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@jahman_adamski This is not true. Last year we used plastic barns for some of our tobacco, that one came out brownish and we would get around $2.20 -$2.80. Our gold leaves were around $4.40 - $4.95 there. This year we upgraded the barns, even better leaves, our highest was $4 one time.

The Brutal Truth Behind Zimbabwe’s $0.45 Tobacco Bids: It’s All About Quality & Equipment Every year when the tobacco marketing season starts in Zimbabwe, the whole country holds its breath. As Africa’s biggest producer of the golden leaf, people watch those auction floors intently, hoping for the payouts that keep rural communities going. This season has been a harsh wake-up call. Global oversupply and tighter Chinese quotas have already pulled average prices down, but the story that’s really hurting is the rock-bottom bids some smallholder farmers are getting—$0.45 a kilogram. That barely covers transport, never mind making any real money. It’s easy to blame corporate greed or buyer collusion, but step onto the auction floor and the truth is simpler and tougher. Tobacco doesn’t lie: quality decides everything. Good, well-cured leaf is still fetching decent prices. Those heartbreaking $0.45 bids are nearly always tied to poor-quality tobacco. The problems often begin in the field. Independent smallholders don’t have the support that contracted farmers get, so they’re left to buy their own inputs. When fertilizer and chemical prices shoot up, many have to cut corners—skipping applications or stretching what they have. The result is thin, weak, sickly leaves that lack the weight, oil, and color buyers actually pay for. But the real killer is usually the curing. Turning lush green leaves into rich, golden flue-cured tobacco is a precise process that needs steady, controlled heat for days. Most smallholders simply don’t have the right setup. Instead of modern barns with proper controls and reliable electricity, they’re using old wood-fired brick ones. In a country with constant power cuts and shrinking forests, holding an even temperature that long is incredibly hard. Too hot and the leaf scorches into brittle brown. Too cool and it rots or stays damp. What shows up at the auction is what buyers call scrap, clean-up bales, or low-grade primings—poorly colored, uneven tobacco often tainted with smoke. It doesn’t meet the strict standards for premium cigarettes, so it gets the lowest bids. It’s not personal. It’s just business. Zimbabwe is producing more tobacco than ever, but this season has driven home an old truth: volume without quality doesn’t pay. Without proper curing barns, good machinery, decent inputs & know how they’ll keep getting hammered at the sales. Prices will always go up and down with the global market, but the premium for top-quality leaf never disappears. The right equipment is the bridge that gets farmers there. Until that changes, too many will keep learning this lesson the hard—and expensive—way.

@Buntu_Bokweni You think because you gontomthr street the job will magically appear? Someone has to start a business, that business then needs employees and that's where you get hired but you loot your own local businesses and chase away foreign businesses so where you think they'll come from?

It's high time as youth we start going to the streets like the youth of 1976 ....

@Jessicayrod @ItzEmpireKing Jessica from Jude?😂

@ItzEmpireKing Its A long story tho😅😁

Ever had Sex it your neighbor what led to it😁

@Sipho_Mudau South Africans have glorified living in shacks as 'being independent.' That desire to be away from parents or being told pay rent to parents drives many into shacks also but they've normalised it so much that it doesn't seem as degrading as it actually is

I've never understood this about South Africa. This lady is very well put together, speaks with a "private school accent" yet lives in a shack. How??

@Taongito @ZimbabweReview Ehe, competition inodzikisa price

@ZimbabweReview Zvinodzikisa cement munyika here cz its not easy kuvaka cement ichiita $14 per bag

Dinson to Build US$15m Cement Plant in Mvuma. Dinson is investing over US$15 million in a new cement plant within the Dinson Special Economic Zone near Mvuma. The plant will have an annual production capacity exceeding 300,000 tonnes, with operations targeted to begin by mid-2027. The project is expected to create about 150 new jobs.

