LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton deliveries surge by 90% as season nears close

Zimbabwean cotton farmers have delivered more than 25 million kilogrammes of seed cotton to six registered contractors so far this season, reflecting a sharp 90 percent increase from the 13 million k...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

Mutapa to clear Cottco debts

The Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has announced a bold recovery plan for troubled cotton firm Cottco Holdings, pledging to settle its outstanding legacy debts of approximately US$5 million within the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 July 2025

SOCCER

Scottland FC beats Highlanders

Former Orlando Pirates forward Terrence Dzvukamanja was the hero for Scottland FC on Sunday, netting a decisive brace to hand his side a crucial 2-1 victory over Highlanders FC in a tightly contested ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 July 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton farmers earn over US$3 million

Zimbabwean cotton farmers have sold more than US$3 million worth of seed cotton to the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) so far this season, with the state-run firm confirming it is paying growers e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton buying season begins

The 2025 cotton-buying season is scheduled to begin on June 1, with the Government finalising consultations on prices for various cotton grades, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe turns to cotton GMOs to reboot sector

Zimbabwe has embarked on a strategic initiative to assess the performance of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties as part of efforts to revitalise its vital cotton industry  -  a corne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton farmers want immediate price talks

Zimbabwean cotton farmers are pressing the Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) to urgently initiate price negotiations for the 2025 marketing season, warning that any further delay could trigger wid...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cottco completes ZAMCO loan repayment

The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has completed repayment of a $54 million loan granted by ZAMCO in 2014, marking a milestone in the revival of the company, backed by government support granted ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Civil servants union divided over boycotting feedback meeting

Divisions have rocked the Apex Council with the Progressive Teachers Union yesterday boycotting a feedback meeting following deliberations between representatives of Government employees and the emplo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton industry targets $1 billion earnings annually

THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put a minimum of 100 000 hectares across the country under commercial cotton farming with the sector poised to generate a minimum of US$1 billion annua...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa considering boycotting 2023 elections?

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted on various strategies that his party will use to deal with the Zanu-PF menace and one of them might be an election boycott. The party's elective Congress ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

US dollar for tobacco, cotton farmers

Tobacco and cotton growers will be paid 20 percent of their produce in foreign currency in the next marketing season while the Government will retain the remainder to help meet imports of essential co...

By Business Weekly | Published: 07 December 2018

POLITICS

MDC in poll boycott u-turn

THE MDC has finally abandoned its poll boycott stance and will contest the Mutoko North by-election in November after sitting legislator Mabel Chinomona of Zanu-PF was recently elevated to becoming Se...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2018

OPINION

Boycott presidential poll, Chamisa!

Recently, the main opposition MDC Alliance leader's 40-year-old presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is challenging the ruling Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa for the presidency, has been threaten...

By Simukai Tinhu | Published: 27 July 2018

POLITICS

'We can't boycott our victory,' says Chamisa

The MDC Alliance leader is rejecting the idea of boycotting elections on Monday despite what he calls a biased election commission.Nelson Chamisa, head of the MDC opposition party, on Wednesday urged ...

By AP | Published: 25 July 2018

POLITICS

Zapu rules out boycotting elections

ZAPU has ruled out boycotting the upcoming elections despite what it described as an uneven political field favouring Zanu-PF, coupled with a shoe-string budget that has seen the opposition party fail...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

Khupe slams parties threatening to boycott polls

MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe has lashed out at political parties that are threatening to boycott the July 30 harmonised elections saying they are confused.Dr Khupe attacked the parties while she...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

POLITICS

Khupe not boycotting Zimbabwe poll

THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday described the manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is handling the forthcoming elections as catastrophic, but said boycotting the poll is a n...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

'Boycotting elections not a viable option'

LEADERS of several political parties set to contest in the July 30 general elections have said they will not follow MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's threat to pull out of the race,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo residents threaten rates boycott

THE Bulawayo City Council has rapped Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for urging residents to boycott paying rates at a time government departments and parastatals were owing a combined $7 million ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton price increased to 52c/kg

COTTON farmers in Gokwe are smiling all the way to the bank after the producer price of the crop rose to 52 cents per kilogramme from 49 cents.Addressing cotton farmers in Nyanje area in Gokwe South o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga's rates boycott recipe for disaster

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's weekend call for Harare residents to stop paying rates to force the MDC-T-dominated local authority to improve service delivery cannot go unchallenged as it sets ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance threatens upcoming poll boycott

The MDC Alliance is threatening to boycott the forthcoming elections next month unless their demands are met.The alliance is accusing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of failing to meet its legal and...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa to boycott Zimbabwe polls?

The MDC Alliance yesterday gave its clearest hint to date that it would not participate in the watershed July 30 national elections unless the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) binds itself to runni...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa threatens to boycott forthcoming polls

OPPOSITION coalition MDC Alliance has threatened to boycott the July 30 general elections if its demands for electoral reforms are disregarded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).The spectre of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018
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