Private hospitals now compelled to treat emergency patients free of charge

Debra Matabvu Online Reporter PRIVATE health institutions are now legally required to admit and treat patients suffering life-threatening medical emergencies for at least 48 hours to stabilise them before transferring…

Govt assigns Lands and Agric ministries

Edgar Vhera Specialist Writer – Agribusiness FOLLOWING the unbundling of the former Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Ministry (MLAFWRD) into two new separate Ministries, Government has moved forward…

Appeal for assistance as burn victim with infant twins recovers in hospital

Muchaneta Chimuka Herald Reporter MRS TRACY KAVIYA, a mother of two-month-old twins who is admitted at Chitungwiza Central Hospital after suffering severe burns in a domestic fire, is appealing for…

Serial fraudster jailed 20 months for US$930 stone-and-leaves scam

Danisa Masuku [email protected] A SERIAL fraudster who teamed up with accomplices still at large to swindle unsuspecting Bulawayo residents out of a total of US$930 using parcels filled with stones…

WFP donates US$70 000 laboratory equipment to boost food safety testing

Theseus Mauruki Shambare Herald Correspondent THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has donated laboratory equipment worth US$70 000 to the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) in a move expected…

36 young professionals trained in GIS for climate and health solutions

Herald Reporter AT LEAST 36 young geospatial professionals, students, researchers and practising surveyors were trained in practical GIS workflows that connect location data with climate, environmental and health information. The…

Two in court over US$5 000 pangolin scales

Getrude Manyande [email protected] TWO Bulawayo men have appeared in court after they were allegedly found in possession of 20 pangolin scales valued at US$5 000. Pangolins are listed as specially…

Stanbic Bank kickstarts its countrywide donation of reusable sanitary pads

Business Correspondent Stanbic Bank has kickstarted its annual countrywide provision of reusable sanitary pads and undergarments to girls in remote schools by donating 370 packs to girls at Murembe High…

Bulawayo man convicted over US$3 800 car break-in theft

Getrude Manyande [email protected] A 31-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been convicted of stealing laptops, cellphones and clothing worth nearly US$4 000 after breaking into a parked vehicle at a house in…

A Pragmatic African Assessment of Zimbabwe’s China-led Digital Pursuit

Kudzai Ngirazi GLOBAL digital competition continues to polarize, while Western digital development packages come with embedded institutional, financial and geopolitical preconditions that raise transformation costs for Southern African states. Under…