FARMERS can now apply for 99-year-leases using their annual production and productivity forms as the government enhances the ease of doing business in the agriculture sector. In a statement at the weekend, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, said simplifying the process of applying for a lease would accelerate agribusiness. “The focus of linking annual production and…
FIRST Mutual Life (FML) has been conferred with the ISO9001:2015 certificate, which is renewed every three years having initially attained ISO certification in 2012. Over the years, FML had endeavoured to attain high service excellence and even surpass it. First Mutual Health had also gone through the certification process and is now ISO certified. Life insurance…
SEEDCO seed maize conditioning plant which was commissioned last year in September by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has started successfully operating after having dried up 300 metric tonnes of the maize seed since February this year when it started operating. The plant alternatively known as the dryer was set up to speed up the drying process…
THE High court has allowed Palehouse Investments to institute legal action against Hwange Colliery Company (Hwange) for unlawfully terminating their contract despite the coal miner being under debt reconstruction. Palehouse Investments approached the courts seeking for an administrative review after Dale Sibanda, who is overseeing Hwange’s debt reconstruction, denied the company an opportunity to sue…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has postponed the decommissioning of Umzingwane Dam, one of the city’s main water supply dams. The dam still has water enough to last a few more weeks. It was initially set for decommissioning at the weekend. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, BCC public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya said water levels at the dam…
A SUPERVISOR at Harare local fuel station Musafare Kamwendo was yesterday convicted of theft of trust property of US$2 370 by Harare magistrate Shane Kubonero after he diverted money from the sale of fuel for his personal use. Kamwendo, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded to today for sentencing. “I admit stealing…
FARMERS’ unions are still optimistic that this cropping season could be saved if their crops receive rains in the coming few days despite some crops already suffering from moisture stress amid drought fears. This comes as the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has forecasted that rains could still come throughout this month, albeit in reduced quantities….
THE government is targeting 600 000 rural households in the Presidential Goat Pass-on Scheme to improve the genetics and carcass weight of goats for rural farmers, an Agriculture ministry official has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Agriculture ministry director of livestock production and development, Alban Mhindurwa, said poor genetics were hindering the growth of the…
THE rains may have halted progress on the ongoing gas and oil exploration project in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central, but it has not dampened the mood and expectations of villagers in the district. Never has a project impacted the imagination of villagers the way the Invictus oil and gas exploration project in the Zambezi Valley has….
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, will lead a stellar cast of speakers at the two-day Young CEOs Business Forum (YCBF) 2022 which kicks off at a Bulawayo hotel on Wednesday. YCBF, which brings together young professionals and CEOs to share ideas on how to create successful multi-million business ventures, is this year running…
