Tobacco firm loses US$50K in contract deal

A HARARE magistrate has heard that Horizon Leaf Tobacco Company lost more than US$51 000 in a botched contract farming deal involving a local farmer.

Oosthuizen Jannie Lourence (46), who appeared before magistrate Ruth Moyo, was granted US$500 bail. He was ordered not to interfere with State witnesses and to return to court on May 5.

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