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Melisa Chatikobo  THE government has secured a US$35.7 million loan to cushion small holder farmers against the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The funding secured from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the Smallholder Agriculture Cluster Project (SACP) would see the government provide zero interest loans to communal farmers.   Service charge is set…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, is pleased as punch with how his trip to the United Kingdom (UK) this week went, and is anticipating significant diplomatic and investment gains for Zimbabwe in the coming months and years. Addressing hordes of his supporters who welcomed him back in Harare yesterday, after he attended a major global climate…

THE country should brace for more hot spells with temperatures forecast to peak in the high 40s, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned.  MSD agricultural meteorologist Benjamin Kwenda yesterday told the Daily News that some areas had already recorded a maximum of 45 degrees Celsius, with the trend expected to continue. “There were hot spells around…

THE government has accused local authorities of sabotaging the country’s road rehabilitation programme by holding onto funds and misusing them at the expense of service delivery. Responding to questions from legislators during a question and answer session in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Transport minister Felix Mhona, pictured, said the central government was contemplating taking…

POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for armed suspects who allegedly robbed a 65-year-old pensioner of US$1 000  in Kumalo suburb near the United Bulawayo Hospitals on Wednesday. According to police, the gun-toting gang, travelling in a Honda Fit, also made off with his cellphone. It is alleged that the victim, whose name has been…

O PPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, wants to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa again in a bid to expedite the country’s much-talked about…

THE government has bemoaned the huge spike in violent crime in the country — including murder, armed robbery and rape. Addressing a…

AMID clear indications that virtually all of the country’s major political players now agree on the need for national dialogue, the only remaining points of contention among them appear to be the platform for the talks and how the engagements should proceed. This comes as the Daily News has mostly stood alone over the past two years…