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Trump funding cuts major blow for Zimbabwe LGBTIQ+ rights
The recent reduction in US government funding for LGBTIQ+ programmes has dealt a severe blow to public health and human rights services in Zimbabwe, leaving vulnerable communities exposed to heightene...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:06hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Two women sentenced for robbing drunk man in Plumtree
Two women accused of robbing an intoxicated man of ZAR 1,000 in Plumtree have appeared in court.Gloria Mkwebu (35) and Sylvia Mhlanga, both identified as commercial sex workers, appeared befor...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 11:58hrs | 868 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex worker convicted of drugging and stealing client's $900
A Mutoko based commercial sex worker who drugged a client and stole $900 soon after a short time sex session was convicted by Shamva magistrate on F...Published: 19 Apr 2025 at 11:13hrs | 1609 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex worker in court for stealing from client after short session
A nineteen-year-old Shamva commercial sex worker who allegedly stole from her client after a short time sex session was dragged to court on Friday.Nokutenda Chakanyuka pleaded guilty to the ch...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:07hrs | 166 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy's corpse found with missing parts
Police in Mvuma, Midlands Province, are investigating the discovery of a 14-year-old boy's body, which was found with missing body parts in what is suspected to be a ritual murder.Midlands pro...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:55hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
15 years for raping commercial sex worker
A 30-year-old man from Sojini Village in Mbembesi, Umguza District, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a commercial sex worker. Gracious Lamula was convicted by Bulawayo regional magi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:58hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers turn to illegal mining
Several commercial sex workers in Guruve have turned to illegal mining due to the harsh economic conditions.The sex workers have joined a huge number of illegal miners in Guruve Centre where t...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 13:45hrs | 919 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Sex workers torment Bulawayo CBD residents
Residents in Bulawayo's central business district (CBD) are expressing growing concern over the disruptive behavior of commercial sex workers in the area, particularly along Fort Street, Second Avenue...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:22hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Six sex workers kill client over $5
Six commercial sex workers are in soup after they allegedly bashed a client to death over a short time fee in Chirundu.The suspects app...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 21:27hrs | 2813 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teenagers kill man in fight over sex worker
Two Harare teenagers are in serious trouble after allegedly killing a rival suitor during a violent altercation over a commercial sex worker.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Commis...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:18hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Teens kill rival suitor over sex worker
High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has sentenced Ashton Tadiwanashe Mandaza (19) and Kudakwashe Machingauta (18) from Chivhu to 10 years in prison for the murder of Onisimo Mavhungire, stemmi...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver 'loses manhood'
In a bizarre turn of events, a truck driver traveling from the DRC to Zambia allegedly experienced a horrifying ordeal in Beitbridge. After an all-night encounter with a married commercial sex worker ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend over sex worker
The love of women has landed a Gweru man in trouble after he stabbed his friend with a knife accusing him of snatching his commercial sex worker....Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 06:25hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SA man in court for killing 6 Zimbabwean women
A 21-year-old South African ex-convict, who is alleged to have raped and killed six Zimbabwean women in cold blood, is expected back in court today.Sifiso Mkwanazi was arrested in 2022 on alle...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard loses pistol to sex worker after a quckie
Short-time sex caused a Mutoko-based security guard to lose his job and end up in police custody.Evidence Mangonono (27) lost a company pistol after he failed to pay for a short time sex sessi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 19:11hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex vendor assaulted by client's wife
A Plumtree-based commercial sex worker was severely assaulted by her client's wife after she was caught in a compromising position with the man.This emerged at the Plumtree magistrates court w...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker bashed at client's house
A Plumtree based commercial sex worker is regretting visiting a client's house after she was severely bashed by the client's wife.Prisc...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man hated even beyond the grave
Throughout the world and within Zimbabwean culture, there is a prevailing respect for the deceased, often resulting in their negative actions being forgotten and overlooked in public discourse. The Sh...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers demand stands
Commercial sex workers, vendors, and churches in the Karoi farming town are advocating for residential stands as a fundamental human right. They claim they have been excluded from residential housing ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker jailed for bedding teenage boy
A COMMERCIAL sex worker has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for being intimate with a teenage boy.Mercy Chisiyo (20) of Lion's Den, Chinhoyi was, however, spared a custodial term aft...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare's sex workers become targets for criminals
SAMANTHA GARWE aged 27 sits on a pavement in one of the streets of Harare; head bowed sobbing finding solace in the arms of colleagues.A sight that on-lookers could not escape, Garwe who was w...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death during brawl over sex worker
A 21-year-old Inyathi man was stabbed to death by a suspect following a quarrel over a commercial sex worker.Police said Saturday that they were investigating Brian Dube's murder by the suspec...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Confessions of a sex worker
FOR many people especially those with conservative, religious views, sex work often called the world's oldest profession, is dirty, immoral and those who do consent to it can't possibly respect themse...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect bites off sex worker's tongue
A Chiweshe based suspected murderer who is on bail for the alleged murder case did not repent from her previous case since she allegedly bite off a collea...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 00:17hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man robbed by commercial sex workers
