Sydney Mubaiwa 
MIDLANDS BUREAU CHIEF 
GWERU-Seventeen new exhibitors participated at the just ended Midlands Agricultural Show, which ran from Thursday-Sunday last week. 
Midlands Show Society chairperson Augustine Mupakurirwa said they are overwhelmed by the growing number of new exhibitors. 
“This year, we had 17 new exhibitors, and these include the Office of the President and Cabinet, Tile and Carpet, Halsteds, Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC), OK Mart, Relievers Funeral, and Zimchem Refiners and others.
“Although our exhibitors were affected by the change of dates due to the announcement of the harmonised elections, they responded positively and exhibited their services and products,” he said. 
This year’s edition ran under the theme; Collaborative, Integrative, Solutions for Economic Development.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) was the overall winning exhibitor. There were 26 exhibition categories.

 
FULL LIST OF WINNERS 

1. Parastatals Service Provider category winner- Gweru City Council
2. Authorities (Parastatals) category winner-Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority
3. Government Departments category winner -Registrar General
4. Government Departments Agriculture category winner – Department of Agriculture Technical and Extension Services
5. Government Utilities category winner – Rural Electrification Authority (REA) 
6. Independent Commissions category winner – Public Service Commission
7. Health Services category winner – Health Service Commission
8. Social Services category winner – National Aids Council
9. Heavy Industries category winner – Sino brick
10. Commercial Small medium (1) category winner – Memo deco
    1 1 Commercial Small medium (2) category winner – Econet Wireless
11. Food and related products processing category winner – Tanganda
12. Hardware marketing category winner – Halstead
13. Colleges and Polytechnics category winner – Kwekwe Poly
14. Universities category winner – Midlands State University
15. Motor Trade category winner – Dulys
16. Hospitality and Catering category winner – Pote Hotel
17. Commercial Agriculture category winner- Jentone Enterprises
18. Uniformed Forces category winner- Zimbabwe Republic Police
19. Financial Institutions category winner- Agribank
20. Insurance category winner- Nyaradzo Funeral Assurance
21. Construction company category winner – Dibcon
22. Agricultural Seeds category winner – SeedCo
23. Transportation Industry category winner – Zupco
24. Primary Schools category winner – Lundi Park Primary School
25. Secondary Schools category winner – Anderson High School