Day: February 7, 2024
President urges ministers to prioritise Cabinet business
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on Cabinet Ministers to prioritise Cabinet over everything else and implement policies, programmes and projects that will catapult Zimbabwe to greater economic development, growth and prosperity. Addressing the first Cabinet sitting of the year at State House in Harare yesterday, President Mnangagwa said a lackadaisical approach to Cabinet business would not […]
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Enough grain stocks until next harvest, Govt
The government has informed the nation that there are enough grain reserves to take the country to the next harvest. Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Hon Dr Jenfan Muswere informed the nation in an post cabinet brief on summer crops and tobacco marketing which was adopted by cabinet. “Cabinet wishes to assure the […]
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Tobacco marketing season opens
The 2024 tobacco auction marketing season kicks off on Wednesday the 13th of March 2024. Industry regulator, the Tobacco industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) advised stakeholders in a statement. “All stakeholders are advised that the 2024 auction tobacco marketing season opens on Wednesday 13 March 2024,” read the statement. Contract tobacco sales will commence on […]
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Zim, Bots urged to establish one-stop border
ZIMBABWE and Botswana must step up implementation of cross-border infrastructural development projects aimed at facilitating regional trade which are central to the attainment of the two countries’ socio-economic goals, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Acting Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Rofina Chikava, has said. Addressing the opening ceremony of the meeting of senior officials at the Fourth […]
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Coal miner building SA’s biggest wind farm
Coal producer Seriti Resources has started building South Africa’s largest wind farm, as the country’s mining industry seeks to cut its reliance on troubled state-owned power utility Eskom. South Africa plans to transition to cleaner-energy sources from the most polluting fossil fuel, but faces the additional challenge of cushioning the blow to communities dependent on […]
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Minister on school dropouts
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Torerai Moyo, has said failure to provide education support for children and delays in payment of fees by some parents are contributing to the high number of school dropouts as he urged parents to play their part in driving infrastructure development in schools. Speaking in Kwekwe where he […]
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Star Africa corporation volumes depressed
Sugar concern, Star Africa Corporation Limited experienced a depressed first half ended 30 September 2023. The company released its Reviewed Interim Abridged Financial Results for the period ended 30 September 2023. Despite revenue going up by 35% from ZWL73.52 billion to ZWL99.41 billion, volumes and profit were in the negative. The depressed volumes were attributed […]
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Referees refresher course concludes
THE four-day Zimbabwe Football Association referees and match commissioners refresher course concluded at Bulawayo’s Hillside Teachers’ College on Sunday. The course which started on February 1, was meant to help the match officials to get geared up for the forthcoming 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season which is expected to start at the end […]
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Victoria Foods benefits from industrial development agenda
GWERU-based Victoria Foods Milling plant is operating at 80 percent capacity utilisation riding on the Second Republic’s ease-of-doing-business and industrial development agenda. The Government is implementing ease-of-doing-business reforms, which seek to improve the business operating environment. This has seen it crafting and rolling out a programme to reform and grow the economy as it seeks […]
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Government mulls structured currency…As Second Republic moves to arrest price hikes
GOVERNMENT is implementing a raft of policy measures to arrest price increases, stabilise the foreign exchange rate and ultimately maintain the value of the Zimbabwe dollar, with a structured currency set to be introduced soon, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the first Cabinet sitting of the year at State House in Harare yesterday, President Mnangagwa […]
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