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By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.com AT LEAST 560 exhibitors, including foreign companies, are expected to showcase their products at the year’s Zimbabwe Agricultural Show at the end of next month. Organised by the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (Zas), the event is being held under the theme: “Cultivating Prosperity. Growing Business. Innovating for Change. Nurturing our Future.” “Over…

By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE will launch a national mass drug administration exercise for bilharzia and other tropical diseases in September this year. The campaign — which follows a recent survey which showed that many areas in the country had low treatment coverage for the diseases — will be conducted in 53 districts. Bilharzia is caused…

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw OVER 600 000 people in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia are set to benefit from the Zimbabwe-MozambiqueZambia Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (Zimoza-TFCA) agreement signed by the three nations’ leaders in Harare yesterday. The agreement is aimed at improving sustainable use of natural resources. The agreement was signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mozambique President…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE United States has availed US$62 million as food security support to the government of Zimbabwe’s efforts to feed over three million people who are food insecure. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded for international assistance after declaring the current El Nino-induced drought as a state of national disaster….

By Masimba Makwembere and Brandon Josphat THE country’s relentless power cuts are raising the cost of living in the country and badly affecting both industry and commerce — making life ever harder on many fronts for poor and working classes. So warn consumer groups and business representatives, who told the Daily News yesterday that as…

By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they are carrying out investigations over suspected looting of food aid in Mashonaland Central Province which is meant for vulnerable people affected by the El Nino-induced drought.  Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday in Harare, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said local traditional leaders and government…

Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has given the greenlight to public schools to resume conducting holiday lessons in August for examination classes only . This comes after the authorities outlawed the conduct of extra lessons, disguised as vacation classes, earlier this year. In a July 16 circular addressed to relevant stakeholders, secretary…

BULAWAYO ratepayers likely lost huge sums of money in recent years due to the city council’s shambolic water billing system. According to an internal audit covering the period between January 2021 and December 2023, Bulawayo City Council was using estimates to bill ratepayers for water use, thereby prejudicing many residents in the process. The audit…

By Brandon Josphat THE new United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Marie Tremont, has pledged her country’s commitment to supporting Zimbabwe to overcome the effects of drought as well as in other areas of cooperation. Speaking to the media after presenting her credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare yesterday, Tremont…