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- May 10, 2019
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Namibia declares national disaster
Windhoek. — Namibia on Tuesday declared drought a national disaster after poor rainfall wreaked havoc on crops and scorched grazing fields. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila made the announcement a day…
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- May 10, 2019
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Cottco targets $1bn earnings annually
Oliver Kazunga and Leonard Ncube The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put a minimum of 100 000 hectares across the country under commercial cotton farming with the sector…
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- May 10, 2019
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Tobacco board mulls drought resistant varieties
Fradreck Gorwe The Tobacco Research Board (TRB) is working on developing varieties that withstand a short-term rain season citing gradual change in weather patterns. TRB has a mandate to develop…
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- May 10, 2019
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‘Zim needs serious mining investors’
Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe desperately needs investors in the mining sector given its potential to steer economic growth towards attainment of an upper middle-income vision by 2030, a…
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- May 10, 2019
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Operating environment takes toll on African Sun, Legacy deal
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed entity African Sun has said the prevailing operating environment made it difficult to fulfil some of the requisites of its hotel management contract deal with Legacy Hospitality…
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- May 10, 2019
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Rebate of duty on goods for religious purposes
The Customs and Excise (General) Regulations, as published Statutory Instrument 154 of 2001 Section 127, provides for a rebate of duty for goods imported for religious purposes by religious organisations.…
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- May 10, 2019
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The mathematics of an election
A few calculations show how easily small political parties can get into parliament and earn huge salaries. There are two major reasons why voters will collect an extra-large ballot paper on…
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- May 10, 2019
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Perceptions, attitudes to Zim’s economic challenges
Cliford Shambare Many Zimbabweans today are coy to exhibit, or even listen to what may seem to be an extreme position where the Zimbabwean economy is concerned, and so they…
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- May 10, 2019
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World Bank scales up support for Idai
MAPUTO. — The World Bank has increased emergency support for the three southern African countries affected by a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds in March to $700 million, the lender…
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- May 10, 2019
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Africa facing governance curse
South Africa has just come into a huge gas find south of Mossel Bay, estimated by Total at about one billion barrels. That’s the good news. The bad news is…