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Musicians target drug lords, as Mai Mabhena rescues Guruve
Several musicians scattered around Mashonaland Central province have launched their fight against drug cartels describing them as more evil than all criminals on earth.Speaking after musical g...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:50hrs | 382 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Wise farmers prepare land before the rains
The advent of Chinehasha Irrigation Scheme initiative that has seen 'boots on the ground' is a good omen for the locale and its environs. Our young farmers have the experience, zealousne...Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:25hrs | 627 | by Thomas Murisa
Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies
With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Company employees linked to robbery case
THREE employees at Quest Financial Services have been implicated in a robbery that occurred at the firm's Belgravia branch in Harare on Saturday.The three allegedly teamed up with six others, ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco auction floors open in March
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said auction floors are set to open next month encouraging tobacco stakeholders to fully utilise the TIMB booking system. In a notice t...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Harare hacker steals US$30,000
A Harare man hacked into an account belonging to Premier Tobacco Auction Floors and stole US$30 000.Nyasha Mutasa (33) appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with contravening the C...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic named 2023 bank of the year by the banker
Harare, 12 December 2023 - Stanbic Bank has been selected 2023 Bank of the Year in Zimbabwe by world renown London-based magazine, The Banker, cementing its place as one of the country's leading finan...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe records its best ever tobacco sales
The curtain finally comes down on the 2023 tobacco marketing season after nearly four months of record sales with the official closing ceremony now set for 31 July.In a statement on Monday, th...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Huge progress as tobacco sales hit over US$800m
Over 270 million kg of tobacco worth US$817 million have been sold at the auction and contract floors since the beginning of the marketing season in March, with a lot of money flowing into the tobacco...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink
ZIMBABWE is on the brink of recording its largest-ever tobacco haul, as deliveries at auction floors had reached 251 million kilogrammes by last week, which is 10 million kg shy of the record realised...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to surpass wheat output
Zimbabwe is optimistic that this year's winter wheat production will surpass last year's yield of 375 000 tonnes following various interventions implemented by Government and the private sector to bol...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers attack security guards, steal tobacco bales
TWENTY robbers attacked eight security guards with a pistol machetes, okapi knives and iron bars at Wilmode Farm in Mvurwi before stealing 63 tobacco bales last Friday.National police spokespe...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction floors open tomorrow
Tobacco farmers have started delivering their crop ahead of the marketing season which opens tomorrow at auction floors with the official ceremony at Tobacco Sales Floor.Deliveries for the far...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco sales rake in US$650,3 million
ZIMBABWE has realised US$650,3 million from tobacco sales this year, up 10,3% compared to last year, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.Last year, the souther...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Mbudzi roundabout closes for construction
As motorists adjust to the closure of Mbudzi roundabout while the huge and complex Mbudzi Interchange is built over the next 18 months, the diversion of traffic into roads in Hopely and Waterfalls was...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands evicted from Crest Breeders Farm
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters were left stranded, and are now sleeping in the open, after they were evicted from Crest Breeders Farm in Harare South last Friday.Caught up in the eviction ema...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Global demand buoys tobacco prices
THE rising global demand for flue-cured tobacco has buoyed the firming of local golden leaf prices this season compared to last year.According to latest figures from a Germany company speciali...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco marketing season starts today
This year's tobacco marketing season kicks off today with the usual ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor opening the auction sales with the contract floors, which will handle 95 percent of...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
LSU rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals
LUPANE State University (LSU) is reportedly rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals after it received 52 000 000.00 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF.Indications are that...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 10:51hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors ready for opening
Tobacco auction floors are ready for the opening of the marketing season on March 30. Farmers are expected to start delivering the crop next Wednesday. Yesterday, all the three auction...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean telcos planning tariff hike
Like most sectors of the economy, the telecommunications industry is expected to review its pricing in the coming days in response to rising operating costs, analysts and industry sources say....Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miserable X-mas for impoverished workers
THE year 2021 was a sad one for workers because of a plethora of challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic and now they will round it off with a bleak Christmas.Workers' unions say the gover...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 15:30hrs | 8 | by Staffreporter
Authorities unleash sweeping crackdown on forex market
IN a renewed bid to contain the runaway foreign exchange rate - now trading at double the official rate around US$1: ZW$170 - the government has launched a fierce crackdown on currency traders in a mu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco surpasses expectations, but farmers need better deal
