LAST week, the Girls in Stem Trust, in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), hosted the National Hackathon of the World Robot Olympiad Zimbabwe. This exciting event aimed to promote technological advancement and provide young people with innovative opportunities. Sixteen schools from across the country participated, with each school forming a…

AUTHORITIES at the country’s largest psychiatric hospital, Ingutsheni Hospital, say they have noted a decrease in admissions of drug abuse patients owing to concerted efforts by the government and other stakeholders in fighting the scourge. This comes as the hospital has in recent months noticed an influx of drug abuse victims seeking treatment. However, speaking…

THE government in partnership with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (Fao) is working to reduce unemployment through intensifying entrepreneurial grants and mentorship. Speaking at a learning event for green jobs on Thursday, Fao deputy representative to Zimbabwe Louis Muhigirwa said creating employment for rural youth was the way to go. “We have been working with…

PROVIDERS of private health care should charge affordable fees to ensure that vulnerable members of society get access to key services, authorities say. Speaking in the second city yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Timios Kwidini, said this was what the government envisaged in the planned National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “The government wants…

FORMER deputy minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Simelisizwe Sibanda, has apologised for his call for the transfer of a non-Ndebele speaking teacher stationed in the Matabeleland region, which was deemed to have tribal connotations. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday relieved the Bubi constituency legislator of his duties as the deputy minister…