@loiceMututuvar1 Uyu is the person who's going to make sure that marriage ends manje

@lindz_malindz You have plenty free time. I was once the same but the more busy with things I became the less I thought about all of that

CWL2732

@econet_support In this new app of yours can you develop a feature that instead of using these not so short short codes we just scan merchant QR codes. Even vendors or any individual to just have an individual QR code. I've seen that system be very effective in Thailand

@zimpricecheck They should increase the charge free cap from $5 to $10. Remove the 2%, banking apps develop systems for vendors to just have QR codes for us to just scan

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, driven by high banking costs and restrictive fiscal measures. Many traders prefer physical notes to avoid the "tax mountain" associated with digital payments: * 𝗜𝗠𝗧 𝗧𝗮𝘅 (𝗜𝗠𝗧𝗧): A 𝟮% levy on USD transfers remains a major deterrent for electronic payments. * 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀: Charges on accessing your own cash make banking expensive. * 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆: Wallets remain the top choice for electronic use due to accessibility, despite the taxes. These cumulative costs make cash the only viable option for small traders protecting their margins. 💸 Are you sticking to cash to avoid these fees? Join the 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 WhatsApp Channel for more tax and financial tips: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹/𝟬𝟬𝟮𝟵𝗩𝗮𝟳𝗧𝘃𝗴𝗻𝗙𝗦𝗔𝘁𝗖𝟳𝗾𝗟𝟲𝗩𝗶𝟯𝘅 #Zimbabwe #Economy #IMTT #Banking #Zimpricecheck

@ISephara @sarstax is that you with a ghost account?

Did you know? There are over 440 foreign-owned businesses in Durban CBD....and none of them pay tax. Not a single one.

@263Chat As a farmer who's seen how some of these farms have become wastelands, haven't been used ever since the whites left, I feel it's a good idea. Give the land to those who can use it

The government has begun returning dozens of foreign-owned farms seized during the country’s controversial fast-track land reform programme, in a significant step toward resolving decades-old property disputes and repairing relations with international investors. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka told Parliament that 67 farms protected under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPA) are being handed back to former owners, while the Treasury has started paying out US$146 million in compensation linked to protected properties and international agreements. Follow 263chat whatsapp channel on: whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va…

@RatedCax @Lexmurungu Lately it's not tradition. I've seen tradition and robbery occur in the same day. Bride price go from 3k to almost 11k in a matter of an hour

@Lexmurungu Stay out of African Traditional Stuff please !!!!

Is this still your Shona tradition, or you're passively selling your daughters 🤔 🙌🏽🚶‍♂️. Ma white people we usually do this when selling our livestock and stuff

@InnoeMachizy Google it

South African currency is abbreviated as ZAR does it stand for Zimbabwe African Rand??😎

@263Chat They should start in Lalapansi and Zvishavane

Government moves to toughen environmental laws with harsher penalties for land damage and pollution The government has approved new legislation aimed at significantly increasing penalties for environmental degradation, including land damage, pollution and illegal construction on wetlands. The Environmental Management Bill of 2026, approved by Cabinet this week, introduces stricter fines and enforcement mechanisms under the “polluter-pays” principle, targeting individuals and companies responsible for environmental harm. Follow 263chat whatsapp channel on: whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va…

@loiceMututuvar1 She's foreseen what the rest of her life will be if she stays, let her go

ngl.link/loicemututuvar1 Mukurwirei nhaimi,🙆🏽‍♀️

@263Chat Its like being punished for every child you have

The government has directed Rural District Councils (RDCs) to adopt a per capita system for development levies, replacing the long-standing per household model, in a move aligned with Section 96 of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13]. Under the new framework, rural residents will be charged based on the number of individuals at a homestead rather than a flat household rate, marking a significant change in how local levies are assessed. Follow 263chat whatsapp channel on: whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va…

@Savheya_Happie Also top soup dzinenge dzirimo mu spar ka, haudi kubudamo😂

Cardinal Corner is the thing. Everyone is now preferring shopping there. The reasons are; 1. Ample park 2. Easy access - plenty ingress and egress points 3. Top notch tenant mix 4. Reputable tenants e.g Electrosales, Spacious Spar with good aircon 5. Highly visibility from Harare Drive & Enterprise Road 6. Security 7. Brilliant architecture, blending of colours and building orientation = aesthetics These are fundamentals of a vibrant shopping mall

@loiceMututuvar1 After wawedzera them muroora comes home and asks why usina mari

@SfisoM83 @AsakyGRN But isn't that what you want?, you want foreigners out so it's all yours but now you complain 😂 these are the jobs and businesses, take them

@AsakyGRN Foreigners were not renting now south Africans are expected to rent

South African lady begs citizens to rent shopping centres rendered desolate after foreign Africans were aggressively pushed out.

@NandosRoll The people in high density areas rarely care for trees, expensive to buy the plant to begin with, no water for it, it's probably cut down for firewood before it even gets to 2 metres

Why do suburbs have so many trees... While high-density areas have almost none?