ZIMBABWE has this year enjoyed one of its most productive tobacco seasons, but poor payment models for the farmers caused by the currency volatility left many farmers at the mercy of contract buyers....Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rolls-Royce belongs to Boka and not Mnangagwa's son
THE son of the late Zimbabwean business tycoon Roger Boka, Mathew, says the Rolls-Royce which went viral on social media over the weekend after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son Sean was photographed...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's twin son takes delivery of US$500k Rolls Royce
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's twin son has taken delivery of a Rolls Royce – triggering questions over the source of his wealth.Pictures emerged on Sunday of Sean Mnangagwa – a soldier â€...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 21:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco in forecast busting show
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco output reached 202,8 million kilogrammes last week, surging past official predictions, which had projected volumes to close at 195 million kg this season. The marketing season kicks...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lockdown extension irks informal traders
INFORMAL traders yesterday expressed anger over the extension of the level four lockdown period by two more weeks without provision of social grants to cushion them. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LSU in unscrupulous procurement deals, authorities unfairly suspend transport officer
LUPANE State University (LSU) under the administration of Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has again been caught in an unscrupulous goods procurement process and construction project without following ten...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 18 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-Harare Mayor Manyenyeni Hospitalised With Covid-19
FORMER Former Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni and his wife Francesica have been admitted at a private hospital in the capital city after contracting Covid-19 at a relative's funeral in Murewa....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction floors face collapse
FEARS of a potential collapse of Zimbabwe's tobacco auction system mounted last week, with official data indicating that auction floors were trailing way behind revenues earned by contracting firms at...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
144 convictions for illegal tobacco sales
WITH Zimbabwe's Tobacco Marketing Season in full swing, 144 out of 277 cases of illegal tobacco sales brought before the country's courts have led to convictions, while over 170 million kgs of the gol...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
500k doses for Covid-19 hotspots
Vaccinations are being stepped up in identified Covid-19 hotspots, now that 500 000 more doses arrived on Saturday with another 2 million expected at the end of this week, to help break the chains of ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo under lockdown
Bulawayo has effectively been put under lockdown after Cabinet yesterday approved that three districts that are Covid-19 hotspots be placed under localised lockdown, with security details being deploy...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police warn new Covid-19 regulation violators
POLICE have warned members of the public against violating the new Covid-19 lockdown regulations, which have banned public gatherings among other measures.Vice-President and Health and Child C...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga announces stricter COVID-19 enforcement measures
ZIMBABWE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE PRESS STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE: 12 JUNE 2021 MEASURES TO CURB THE...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Dr Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga
56 Rusape resettled farmers spared eviction
THE 56 Rusape farmers, who were facing eviction from Nyamasanga Farm in Makoni district, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after government decided to compensate Bongani Mlambo, the original farm owne...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shoot most wanted robber
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who is part of a gang led by Musa Taj Abdul, is nursing wounds at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare after being shot by police while attempting to flee....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco injects US$325 into the Zimbabwean economy
TOBACCO sales had injected US$325 million into the economy on the 35th day of this marketing season, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) data showed yesterday.The sector had generated ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff report
Forex crisis hits fertilizer industry
LOCAL fertiliser producers have bemoaned the shortage of foreign currency which has hampered production, adding that the foreign currency auction system introduced by the central bank was failing to m...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC members blast Zanu PF MP for hijacking Zupco
MDC officials have blasted Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni for allegedly hijacking the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus that was allocated to Mvurwi, for his publicity-seeki...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF MP abuses Tobacco Auction floors
Tobacco auction floors in Mvurwi have expressed disgust over alleged abuse of power by Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion Mugweni....Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 23:54hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zimdollar maintains stability
THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to maintain stability on the official weekly foreign currency exchange auction system with marginal fluctuations against the greenback exhibiting market confidence in the...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:42hrs | 8 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco selling season kicks off today
The new tobacco selling season kicks off today with the opening ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare and with contract sales opening tomorrow. The Tobacco Industry and Ma...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco floors raring to go
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco auction floors and contracting firms yesterday said they were ready for the opening of this year's marketing season next week. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters
Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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 | | by Staff reporter
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