Bindura (New Ziana) – Unlike elsewhere in the country, tobacco farmers in Bindura are being paid United States dollars cash at the local auction floor, a move that has brought relief to the growers and incentivised them to produce more in the upcoming farming season. Elsewhere, tobacco farmers are grumbling because the foreign currency component […]
Harare (New Ziana) – Zimbabwe on Thursday recorded 273 new Covid-19 cases, the biggest jump in infections since the first case was recorded late March. Thursday’s cases take the country’s tally of confirmed cases to 1 362, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said. In an update, the Ministry said 260 of the new […]
Hwange, (New Ziana) – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday said thermal power generation, which is mainly based in Hwange, was key in realising the country’s dream of attaining electricity self-sufficiency by 2023. Speaking here after touring a number of coal mining projects, he said power generation was critical if Zimbabwe was to attain its Vision […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Zimbabwe is expecting to harvest slightly over one million tonnes of grain in 2020, an increase of 24 percent from last year’s production of 852 000 tonnes, Finance and Economic Development Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday. Presenting the Mid-Term Budget review statement, he the country was also expecting an […]