tobacco

Exporting of PGMs in their raw form comes at a time when the government has imposed a ban on raw chrome, a move meant to encourage chrome miners to invest in beneficiation facilities.
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A Zimbabwean entrepreneur in Africa's top tobacco producer has launched the first local brand of hand-rolled cigars, defying coronavirus and economic odds to light up manufacturing.
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Adjust Saidi, a foreman at a farm outside Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, paced through rows of tobacco plants. Desperate to complete the harvest and sell the crop, he pushed workers picking leaves to “hurry it up.” Some carried up to 30…
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Zimbabwe’s tobacco sales have reached a record high of 237,1 million kg with a week to go before the selling season ends, official data showed on Friday, raising hopes the second biggest export could help ease the country’s severe dollar…
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By Shame Makoshori Payments to mining industry’s foreign suppliers have improved since the tobacco marketing season kicked off in February, according to industry sources. This comes after the sector lurched into crisis due to…
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The Chinese cigarette industry is helping ease cash crisis in Zimbabwe by snapping up 52,3 million kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco valued at $425,5 million in the eight months to November, latest data show. China, which has the world’s…
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By Barnabas Thondhlana Scientists, healthcare providers, policymakers and private sector companies met in Dubai for the first ever Middle East and Africa (MEA) Health Forum on ‘Harm Reduction for Healthier Societies’.  With a…
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will now hold 80 percent of all tobacco receipts for distribution to other banks while the receiving bank shall retain 20 percent.
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By Irwin Chifera The 2016 tobacco selling season officially opened on Wednesday with some farmers complaining about the new payment system in which farmers are expected to receive payment through banks instead of receiving cash at the…
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As different media publications try to figure out who to blame for this years poor tobacco season in Zimbabwe, the usual suspects have already been lined up, fingered and readied for the firing squad; packaged into the usual mantra of the…
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