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Shamaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER NATIONAL Standards Users’ Society of Zimbabwe (NSUSZ) has urged businesses to always adhere to quality standards in the production of goods and service provision to improve the country’s trade competitiveness on the global market. This comes after numerous reports of how some traders in Zimbabwe are selling substandard products, particularly honey….

BY NYASHA KUNYISWASenior Staff Writer THE Chartered Institute of Project Managers Zimbabwe (CIPMZ) last Thursday held a glitzy projects management achievements awards in the capital, where several companies and individuals walked away with trophies. Speaking during the awards, guest of honour, Bindura Nickel Corporation managing director Thomas Lusiyano said infrastructure development was critical in the…

By Ketty Nyoni THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concern over the high cholera deaths in Zimbabwe, which it said were above the globally accepted threshold. Speaking in Harare yesterday, WHO Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti urged the government and other partners to redouble their efforts to ensure that people seek cholera treatment early…

AUTHORITIES say they have scaled up their fight against drug and substance abuse by equipping the police’s forensic laboratories and engaging religious leaders in awareness campaigns. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Public Service deputy minister Mercy Dinha admitted that the drug scourge had reached alarming levels and that the government was introducing stringent measures…

THE United Nations has called on stakeholders to ensure that communities are at the centre of HIV/Aids response initiatives as a way of coming up with relevant strategies to fight the disease. Speaking yesterday at a candlelight memorial to honour those who succumbed to Aids, the United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) acting country director…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has decried the state of the Beitbridge Border Post following his visit to the problematic border that connects South Africa with its neighbour, Zimbabwe, on Monday. He described it as dysfunctional, adding that the country’s’ law enforcement and border management personnel were working under trying conditions. “The dysfunctional state of the…

CIVIL servants said yesterday that salaries denominated in US dollars are the only viable option due to the erosion of their earnings caused by price increases and the Zimbabwe dollar’s rapid decline on the black market. This comes as Zimbabweans look set to endure another difficult festive season, as the prices of basic goods continue…

By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw DISABILITY Reform Coalition bemoaned lack of inclusivity in ensuring that children living with disabilities get access to education amid revelations that only 10 percent of them go to school. Speaking during an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson of the Disability Reform Coalition, Masimba Kuchera, highlighted a number of…