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Villagers want Govt to resize Gokwe game parks

Tawanda Marwizi The Simchembu area in Gokwe North is tucked between Chizarira and Chirisa Game Parks. Situated about 40 kilometers from the popular Gokwe growth point Chitekete, it has 36 wards and harbors a growing population...
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GMAZ fails to account for US$27m wheat facility

Almot Maqolo HARARE – Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) had a torrid time in parliament as it failed to provide concrete evidence on how the US$27 million facility meant for importing wheat and refurbishing...

Zim, China to hold inaugural tobacco expo, YTD exports now at US$309m

Itai Ndongwe HARARE- The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says tobacco exports have reached impressive numbers, with 48 million kilograms of tobacco worth over US$309 million exported to date A significant portion of these exports,...

GMB reviews producer prices for 2024/25 season

HARARE - The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has announced the approved producer prices for the 2024/25 season, along with the winter wheat incentive planning prices. The price of maize per tonne has decreased by 3.5%...

TIMB sees 15% drop in tobacco volume to 220m kgs; 30% sales decentralised

Farai Mabeza HARARE – Zimbabwe expects that 30 percent of all tobacco sales will be done outside Harare after Government gazetted a statutory instrument authorising the setting up of decentralised tobacco auction sites in the...

TSL says Q2 volumes to be affected by late start to tobacco marketing season

HARARE - TSL says the late start to the tobacco marketing season volumes in the second quarter of all tobacco related businesses are expected to be below prior year although this is expected to...
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New agric plan on cards as food insecurity worsens

Farai Mabeza ZIMBABWE is currently working on reviewing and developing the second Zimbabwe Agriculture Investment Plan (ZAIP) as it continues to struggle to fully harness its agriculture potential. This was revealed by the Lands, Agriculture, Water,...

TIMB dismantles tobacco buying syndicate at TSF

Itai Ndongwe HARARE - The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has uncovered and dismantled sophisticated corruption and collusion syndicates operating within the tobacco marketing system in a bold move to safeguard the integrity of...

TSL units in good volume growth in F21

TSL Limited increased revenue by 144.57% following improved performance of the agriculture-based units. The group achieved good volume growth across most business units during the period ended 31 October 2021. In a statement accompanying the group’s...

Tobacco prices 12% firmer in 2021 compared to last year

Staff Writer Tobacco prices during the 2021 marketing season firmed by 12 percent compared to last year with at least 200 tonnes being sold this year. This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister...

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