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Cotton production in massive decline

Business Reporter

THE country’s cotton yield has drastically dropped from 3 000 kilogrammes per hectare in the past few years to 590kg due to a host of challenges farmers are facing, the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union executive director, Mr Paul Zakariya has said.

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Parly committee divided over RBZ

Harare Bureau

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water, Lands and Resettlement is divided over the decision to inquire how the Reserve Bank distributed farm equipment

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Western spies helping Syria rebels: reports

ALEPPO (Syria) — British and German spies are involved in covert operations to help Syrian rebels in their increasingly bloody fight to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Press reports said yesterday.

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Japan, China islands disputes deepen

EAST CHINA SEA — Several Japanese nationalists landed yesterday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, sparking protests in several Chinese cities and a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing.

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Council Fire Brigade rapped

Masvingo Correspondent

Masvingo residents have criticised their city council’s fire brigade for failing to swiftly respond to reports of fire outbreaks.

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Biti urged to implement recommendations on procurement board

Temba Dube

BUSINESS associations in Bulawayo have urged Finance Minister Tendai Biti to speedily implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion to overhaul the State Procurement Board (SPB).

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Car wheel thieves descend on suburb

Chronicle Reporter

A gang of daring thieves descended on Bulawayo’s Sauerstown suburb and stole car wheels from at least seven houses on Thursday night.