POLITICS

Kofi Annan snubs Mugabe

A delegation of The Elders council of respected international personalities led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said Saturday that they did not have time to see former President Robert Mugab...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

Kofi Annan crush Chamisa poll demands?

Opposition political parties should stop making "unreasonable" demands to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as they risk inciting public unrest, which has the potential to spawn grave and uninte...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa meets Kofi Annan

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met The Elders led by former United Nations secretary general, Mr Kofi Annan, whom he categorically told all was set for the July 30 harmonised elections and that anyone ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

No to unreasonable demands says Annan

Political parties should not make unreasonable demands and should instead seek legal recourse if they feel the electoral process is being violated, chairperson of The Elders, Kofi Annan, said today.Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

Kofi Annan to meet Chamisa, Mnangagwa today

THREE representatives of the globally-respected Elders Council jetted into the country yesterday on a fact-finding mission, ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections.The three-member team, which compr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa pins hopes on Kofi Annan

The opposition political parties that have been feuding with Zec are pinning their hopes on the visiting Elders group to help them make headway on a number of demands they want met before elections ar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

Annan due in Harare ahead of elections

FORMER United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is expected in Harare later this week for meetings with the country's political leadership as well as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) ahead o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme

Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of marijuana w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim to roll out cannabis medicinal products

ZIMBABWE will soon roll out its first cannabis medicinal products to treat various diseases and conditions.In an interview yesterday, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Cannabis/ mbanje licensing still on'

Government has not suspended licences for growing cannabis and prospective growers can continue submitting their applications, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. Responding...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe suspends cannabis/ mbanje licensing

Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana -— popularly known as mbanje.Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration gazetted licence fees for those interested in g...

By Staff reporetr | Published: 20 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Dutch firm joins Zimbabwe cannabis stampede

A Dutch firm has engaged the Zimbabwe government on intentions to set up a factory in Zimbabwe to value-add cannabis for medicinal purposes.There has been an overwhelming response from people and comp...

By Ngoni Shenjere | Published: 14 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Canadian investors target 10 000ha for Zim cannabis/ mbanje farming

CANADIAN investors are scouting for business opportunities in Guruve in a bid to secure 10 000 hectares of land for marijuana farming due to the area's favourable climatic conditions.Discussions are a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

POLITICS

Kofi Annan heads to Harare

FORMER United Nations secretary-general and member of an eminent group of global statespersons known as The Elders, Kofi Annan, is reportedly planning a ground-breaking visit to Zimbabwe ahead of gene...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim MPs want cannabis/ mbanje fees reduced

LEGISLATORS yesterday lobbied the government to reduce the $50 000 licence fee charged on farmers, who want to take up the production of cannabis on a commercial scale.The MPs claimed the fees were pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Smoking cannabis/ mbanje remains illegal

The use of cannabis, also known as hemp or mbanje, for recreational purposes is still illegal in Zimbabwe and the thrust for legalising its production is specifically for medicinal and industrial purp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mixed reactions over cannabis legalisation

Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over government's move to legalise the production of cannabis (mbanje).Last Friday, government gazetted a $50 000 licence fee for those wishing to farm the dr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe legalises production of cannabis

Government has legalised the production of cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes.This was announced by Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa in a Government ga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

WannaCry virus hit Zimbabwe banks

The government says it has identified two banks which were among several institutions affected by the WannaCry virus global attack from May 12 to 15 that affected a cross section of institutions.Speak...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Savanna decries industrial espionage

Savanna Tobacco says industrial espionage by its tobacco industry arch rivals is suffocating its potential and capacity to increase exports by a factor of at least 50 percent.Executive chairman Mr Ad...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 April 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Savanna Tobacco eyes foreign markets

Savanna Tobacco says it has conquered the Matabeleland region and has now set its eyes on foreign markets, particularly Ivory Coast and Sudan. The company's chief operating officer Tongesai Zvarav...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2013
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