A 38-year-old Harare man lost an Iphone and US$5 to three commercial sex workers who attacked him while he was attending to his vehicle after it had developed a mechanical fault last night.The...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman gives birth to twins, strangles them
A 40-year old commercial sex worker from Mvuma has been arrested after she gave birth to two baby boys on Thursday night before strangling them.Police sources said the suspect, Nyarai Swatch, ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Teenager glassed to death over sex worker
A 19-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was glassed to death in a dispute over a commercial sex worker.Cephas Matingaidze (19) died after he was stabbed with a broken bottle by Edison Shava (19) at Tsungub...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:17hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex worker nabbed for stealing cellphone
AFTER a seemingly bad day in business, a self-proclaimed commercial sex worker from Bulawayo teamed up with a male patron to steal a fellow imbiber's cellphone.This was heard when Samantha Sib...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in sex workers
ZIMBABWE has recorded an increase in commercial sex workers, with Harare adjudged to be the biggest red-light district, a new survey by the National Aids Council (Nac), Health and Child Care ministry ...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Hooker bashed for refusing US$2 romp
A KARIBA commercial sex worker was heavily assaulted by four youths for refusing to entertain one of them in exchange for a US$2 fee.Gladys Mudubiwa (33) was left nursing a bloodied left eye, ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man dies during sex
The love of sex ended in tears for Chikabura family after their family member died while having sex with a sex worker in Chitungwiza.According to police Denis Chikabudura (46) died on Thursday...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 13:32hrs | 18 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Maid arrested for kidnapping baby
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested a maid who had kidnapped her employer's 20-months-old son and drove off in their car.Kimberly Ncube (19) was employed by a family in Paddonhurst suburb an...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youth denounce ZRP
ZANU PF youth political commissar Tsungai Makombe on Sunday blasted Zimbabwe Republic Police for brutalizing people at Mazowe (Jumbo)mine....Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 20:40hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Three some ends disastrous
A Chiweshe man lost $US150 to two commercial sex workers who searched him while he was asleep after a juicy act with the duo.Darlington...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Shortage of condoms hit artisanal miners
Unregistered artisanal miners in Gokwe north district have been hit by an acute shortage of condoms.Artisinal miners in Zenda, Kadonde ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Old sex workers lament stiff competition on streets
LIKE any other business, old sex workers in Bulawayo are also facing a similar situation of business competition as they are being pushed out of the "nocturnal" trade due to strong competition from yo...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over rise in brothels
Residents have called on the Municipality of Gwanda and police to act on illegal activities which have resulted in the increase in crime in the mining town.Residents said they were being terro...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Boy (14) killed for refusing to pay commercial sex worker
A 14-year-old boy from Nyameni in Marondera was allegedly murdered by a suspected commercial sex worker aged 17 for refusing to pay US$5 for her sexual services.Tavonga Jeche was found dead in...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners prey on sex workers
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in the Midlands province are reportedly terrorising commercial sex workers, beating them up and refusing to pay for services rendered.Women rights groups say some...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers start farming venture
THE First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has extended her philanthropic work and empowerment initiatives to sex workers in Gweru where she donated farming inputs so that they could embark on farming pro...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Building Zimbabwe brick by brick' euphemism for negligible and oftentimes non-existent development!
Euphemisms have been with us for as long as language has existed - from the time humans began communicating with each other through speech.As the art of language advanced, the use of euphemism...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 10:29hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prostitute steals client car, crashes in durawall
A suspected commercial sex worker has been arrested after she stole a car from a client while they were sleeping at a lodge before crashing into a pre-cast wall in Hillside, Bulawayo.She then ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sex starved cop bashes colleague at the barrack
There was drama at Zhombe police station where a sex starved cop allegedly bashed his collegue when he was caught having sex with a commercial sex w...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 19:14hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Sex worker kills client over cell phone dispute
MVURWI based commercial sex worker Grace Tirinda (32) is assisting police with investigations after she allegedly killed her client in a cellphone dispute.Tirinda who was holding the now decea...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 16:38hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
NAC engages Chiefs
The National Aids Council (NAC) has today engaged Chiefs across Mashonaland Central province on a sensitization program to fight further HIV/AIDS infectio...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Cops demand sex from sex workers
COMMERCIAL sex workers in Mashonaland East province have accused police officers of extorting bribes or sexual favours in order for them to operate after curfew hours.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hookers back on the streets
IT'S a Friday night and a skimpily dressed sex worker flags down vehicles and individuals on foot, soliciting for clients while on the lookout for law enforcement officers.The presence of poli...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Polygamist glassed to death over prostitute
The love of women costed the life of a Bindura based polygamist Llyod Chibheghedhi who was fatally stabbed by a beer patron in a commercial sex worker dis...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Juju scare in sex work
A group of commercial sex workers allegedly pounced on a Hopely sex worker accusing her of snatching all clients using juju.The sex wor...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 00:00hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Highfield
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