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Tongaat Hullets slams Zimbabwe's tough fiscal measures
Tongaat Hullets, a listed agriculture and agri-processing firm, has reported on its performance for the period ending March 31, 2024, amidst challenging fiscal measures in Zimbabwe. The compan...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislator says govt is not serious
Zanu-PF legislator Darlington Chiwa, representing Chiredzi West, criticized the government's lack of commitment to supporting sugarcane farming despite declaring it a strategic crop. Speaking at an ev...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED-UNZA Scholarship Fund raises US$600,000
THE ED-UNZA (University of Zambia) Scholarship raised US$600 000 during a fundraising dinner held at State House two weeks ago.President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the patron of the fund, which was...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi Town Council to upgrade water supply systems
Chiredzi Town Council has tabled an ambitious 5 year development plan which will see the town intensely improve water supply and modernize all its infrastructure.This came out at a recent post...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 13:57hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's ally takes control of ailing Tongaat Hulett
A CONSORTIUM led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Robert Gumede has taken control of financially troubled South Africa-headquartered sugar producer Tongaat Hulett.Tongaat Hulett, an agri...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 14:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks to set up sugar mill
The government is preparing to establish a new sugar milling company in the Lowveld region after its unsuccessful attempt to purchase Tongaat Hulett, one of the country's major sugar estates. Tongaat ...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Caledonia Mining Corporation declares 14 cents dividend
Zimbabwe, October 2, 2023 - Caledonia Mining Corporation, a prominent global mining firm with operations in Zimbabwe, has declared a dividend of US$0.14 per share for the third quarter of its 2023 tra...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 09:17hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe urged to cut sugar imports to avert collapse of local industry'
To safeguard local producers grappling with declining sales, it is advisable to halt sugar imports into Zimbabwe. Concerns have arisen that by March of next year, the country could find itself burdene...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brito expects Khumalo to deliver
HIGHLANDERS FC coach Baltemar Brito is hoping forward Thabo Zikode Khumalo will produce the qualities they are looking for in a striker.Brito's number one target upfront was Obriel Chirinda bu...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders sign Lobengula descendant
HIGHLANDERS FC has completed the signing of Thabo Lunga Zikode Khumalo, the great, great grandson of the club's founding player Albert.The player who has been training with Highlanders since l...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula's great grandson training with Bosso
THABO Zikode Khumalo, the great, great grandson of Highlanders FC founding player Albert, has his dream of playing for Bosso edging closer as he has been spotted at the club's training sessions in the...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 22:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sugar estates to be sold to Tanzania's Kagera Sugar
South Africa's Tongaat Hulett is to sell its sugar estates, including those in Zimbabwe, to Kagera Sugar, one of East Africa's largest sugar producers.This is part of a plan to rescue Tongaat ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers defend raw sugar price increase
Small-scale sugarcane farmers, who supply 45 percent of raw sugar in Zimbabwe, have defended the new price of the commodity after Gold Star suspended production at its refinery in Harare this week cit...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold Star Sugars shuts Harare refinery in Tongaat Hulett price row
Gold Star, a subsidiary of ZSE-listed StarAfrica, has temporarily closed its Harare refinery and placed employees on indefinite leave, citing a sharp increase in raw sugar prices by its supplier Tonga...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sugar shortage hits Zimbabwe
SOME parts of the country such as the capital, Harare, are experiencing shortages of sugar supplies at retail shops with the informal sector struggling to restock.A snap survey yesterday confirmed...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 20:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC suspends corruption whistleblower
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) workers committee secretary general was promptly suspended last Friday, a day after circulating to all staff members an explosive memorandum to the Board al...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP fined for by-passing electricity
Chiredzi West Zanu-PF Member of Parliament, Farai Musikavanhu was recently caught with hands in the cookie jar by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for allegedly by-pa...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to reverse takeover of Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe?
The R2-billion takeover of sugar giant Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe has potentially crashed and burned.A key shareholder resolution paving the way for the deal was declared...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough sugar
The Zimbabwe Sugar Association is aware of misleading reports in the media stating that there is a looming shortage of sugar in the country due to the suspension of production by Tongaat Hulett, the c...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 6 | by M A Masunda
RBZ in dramatic U-turn on lending
THE central bank yesterday lifted its temporary suspension of lending services by banks after the policy triggered sustained protests from industry, commerce and the public in general.In a sta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ban added fuel to a fire
The government's on-going crackdown against financial institutions to stem the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar will only worsen the economic crisis facing the country instead of solving it.Pre...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is really behind the R2bn Tongaat Hulett bid?
