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Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 8 | by APO
US pours US$647,000 into anti-Zimbabwe NGOs' coffers
THE United States government, through the US embassy's Ambassador's Self-Help Programme, has provided US$647 000 to 19 civil society organisations across the country to undertake various empowerment p...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools meet to iron out pupils' rivalry
BOYS' schools in Bulawayo might soon consider enrolling female students as a way of eliminating violence among male students who continue to engage in public fights in the city centre.Pupils f...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime should cease its narcissistic tendencies as world can't look aside in face of rights abuses
I would never look away! No one should! Some years ago, I noticed that a neighbour's wife would ill-treat her two-year old step-daughter - every time her husband left for work - throug...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 09:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teenage pregnancies shoot up
A total of 4 475 pregnancies have been recorded for girls aged between 15 and 19 years in all eight districts in Mashonaland Central during the lockdown period stretching from March 2020 to February t...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening imminent
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has commenced a community outreach programme in Bulawayo to prepare for the imminent reopening of schools. Running under the theme "Community outreach f...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$3,3 million lifeline for Mbare
AT least 15 000 vulnerable people in Harare's populous Mbare suburb will benefit from a US$3,3 million package from humanitarian organisations.GOAL Zimbabwe, working with Childline and Musasa ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
The top Zimbabwean entertainers
It would be hard for anyone to deny that there isn't always a lot going on in Zimbabwe. This is even true with the current pandemic going on. Despite what a lot of locals might think and social distan...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:27hrs | 8 | by Staff writer
Prophet Makandiwa donates to Childline Zimbabwe
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa's wife, Ruth, through her humanitarian organisation Agape Family Care, has donated a container, sanitary pads and groceries worth $8...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concern over using of children during riots
CHILDREN are considered as the voiceless and innocent and are often susceptible to various forms of abuse by social misfits and political vultures who use them in skirmishes for their selfish gain and...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Peter Matika
Married woman has 'sex' with lover in front of son (6)
A MARRIED woman from Bulawayo allegedly engages in extra-marital sex with her boyfriend in the presence of her six-year-old son. An official at Childline Zimbabwe, who declined to be named, ye...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cimas launches 'Buckle Up' campaign
Cimas Rescue, which is part of the Cimas Medical Aid Group, has launched a seatbelt awareness campaign to educate people on the importance of wearing a seatbelt even when travelling in the back of a c...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman beats child to fix hubby
A Kwekwe woman has been dragged to court for recording an audio while willfully ill-treating her four-year-old child as way of getting back at her husband's philandering antics and failure to pay main...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda linked company fights Childline Zimbabwe
As a concerned Bulawayo resident, I found one particular issue disturbing pertaining to Childline Zimbabwe and Omega Sibanda vice President of ZIFA. Mr Sibanda's case involves his fight agains...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Concerned Bulawayo resident
Apostolic sect family bars child (8) from seeking medical treatment
THE life of an eight-year-old boy from Budiriro is under serious threat and the boy's mother doesn't seem to care."Our faith does not allow us to go to hospital no matter what. If God allows, ...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suicide alert at Townsend Girls' High
THE story of a 14-year-old Bulawayo pupil who allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, has taken a new turn following the discovery of a suicide note, supposedly written by a troubled 'close' friend, ...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil Society engage in humanitarian work
Many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe today are involved in humanitarian and development work, democracy and governance issues, and the promotion and protection of human rights. ...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
New homes for Tsholotsho flood victims
PRESIDENT Mugabe has donated 1 000 bags of mealie-meal and groceries to about 1 000 villagers displaced by floods in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North amid reports that about 2 000 homesteads have be...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe donates 1 000 bags of mealie-meal to Tsholotsho floods victims
PRESIDENT Mugabe has reportedly donated 1 000 bags of mealie-meal and groceries to about 1 000 villagers displaced by floods in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North amid reports that about 2 000 homesteads ...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teenager frames rape on grandpa
A teenager who caused the arrest and subsequent detention of her 66-year-old grandfather on cooked up charges of rape and had her pregnancy terminated, confessed to her "evil deeds" when her trial...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Child abuse cases on the rise in Zimbabwe
MORE than 12 000 child abuse cases were recorded last year alone and Government will continue making strides in strengthening child protection systems in the country, an official has said.Dire...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Masline Mavudzi
Hospital slammed for turning away raped girl
Cape Town - “Negligent” and “unbelievable” are how NGOs Mosaic and Childline describe the treatment a four-year-old rape victim received from Paarl Hospital last weekThe girl’s mothe...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Axcil Jefferies to drive Formula 1 machine
FORGOTTEN local motor racing ace driver Axcil Jefferies made history this week when he became the first Zimbabwean and African to test in modern day Formula One.Jefferies, who has largely been...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 04:23hrs | | by Collin Matiza
