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Nyusi to open Zimbabwe Agric Show
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi is set to officially open the 114th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Tuesday, marking a significant event that underscores the strong bilateral ties...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:18hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Former TIMB boss cleared
Charges of criminal abuse of office involving over US$2 million against former Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) chief executive Meanwell Gudu and two accomplices have been withdrawn before ...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:41hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Matibiri guarantees children's maximum security; interfaces during ZAS
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Show's Chief Executive Officer, Dr Andrew Matibiri reaffirmed his specialised team's commitment to ensure maximum security and safety of children during this year's Annual Na...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 10:35hrs | 709 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
ZAS to complement rural farmers competitiveness
Over three hundred rural farmers drawn from Zimbabwe's ten provinces are amongst thousands who will benefit from training, cross breeding of ideas through interaction (networking), improved competitiv...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 15:51hrs | 206 | by Gideon Madzikatidze | Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe Agricultural Society ups security for this year's edition
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) says it has put steps to increase surveillance, enhance security and streamline efficiency during this year's exhibition to try and curb potential of theft, inc...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:44hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
ZAS announced dates, sophisticate children security measures
THE Zimbabwe Agricultural Show's (ZAS) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Andrew Matibiri has announced that the 114th edition will commence from 26th to 31st of August in Harare, while their technical teams...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 20:07hrs | 237 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe targets US$5bn tobacco industry
THE government wants to create a U$5 billion tobacco industry by 2025 as it moves to turn around the economy through agriculture.This comes as Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told stakehol...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco production target raised to 300 million kgs
The new tobacco selling season opened yesterday with Government hoping that the industry cannot just survive at present levels but raise production to 300 million kilogrammes annually through the impl...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco pricing headache
THE "collapse" of the tobacco auction system has ignited debate on whether minimum auction prices should continue to determine the pricing of contract tobacco.Zimbabwe has a dual marketing sys...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gives away 99% of exported tobacco
A STAGGERING 99% of the tobacco crop produced annually by Zimbabwean farmers is shipped to the international markets without being processed, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) revealed l...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matibiri steps down
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) is in the hunt for a chief executive to replace Andrew Matibiri who is stepping down next year after being at the helm for the last 15 years.The...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena torments ex-minister Chinamasa's wife
PARLIAMENT'S Lands Committee chair Justice Wadyajena Tuesday gave former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa's wife and her Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) colleagues a good tongue-lashing ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chinamasa's wife implicated in tobacco cartels
THE Tobacco Association of Zimbabwe (TAZ) yesterday alleged corruption in the tobacco industry, with Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) board chairperson Monica Chinamasa's name coming out promin...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 103 | by WikiLeaks
Buyers mobilise $900m for tobacco
International tobacco buyers are expected to mobilise between US$800 to US$900 million to buy the crop this year, a move expected to boost foreign currency inflows into the country, The Sunday Mail Bu...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa in nepotism storm
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa finds himself in a nepotism storm after he was accused of abusing his office to divert reforestation funds from the Forestry Commission to the Tobacco Industry Marke...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cries for rands
With the current acute cash crisis worsening by the day, experts have made renewed calls for the country to adopt the South African rand as Zimbabwe's anchor currency, to stem an impending economic im...Published: 10 May 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Cash barons' fleece farmers
Some unscrupulous businesspeople are taking advantage of cash shortages to dupe unsuspecting farmers at the tobacco auction floors, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has said.Briefing t...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Elita Chikwati
Zimbabwe off investors' radar says Biti
WASHINGTON - Former Finance minister Tendai Biti says foreign investors are willing to open businesses in Zimbabwe if the political situation improves.Biti, who is currently in Washington DC a...Published: 22 Dec 2014 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tobacco surge 'justifies Mugabe's land grabs'
Zimbabwe's biggest tobacco sales in 13 years vindicate the land transfer campaign pursued by President Robert Mugabe's government, according to Agriculture Minister Joseph Made.The more than ...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 16:56hrs | | by Bloomberg
Tobacco farmers turn to contract growing
Zimbabwe's three tobacco auction floors are facing an uncertain future following indications that farmers are turning to contract growing, which offers higher returns. Last week, it also emerg...Published: 11 May 2014 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Faith Mhandu
Tobacco quality improves says TIMB
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said the quality of tobacco being brought to the auction floors has improved as compared to the beginning of the season, saying this will lead to an...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
New tobacco growers reach 21000 mark in Zimbabwe
More than 21 000 new tobacco growers from traditionally non-tobacco growing regions have registered with the Tobacco Industries and Marketing Board (TIMB) ahead of the 2013 to 2014 summer cropping s...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 02:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim tobacco deliveries fall short of target
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board have revised the tobacco target from 170 million to 166,5 million.This follows the decline in tobacco deliveries at most contract floors.TIMB c...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: Visionary or Mad Man?
A look into how the land reform has affected Zimbabwe "The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful ...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Brendah Nyakudya
Tobacco mop-up sales starts next week Wednesday
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has announced that tobacco mop-up sales for the 2012 season will start next Wednesday. TIMB chief executive, Dr Andrew Matibiri, said all floors would b...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe land reform, a golden lining
When Roger Boka started his auction business in the 1990s, this city's tobacco trading floors were hushed places, save the mellifluous patter of the auctioneer. A handful of white farmers, each sellin...Published: 21 Jul 2012 at 06:19hrs | | by Lydia Polgreen
Independent Media Caught Offside
Who is fooling who? ...Published: 02 May 2012 at 08:49hrs | | by Dingizulu Mahlathini Moyo
2012 tobacco selling season opens
THE 2012 tobacco marketing season opens today with 150 million kg of the golden leaf expected to go under the hammer.Firmer prices are expected following floods that destroyed the crop in the ...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expects 15 percent rise in tobacco output
HARARE — Zimbabwe's tobacco output is expected to increase by nearly 15 percent this year to reach 150,000 tonnes, an official said on Tuesday, predicting good ...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 17:19hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwe misses tobacco targets
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says the industry will fail to meet this year’s projected target of 177 million kilogrammes of tobacco owing to high losses of 31% in ...Published: 14 Aug 2011 at 12:22hrs | | by
$12m grossed from early tobacco sales
Zimbabwe has earned US$12,01 million from the sale of 4,1 million kilogrammes of tobacco since the opening of the marketing season on February 16, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said ye...Published: 01 Mar 2011 at 05:10hrs | | by Byo24News
Tobacco crop production to leap with Chinese funding
Zimbabwe's tobacco output will increase at least 40 percent this year after a boost in funding to farmers from banks and firms, many of which are Chinese, and due to good wea...Published: 17 Feb 2011 at 10:05hrs | | by Byo24News
Tobacco adds fuel to Zim's exports
Tobacco production is booming in Zimbabwe as small farmers attempt to cash in on high prices worldwide. Farmers have also been spurred on by Zimbabwe's adoption of the US dollar following the collaps...Published: 28 Dec 2010 at 22:46hrs | | by AFP
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