adminTIMB brings sanity to auction floors
Agriculture ReporterThe Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has brought sanity and improved services for farmers at the auction floors, tobacco growers have confirmed.This has not been the case in the past seasons where the first days of auctioning were marked with congestion and farmers complaining of
Govt needs US$88,4m to fund wheat farming
Agriculture ReporterGovernment requires US$88,4 million to fund the production of 40 000 hectares of wheat during the 2013 winter cropping season, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has said.
Constitution to usher new relations between sexes
Tomorrow, Zimbabweans go to the polls to vote for the fate of the draft constitution. The constitution, judging by the support it is getting from the main political parties, the women’s organisations, the education sector, non-governmental organisations and the Zimbabwean population inElectronic voting is the way to go
Many people may not realise that the country that ran undisputed elections last year was Venezuela. Their late president, Hugo Chavez, may have been vilified by the West and some countries for the nationalisation of the oil industry, but the electoral system of Venezuela was praised, even,Formula One set to roar
MELBOURNE. – The cloudless blue skies above Melbourne’s Albert Park matched the sunny mood as the Formula 1 paddock quickly fell back into the old routine at the first race of a new season yesterday.
Kiwis punished by England
WELLINGTON. – Nick Compton and Jonathan Trott hit centuries as England punished New Zealand heavily for bowling first in the second Test in Wellington.Compton followed up his maiden ton in the draw at Dunedin with a more fluent 100 and Trott made an unbeaten 121.Let’s all ensure a peaceful, flawless referendum
Zimbabweans are voting tomorrow in a watershed constitutional referendum for the draft Constitution to become national supreme law.All the parties in the inclusive Government and Copac officials are campaigning for a Yes vote, while a handful of small non-governmental organisations and opposition parties are pressing for a No vote.
US$2bn shot in arm for Gwayi
Business CorrespondentA NEW mining company in Matabeleland North’s Gwayi area, China-Africa Sunlight Energy, is to invest over US$2 billion in projects involving coal mining, methane coal bed gas extraction and thermal power generation.
SAZ to clamp down on dubious imports
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business Reporter
THE Standards Association of Zimbabwe says it is lobbying for legislation that will safeguard consumers against substandard imports that are flooding the market.