Impact of violence on children
What do children need? We know the answer from our own childhood. First and foremost, children need a safe and secure home, free of violence and parents that love and protect them. They need to have a...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Sandisiwe Mahlangu
Teenage sex parties stun Zimbabweans
Organizations representing young people in Zimbabwe say they are baffled by the growing wayward behavior of some young people who engage in sex parties commonly known as "vuzum or pasa pasa's"....Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 20:38hrs | | by Tatenda Gumbo
Triangle teacher uses hot iron to torture orphan
A female teacher at Mufakose Secondary School in Triangle is allegedly in the habit of placing a hot electric iron on cheeks and buttocks of an orphan she stays with.The form 2 victim is relat...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe told to fire Tomana
Children's rights activists and women's organisations yesterday called for the immediate firing or resignation of Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana over his controversial views on child marriages....Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape suspect walks freely, victim living in fear
A 12-YEAR-OLD rape victim from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb is still living in torment and fear after having met her alleged perpetrator of two years on three different occasions with the latest bei...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Children report policeman father over negligence
A 16-year old girl and her younger sister have taken their policeman father to court for negligence, accusing him of allegedly failing to buy them food and catering for their educational needs. ...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mapositori on the run for beating up cops
Scores of Johanne Masowe weChishanu sect members who beat up anti-riot police officers, journalists and members of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) in Budiriro 2 on Friday are on the...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Miss Zimbabwe's marriage on the brink
FORMER Miss Zimbabwe Lorraine Maphala's husband of five months, businessman Sonny Phiri and a teenager are reportedly involved in an affair which the teen's parents have since described as disgraceful...Published: 23 Mar 2014 at 08:48hrs | 7 | by Peter Matika
Grandpa, 71 claims niece, 14 seduced him
A 71-year old man claimed in court that his 14-year- old niece asked him to deflower her to prove she was now a woman.The old man who is now facing rape charges even bragged about molesting th...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
12-year-old girl 'raped' boy (5)
Durban - A case of rape has been opened in KwaZulu-Natal after a 12-year-old girl allegedly raped her 5-year-old cousin, The Times reported on Monday.The case was opened after the 5-year-old ...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boy, 6, sues grandfather for physical and verbal abuse
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo boy physically and verbally abused by his grandfather has been granted a protection order. Makura Tima, 45, of Njube suburb sometimes takes the young boy and dumps hi...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Angeline Mpofu
School bus driver sexually abuse school girls
A Gweru man, employed as a bus driver at Chaplin High School has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing school girls he lured to his house. Sources close to the investigations said the s...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
4000 cases of child abuse reported
MORE than 4 000 cases of child abuse cases have been recorded throughout the country in the past nine months, with 60 percent of the victims being girls. According to Childline Zimbabwe, a...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 13:36hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
South African hotels target sex tourism
Durban - South African hotels have committed to help protect children from sex tourism by being on the lookout for suspicious guests who try to check in with underage companions.IOL reports th...Published: 16 May 2013 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zim records an increase in child rape cases
THE country has recorded an increase in sexual abuse and domestic violence cases in the last two years, with about 70 percent of rape victims being children.Police said relatives and neighbour...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 04:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Businessman (50) sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping lover's grandchild (10)
A businessman operating in Plumtree town who raped his lover's 10-year-old granddaughter will regret ever thinking of committing the abuse when he was jailed for an effective 20 years.The man,...Published: 15 May 2012 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Virginity testing saga continues
AT least three villagers at Killspring Farm where "virginity tests" were reportedly carried out on pupils allegedly raped Grade Six and Seven pupils and each paid a goat to buy their parents' silence...Published: 05 Apr 2012 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart condemns school for subjecting female pupils to virginity tests
Following recent reports of a primary school in Matabeleland, Tsetse Primary, subjecting children to virginity test, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart on Monday said virginity...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 01:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plight of Zimbabwe street children in the spotlight
"We need to go back to an organised society that adequately takes care of orphans and vulnerable children,"This is the view of a human rights lawyer from Bulawayo, one of many voices calling ...Published: 15 Jul 2011 at 04:11hrs | | by Lucky Motho
Day of African Child, June 16, celebrated
HUNDREDS of children yesterday joined the rest of the African continent in commemorating the Day of the African Child.Children converged at the Unicef offices to celebrate the day under the th...Published: 17 Jun 2011 at 06:42hrs | | by .
Male genitalia, most sought after body part
Male genitalia are the most sought-after human body part for use in harmful traditional practices, including witchcraft, in South Africa and Mozambique.This is according to a research report r...Published: 06 May 2011 at 07:54hrs | | by N Mgwaza
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