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TIMB stops contracting tobacco floor's operations
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has ordered Bindura contract floor to stop operations in Mvurwi after the local council gave them a community ...Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 19:57hrs | 557 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
Armed robbery mastermind nabbed
Police in Mvurwi have arrested a businessman who is suspected mastermind in armed robbery cases in the farming town.Alic Phiri ( 43) was arrested together with his three Mberengwa-based accomp...Published: 24 May 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
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 | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 26 | by Staff reporter
Midnight thieves brutally assaulted
Two Mvurwi based suspected thieves who tried to steal copper cables and pipes at new industrial area in Mvurwi were caught around midnight and severely as...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 19:36hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 7 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 4 | by Dr Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga
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
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 | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Date set for launch of tobacco marketing season
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has announced that preparations for the opening of the tobacco marketing season are at an advanced stage, with farmers required to adhere to set standar...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's RTGS $ under siege
ZIMBABWE's local currency, the RTGS dollar, has shed more than 20 percent of its value since its introduction as the availability of foreign currency on the formal market remains subdued.By Fr...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco farmers hold firm to their crop
Tobacco farmers have continued to hold on to their crop amid reports that they have only delivered less than 10% of the golden leaf in the first five days of trading this year, citing poor prices and ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube scraps 2% tax on tobacco floors activities, normalcy returns
Activities at the country's Tobacco Auction Floors are expected to improve this week following the scrapping of the 2 percent electronic transfer tax on all activities being done at the country's toba...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Buyers bring in $1 billion to buy golden leaf
International tobacco buyers have mobilized US$1 billion to buy the country's golden leaf crop this year, a move expected to boost foreign currency inflows in the country. The 2019 tobacco mar...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2 | 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 | 3 | by newzimbabwe.com
Treger Products sets US$15million exports target
ONE of Africa's largest manufacturers of household wares and appliances, Treger Products has set a target of generating US$15 million in revenue this year from exports through fortifying its markets i...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco now under Command Agriculture
The 2018 tobacco season started yesterday with Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga indicating that tobacco will now be covered under the Command Agriculture Programme."I am e...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'People lie about Mukanya, Tuku relationship'
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he is looking forward to a colourful reunion with his friend Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi when the two share the stage at the former's homecoming bira set for Glamis Arena on A...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers should be educated on e-marketing
The 2017 tobacco selling season kick-started on a very high note this week with high expectations that the golden leaf will ease the liquidity challenges the country is currently facing. Tobac...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Tendai Guta
Tobacco farmers deserve better prices
While there are claims that tobacco farming alleviates poverty in small scale farmers, some small scale seasonal farmers have remained poor even after being in the tobacco industry for many years....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 15:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Guta
Tobacco farmers should be aware of thieves and prostitutes
Following the announcement by Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) that tobacco auction floors will open doors on 15 March 2017, pick pocketers and sex workers have obviously started rehearsing...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Guta
Duo rob neighbour at knife point
Two Mvurwi men are in police custody after allegedly robbing their neighbour at knife point in Rusununguko Township Mashonaland Central on Friday.Investigations by Bulawayo24.com proved that N...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Banking sector profits jump to $181 million
THE banking sector in Zimbabwe closed year 2016 with $181 million profits, recording a 42 percent increase from $127 million in 2015, the central bank reported.In his 2017 Monetary Policy ...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 06:14hrs | | 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
Shaky food security in Zimbabwe as more farmers turn to tobacco farming
The success story of tobacco farming in Zimbabwe can aptly be described as a heavily sugar coated pill; very sweet outside but bitter inside.Though lauded as one of the success stories of ...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 07:35hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Politics without 'Chimurenga' is vague
In as much as Zimbabweans from different corners of life deliberate on the possible solutions for our country, any move not punctuated by the revolutionary cause, is a step misdirected and in the ...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 11:52hrs | 3 | by Caitlin Kamba
Turnall sales and demand rebounds
Turnall saw a rebound in sales and demand in the month of April and grew sales for that month to bring volume deficit down from the 16% in Q1 to 6% for the year to April 2013, MD John Jere told the AG...Published: 23 May 2013 at 12:50hrs | 1 | by Business reporter
The two white, wicked ambassadors
Some will protest the unrestrained aggression of this title. I offer no apologies for stating facts as they are. If the American and British ambassadors, Bruce and Deborah, wish for a more favourable ...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 04:58hrs | | by Mai Jukwa
Zimbabwe; what if ZANU (PF) wins
Never say never, because politics is an unpredictable and dirty game.A colleague of mine posed to me a very fascinating mental challenge the other day. She challenged me to imagine what would...Published: 09 Dec 2012 at 11:31hrs | | by Vince Musewe
36 million kg tobacco worth US$135 million auctioned
ABOUT 36 million kg of flue cured tobacco worth US$135 million have been auctioned at an average price of US$3,70 per kg since the tobacco marketing season started in February. Last year 30 million kg...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
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