adminTobacco farmers pocket US$460m
Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter Tobacco farmers have been paid the equivalent of US$460 million, using interbank exchange rate, after delivering 233, 6 million kilograms of the golden leaf in the…
Govt rolls out community bakeries
Sharon Chikowore and Nesia Mhaka Government is establishing community-led bakeries to increase the production of confectionery products, including bread, at affordable prices in rural areas. The programme is also expected…
SMEs unite to fight corruption
Small to Medium Enterprises in Gweru have formed a coalition to fight corruption, which has been identified as a major setback in their development.
ZPCS sends officers for sign language course
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has sent 10 officers for a six-month sign language course with a view to accommodate all prisoners in line with the country’s supreme law.
Devolution: Province ends search for economists
MASHONALAND Central Province has completed interviews for district economists in line with the devolution agenda.
Cleansing ceremony for Chimanimani
TRADITIONAL leaders in Chimanimani are organising a cleansing ceremony in line with African tradition following the March 15 Cyclone Idai-induced disaster which killed hundreds and destroyed infrastructure worth millions of dollars
Frontline Institute partners ACFD in training communities
THE Frontline Institute in Shamva has partnered the African Centre for Fertiliser Development in training communities in organic gardening to improve nutritional requirement per household.
Food for work for cyclone victims
THE donor community, which has been providing people in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts with food aid following the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai, has indicated it will be stopping giving out handouts in favour of “food for work” schemes.
$300m sugar outgrower project 50pc complete
Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI The $300 million project to clear over 3 000 hectares of land to establish new canefields at Hippo Valley and Triangle estates in the Lowveld by…
Pound slips as Johnson’s victory revives anxiety around Brexit
The pound slipped on concern the UK may leave the European Union without a divorce deal after members of the Conservative party voted for Boris Johnson to be the next…