Thursday, April 14, 2011

Chaos At Zimbabwe Tobacco Auction Floors


(allAfrica.com) LAST week's brief suspension of tobacco deliveries to the floors failed to ease congestion and improve the plight of farmers. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board had suspended all deliveries to the floors to allow merchants to clear the tobacco that was already there. A visit to the Tobacco Sales Floor yesterday showed that thousands of farmers are still stranded in long queues of laden trucks waiting to be served amid reports of rampant corruption among the officers manning the entry points. Continued

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