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Grain millers seek to move maize through Mozambique

ZIMBABWE millers through their apex representative body, the Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe, will tomorrow hold high level talks with senior officials from Mozambique’s national rail company, Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique to iron out logistics for the movement of

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Zambia maize prices soar as government banned exports, threaten drought hit Zimbabwe

Prices of maize from Zambia have started rising after its government banned exports of the staple grain, Grain Miller Association of Zimbabwe president Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said. Zambia, which recorded a surplus in the last season, was exporting maize through

Opinion & Columnist

Profit in a Drought Year, Government’s Undemocratic Dance with Private Grain

By Takura Zhangazha The  Minister of Agriculture, Mechanization and Irrigation Development, Joseph Maderecently announced that in order to mitigate the drought Zimbabwe is faced with, government is set to import Us$260 million worth of maize from our neighbour, Zambia.  This

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Corruption rocks maize import licenses

by TZN Correspondent HARARE-The Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe has dismissed claims  by  Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Dr Joseph Made that he  issued enough permits to the private sector for maize import s  saying he is only issuing licences to his ‘boys’,

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Maize imports:NRZ seeks transporter monopoly

STATE-OWNED National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has requested to be the sole transporter of about 400 000 metric tonnes of government maize imports from Zambia. The government, together with the private sector, plans to buy about 700 000 metric tonnes

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Millers sue Agriculture Minister

The Grain Millers Association has dragged the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, the Attorney General of Zimbabwe and three holders of maize meal import permits and licences to the High Court on an urgent basis. The millers seek

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Bad debtor Zimbabwe uses middlemen to import Zambian maize

By Staff Reporter HARARE-PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s cash-strapped government—whose credit rating has long plunged through the floor—has decided to use middlemen to import the desperately needed maize from neighbouring Zambia amid fears that any payment made directly to the government of