VP Chiwenga challenges tobacco firms
... as Zim loses US$14bn from non beneficiation
LIVINGSTONE MARUFU AND TANATSWA KANDENGA Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has challenged the companies involved in the tobacco value chain to begin value addition processes this year in order to preserve jobs. Zimbabwe is only getting US$1bn in export receipts from its over 200m kilogrammes of tobacco yet the same tobacco fetches US$15bn on the international…
