Export of agric products to China improves

Trade and customs clearance for agricultural products at the border with China are slowly returning to normal due to strict regulations to prevent a further outbreak of COVID-19.

Vietnam pushes to ensure food security

Vietnam Customs has stopped issuing clearance for rice shipments to ensure food security as the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies.

Full co-operation can avert a lockdown

Covid-19 has already seriously disrupted large swathes of the global economy, and Zimbabwe has not been spared, but in many sectors the damage is not as bad as many might expect.

Coronavirus Watch: When to use a mask

If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with suspected Covid-19 infection. Wear a mask if you are coughing…

Is land redistribution possible?

In mid-February, the Government issued a new set of farm size regulations, arguing that this would release new land for land reform.

N Zealand blunt with farmers on coronavirus

The Agriculture Minister has delivered a blunt message to farmers amid confusion over what is deemed “essential” work during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Investors look to 2008 for guidance on when to come back

Investment banks are dusting off models from the 2008 financial crisis to gauge the right time to buy back into stock markets that have plunged 30 percent from their February record highs because of the coronavirus crisis.

Business in times of Covid-19

Iam afraid I have become a bit infamous in my tribe for forcing relatives, friends and siblings alike to wash hands with soap and to strictly follow the Ministry of Health and Childcare directives with regards to prevention of Covid-19 virus.  I also flatly refuse to shake hands at funerals and do hugs. I don’t care what all those relatives will say but I am simply not having it. I have also not ventured out and am staying at home unless it is absolutely necessary.  I am glad that the small business sector is slowly awakening from its slumber and has begun to put in preventative measures to fight Covid-19.

Life beyond current challenges

My colleague asked me a question? “Where are the opportunities in all this mess? Will the world be the same again?” There are so many questions floating around following the announcement by the Ministry of Health and Childcare this week that Zimbabwe had three cases of coronavirus.

Sponsors stand by the committee

Major corporate sponsors of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are standing by the International Olympic Committee after the games were postponed and experts familiar with the deals said the companies would not likely seek the return of billions of dollars committed to the agreements.

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