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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Zimbabwe will further reduce its import bill and save close to $100 million annually once mandatory E20 blending has been adopted.Energy Minister, Dzikamai Mavhaire told the Financial Gazette recently...
Chisumbanje Ethanol Project received the ethanol production licence that will provide off take in production.Basil Nyabadza, Arda board chairman said that Zera issued the licence early last week and t...
Production of ethanol has resumed at Chisumbanje plant after Green Fuel Private Limited agreed to form a joint venture with the government.The joint venture is on a 51/49 percent basis and conforms to...
Government is to sign an agreement with Green Fuel this week to pave way for the issuance of a five percent mandatory blending licence.The agreement will see government owning a 51 percent share.The...
GREEN Fuel resumed operations at its ethanol plant here yesterday, raising prospects that the country could soon start the mandatory blending of fuel that has been on the cards for sometime.There wa...
ARDA board chairman Basil Nyabadza says all is set for the re-opening of the Chisumbanje ethanol plant on Monday following its closure 15 months ago.The re-opening of the plant is anticipated to op...
ACTING President Joice Mujuru yesterday ordered that the Chisumbanje Ethanol plant be open for operations by Monday next week.She said its closure had affected workers, farmers and villagers in the ...
CHISUMBANJE - The multimillion dollar ethanol project in Chisumbanje is set to re-open after villagers and the company agreed on a wide range of issues meant to avert social disaster in Chipinge.Agr...