu-PF to facilitate their acquisition of identity and proof of residence documents to allow them to register as voters. The request was given to the party’s national commissar Cde Webster Shamu when he addressed Zanu-PF supporters at Epworth Secondary
Starafrica woos Tongaat Hulett
Business ReporterSTARAFRICACorporation has engaged Tongaat Hulett to extend a US$6,8 million revolving sugar supply facility to enable it to restart operations at its Harare-based sugar refinery plant. The last revolving facility was fully utilised and supplies were suspended because starafrica has not been able to
Ex-Zambian first lady’s body repatriated
Farirai Machivenyika recently in LUSAKA, Zambia
THE body of former Zambian first lady Ms Betty Kaunda (83) who died
UNWTO Indaba: So far so good
Isdore Guvamombe Tourism MatrixOUTSIDE the hullabaloo of negative media coverage, preparations for the co-hosting with Zambia of the August 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly are well in progress, well in order and so far so good. On the ground, away from the madding media, Government has
Coal output to decline marginally
Coal production in Zimbabwe for 2012 is set to decline by at least 600 000 tonnes from 2,56 million tonnes produced in 2011, an industry official has said. Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines president Mr Winston Chitando said production bottlenecks continued to inhibit increase in output. “Coal output for
SK Moyo launches charity fund
Herald Reporter
Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday launched a charity fund aimed at helping underprivileged people. Speaking at the launch of the fund in Chitungwiza, Cde Khaya Moyo said it would go a long way in alleviating some of the challenges facing poor Zimbabweans.