WHO sits behind Magister Investments, the prospective new owner of the sugar giant? This mystery is now front and centre in a last-ditch battle by minority shareholders to block the controversial R2 b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
How Zimbabweans can better understand their nutritional intake for a healthier life
In an age where access to basic resources is crucial for many individuals in communities around the world, multidimensional poverty still provides numerous challenges. The numbers speak for themselves...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 16:17hrs | 12 | by Andre Rendinger, Founder of Milhouse International
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zimbabwe would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 11 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zim would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:57hrs | 6 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Mnangagwa appoints 3 more Zinara board members
President Mnangagwa has appointed three more people to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board to improve efficiency and services to the people under the Second Republic.The t...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Starafrica halts sugar exports
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest sugar producers has shelved exports in response to steep local demand in the past few months, which has outstripped supply.The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed starafri...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi nominates Chief Murinye for person of the year award
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has nominated Chief Murinye of Masvingo as Zimbabwe's Person of the Year for standing up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over corruption and telling his de...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
War veterans tell Chadzamira to quit post
CHIREDZI war veterans have called for the removal from office of minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira (pictured), accusing him of corruptly allocating land in the district to outsiders while...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks prosecution of Chadzamira over corruption
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is blocking attempts to bring to book the minister of State for Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira (pictured), who was arrested by investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC in another catch and release storm
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) was Monday caught up in yet another catch and release storm after its investigators pounced on Minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira in...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe renews Tongaat Hullet's licence by 20 more years
GOVERNMENT has renewed Tongaat Hullet operations by another 20 years amid a deal to finalise granting of a 99-year lease to the company.The latest development will strengthen the project's sta...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Storm over roads rehab tenders
THE multi-million-dollar government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Chiredzi is now mired in controversy after it emerged that tenders were allegedly awarded without due dilig...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disgruntled sugarcane farmers meet Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last Sunday met sugarcane farmers from Chiredzi at his Precabe Farm in Kwekwe to discuss challenges faced by the over 1 200 sugar growers who benefited from the land reform...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Tongaat, Rukatya to pay commercial farmer $US1,4m
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered sugar producers Tongaat Hullet and businessman Isaac Rukatya, to pay US$1,4 million plus legal costs to a Chiredzi commercial farmer, Tony Renato...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails to award them tenders. In May, the sugar producer f...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:24hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Long queues at Durban petrol stations as fuel runs out
Long winding queues are forming outside petrol stations in the greater Durban area of KwaZulu-Natal.Several petrol stations have already reportedly run out of fuel, while others have closed fo...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa fuel shortages in the next few days
South African Petroleum Refineries (Sapref) has declared force majeure and announced a temporary closure due to the ongoing violence and looting in South Africa, ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZBC appoints new substantive CEO
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has appointed Ms Adelaide Chikunguru as the substantive Chief Executive Officer with effect from today.Ms Chikunguru's appointment was announced by ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official defies Chiwenga
Zanu-PF Chiredzi district coordinating committee chairperson Siyaki Munhungei last Monday ordered the acting district development coordinator, Gift Machukele, to ignore a recent instruction by Vice-Pr...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sugarcane farmers to fund Zanu-PF
The Commercial Sugarcane Farmers Association of Zimbabwe (CSFAZ) chairperson Addmore Hwarare has suggested a stop order facility for members of his organisation who mill their cane with Tongaat Hulett...Published: 22 May 2021 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sugar industry workers demand wage review
SUGAR industry employees are demanding an urgent National Employment Council (NEC) meeting to come up with new salary scales.The Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Allied Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (ZSMAW...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reverses corrupt sugarcane plot allocation
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials, their relatives and security agents who were corruptly allocated sugarcane plots in Chiredzi by minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira were last weekend ordered to su...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga anger forces Chiwenga to abort trip
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was last week forced to abort a trip to Chilonga communal lands, where over 12 000 villagers are facing eviction after angry traditional leaders told Masvingo provi...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex Victoria High head tries luck in Zanu-PF
John Muzamani, the former Victoria High head who had a disgraceful departure from the school last year is now trying his luck in Zanu-PF.Muzamani is among 11 candidates who have submitted thei...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ngoni Kudenga rejected by CSC creditors
CREDITORS of the defunct Cold Storage Company have voted Mr Vonani Majoko of Majoko and Majoko Legal Practitioners as the new interim corporate rescue practitioner for the country's meat processor and...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga evictions: State capture at play
You would have hoped that the post-Mugabe establishment could - at least - get one or two things right. But, ouch, this so-called "new dispensation" is as crude, primitive and self-serving as such reg...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Minister orders JOC to probe maize theft
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has ordered members of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to work together with sugar company Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to investigate theft of maize from f...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grains harvest to hit record levels
Zimbabwe is on course for a record traditional grains harvest of 500 000 tonnes this year as the country inches towards attaining food security on the back of the highly successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa p...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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