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💰 Business9 March 2026·2 min read·

Zimbabwe forces tobacco buyers onto auction floors amid 2026 price collapse

Source: zimbabwesituation

The Zimbabwean government moved in March 2026 to compel tobacco buyers to trade on official auction floors following a price collapse that triggered panic and anger among farmers. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka attended the 2026 Tobacco Marketing Season launch in Harare on 4 March 2026. The intervention aims to stabilise the tobacco sector, which is a key foreign currency earner for Zimbabwe.

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