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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 11:31
HARARE - Zimbabwe has realised $400 million from 103 million kg of flue-cured tobacco sold since the opening of the 2013 selling season mid-February. This indicates a 29,10 percent increase from last season when a total $84 million kg worth $315...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 12:05
HARARE - Zimbabwe has so far earned $280 million from 75,3 million kgs of flue-cured tobacco sold since the opening of the 2013 tobacco selling season mid-February. This is a 24,25 percent increase from last season when a total 59,6 million...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 11:25
HARARE - Tobacco sales have reached $111 million six weeks after the opening of the 2013 selling season. According to figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb), a total of 31 million kg were sold during the period. This...Read More
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Wednesday, 13 March 2013 10:28
HARARE - Zimbabwe has earned a total $61,1 million from tobacco sales since the beginning of the 2013 marketing season a month ago, a 7,4 percent increase from $56,9 million realised same period last year. The tobacco auctions have so far...Read More
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Thursday, 07 March 2013 10:10
HARARE - Zimbabwe has earned $43,4 million from the sale of 12 425 246 kg of tobacco at an average $3,49 per kg, figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) reveal. However, this is a marginal increase from $43,3...Read More
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Monday, 04 March 2013 13:23
HARARE - Jazz 105 proprietor and music promoter Josh Hozheri says it is time for him to reap rewards for the investments he has made to make dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu the brand he has become. Sulu, who scooped three National...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 11:57
HARARE - Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu is convinced that at long last he is now his own man after years of living in the shadow of his late legendary father Simon Chimbetu. Sulu‘s fourth album Syllabus released in November last year,...Read More
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Thursday, 21 February 2013 10:40
HARARE - Zimbabwe raked in $4 million from the sale of 1 201 646 kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco at an average of $3,33 per kg after three days of selling, the Tobacco Industry and marketing Board (TIMB) said. However, this was...Read More
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 10:15
HARARE - Nhamo Chitimbe gained public recognition after bringing famed Jamaican stars to Zimbabwe. The 48-year-old feisty Shumba Instrumentation boss is back in the limelight, this time for allegedly raping a friend. Prosecutors say Chitimbe forced himself on the 25-year-old woman...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:26
HARARE - The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has licenced Chidziva Tobacco Processors (Chidziva) to buy burley tobacco this year following closure of sole-buyer Burley Marketing Zimbabwe (BMZ). The move is expected to relieve burley tobacco growers who have over...Read More
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Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:11
HARARE - A 43-year-old murder suspect is battling for life after he was shot by police officers while fleeing from arrest. Magistrate Tendai Mahwe yesterday had to travel to Parirenyatwa Hospital to remand Richard Timba. The case will be heard again...Read More
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Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:02
HARARE - Construction group Radar Holdings Limited (Radar) says it is divesting from its forestry business Border Timbers Limited (Border) to focus on core business. Heinrich von Pezold, Radar’s chairperson, said the disposal was necessary given the differing financial needs and...Read More
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 11:46
HARARE - Suluman Chimbetu’s new hit song, Sean Timba has touched political nerves as commentators allege it promotes violence. The controversial song, off his recently-launched album Syllabus explicitly encourages violence and revenge as a way of solving conflict. In Sean...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:08
HARARE - It is not over for three Mbare men who were acquitted on charges of taking turns to rape a teenage girl, after the State appealed against the magistrate’s decision to free them. The trio of Allan Chitimbe, 21, Itai...Read More
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Friday, 12 October 2012 11:36
HARARE - Registered tobacco growers have doubled to 50 418 so far for the forthcoming 2013 season despite threats to Zimbabwe’s tobacco production as a result of global smoke reduction strategies and recent anti-tobacco marketing bans. According to statistics released by...Read More
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