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Mat’land targets 2 million kg tobacco output

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Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TOBACCO farmers in Matabeleland are target­ing to produce two million kilogrammes of the golden leaf during the 2026/27 summer crop­ping season. This comes amid growing interest in tobacco production across Matabeleland, with hundreds of small-scale farmers taking up the crop under the Tobacco Industry and Market­ing Board’s (TIMB) natural cured…

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Zimbabwe has finally turned corner: Eddie Cross

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ZIMBABWE stands at a critical industrial cross­roads, balancing a legacy of power deficits against a future of aggressive liberalisa­tion and green energy. Speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki in his widely followed news and cur­rent affairs programme, Vantage, on leading national independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, on Thursday, renowned economist and businessman Ed­die Cross breaks…

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Global glut crushes Zim’s golden leaf

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RUTENDO NGARA THE heavy, sweet scent of cured tobacco leaf usu­ally signals the arrival of the “golden” season for Zimbabwe’s rural communi­ties, bringing with it the prom­ise of liquid cash and economic renewal. This year, however, the air in­side the bustling Willowvale auc­tion floors is thick with an entirely different, volatile emotion: pure, unadulterated fury….

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Business

ZMX battles tight commodity stocks

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KUDZANAI GEREDE THE Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is bat­tling worsening commod­ity supply shortages, with demand outstripping available stocks across key agricultural products, triggering pricing pres­sures and weakened agro-indus­trial supply chains. According to the ZMX latest trading bulletin, the exchange re­ported severe supply imbalances in maize, wheat and soya beans as buyers struggled to secure ad­equate…

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Sport

Musona brothers sink Gamecocks… Scottland roar, as Herentals hammer Simba Bhora

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SPORTS WRITER Chicken Inn………………………………0 Scotland………………………………(1)2 GOALS in either half from the Mu­sona brothers, Knowledge and Walter, helped champions Scott­land outclass an out-of-sorts Chicken Inn two-nil in a Castle Lager Pre­mier Soccer League match played at Bar­bourfields Stadium yesterday. Scottland’s win saw them close in on log leaders Hardrock, with Mabviravira now on 27 points, two…

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Editorial Comment

One Africa or one broken dream

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TOMORROW, as the rhythmic pulse of Africa Day echoes from the Cape to Cairo, it is time to silence the empty rhetoric of “Pan-Africanism” and face a devastating reality. Africa is a giant shackled by the hands of its own architects. For decades, our leaders have stood on podiums draped in flags of independence, yet…

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Chivayo shows off new DeMbare bus

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SPORTS WRITER HARARE giants Dynamos yesterday got a morale boost ahead of their match against Hardrock after businessman Wicknell Chivayo shared images of the new team bus he purchased for them in fulfilment of a promise he made to the team earlier this month. Yesterday, Chivayo also pledged US$50 000 for the Dynamos players which…

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SME trade safeguards underutilized: CTC

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ALMOT MAQOLO ZIMBABWE’ small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are failing to utilise trade remedy safeguards against unfair imports due to low awareness and participation, the Competition and Tariff Commis­sion (CTC) said in its Q1 2026 report. Zimbabwe’s long-marginal­ised SME sector is beginning to receive infrastructural attention that reflects its importance to the economy. SMEs account…

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Local products strengthen grip on retail sector

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MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE LOCALLY manufactured products are con­tinuing to gain ground in the country’s retail sector, with the government saying more than two-thirds of goods now found on supermarket shelves are produced locally. The development comes amid ongoing ef­forts to promote import substitution, strengthen local industry and reduce reliance on imported goods under the government’s industrialisation…

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SME trade safeguards underutilized: CTC

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ALMOT MAQOLO ZIMBABWE’ small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are failing to utilise trade remedy safeguards against unfair imports due to low awareness and participation, the Competition and Tariff Commis­sion (CTC) said in its Q1 2026 report. Zimbabwe’s long-marginal­ised SME sector is beginning to receive infrastructural attention that reflects its importance to the economy. SMEs account…

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