THE government says it will soon enforce relevant laws to immediately deal with litterbugs in a bid to ensure cleanliness in the country. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, deputy minister of Environment Barbra Rwodzi, said authorities would use the Environmental Management Agency (Ema), city councils and other law enforcement agencies to deal with the…
CEO Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, bankers, investors, board chairpersons and entrepreneurs, has urged the government to cement economic growth by coming up with an investor-friendly environment for both public and private enterprises. The organisation’s chairperson Oswell Binha made the remarks in the CEO Roundtable year-end statement in which he gave an overview…
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) says incessant power outages delayed its cotton processing calendar last year forcing it to spill over into this year. This comes as the company’s cotton purchases from farmers increased by 33 546 metric tonnes (mt) in the third quarter of last year thereby delaying the ginning process as it…
AFC Holdings, formerly known as Agribank, is seeking to raise $3 billion through agro bills to finance the 2022 summer cropping season. In a statement yesterday, the financial institution said interested participants must invest a minimum of $1 million and this should be processed only through transfers. “AFC Holdings intends to issue agro bills of…
STATE-OWNED mobile communications company, NetOne, has recorded an impressive growth in mobile subscription. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe) sector performance report for the third quarter in 2021, NetOne subscribers increased by 3.4 percent to 13.935.233 by September 30 2021 from 13.481.527 by June 30 2021 Mobile penetration rate increased by…
PACIFIC Cigarette Company (PCC) has unveiled a rebranded range of its pegasus and branson ciggies, as it seeks to reinforce and expand its…
FIDELITY Gold Refiners (FGR) is targeting to expand its ‘incentive regime’ by offering a loan facility to capacitate existing and new gold…
THE government says it will this agricultural season introduce mechanised conservation agriculture for commercial farmers. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, acting director of Agriculture Engineering and Mechanisation in the Agriculture ministry, Martin Munyati, said commercial farmers would be expected to use environmentally-friendly farm equipment that will not disturb the land ecosystem. “The ministry of…
THE government’s department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services (Agritex) director of crops, Stancilae Tapererwa, says farmers must continue planting as the country is yet to reach its targeted hectarage for various crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the director said if farmers follow Agritex advise they would regain lost time since the planting season started…
Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) will take delivery of new aircraft during the first quarter of this year, enabling it to launch additional regional…
