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Man parades neighbour's hat, use condom
A MAN from Gokwe paraded a used condom and hat of a man whom he suspected of having slept with his wife while he was away.A source close to the goings on at Mandeya Village under Chief Njelele...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Free condoms
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said sexually active people should not panic over a recent increase in price of condoms as the organisation continued to issue them free of ch...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:03hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
PSI hikes prices of condoms by 100%
THE Population Services International (PSI) Zimbabwe has hiked prices of its condoms, which will see the retail price of the contraceptive going up by over 100% with effect from this month.The...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Why marrying a single mother is the right thing to do
DID you know that the Ndebele name "imvana'' was originally a mocking name? When a man marries a woman who already has a child, the man's friends would mock him and say "wadonsa ugatsha lamahlamvu alo...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1795 | by Nobuhle Virgie Ajiti
Youths fret over condom price hike
YOUTHS in Manicaland Province are fretting over a sharp rise in flavoured condom prices saying it tempts them into having unprotected sex, exposing them to Sexually Transmitted Diseases.Prices...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:00hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo youths block Kambarami's Council meeting
Bulawayo youths today successfully blocked a rogue meeting that was convened by a sectarian section of the Bulawayo City Councillors to oust the Town Clerk and also pass a vote of no confidence on May...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deserves praise for fighting HIV aids
It is very important that as Zimbabweans we all participate in fighting the spread of HIV aids and also help in controlling it. In my view, Zimbabwe played a very important role in controlling the spr...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | 697 | by Njabulo
Young sex workers get reprieve
At the age of 15, Tendai Dube* was heavily into drugs, dodging school and creating havoc among her peers along Ndema Road in Gweru's Ascot suburb where she stayed with her single mother. However, she ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers to reveal status
THE Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Aids Research (CeSHHAR) has said sex workers should not be afraid to reveal their HIV status to their clients as a measure of reducing the spread of HIV and sexual...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:08hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises free education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic educati...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1830 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Mashonaland East consumes 7 million condoms
ABOUT seven million condoms were distributed across Mashonaland East province last year alone, in a bid to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and new HIV infections.Addressing score...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Wife caught with used condom
A MARRIED woman from Gokwe became the face of shame and infidelity after a used condom and underwear were found in her bedroom hut. Nyarai Chalisegela is married to Edward Ndlovu, an art...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:38hrs | 2314 | by Staff reporter
New HIV drug unveiled
Newly diagnosed HIV patients are now being initiated onto a new regimen of antiretroviral medication containing Dolutegravir (DTG), a drug which has significantly less side effects and is more afforda...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2315 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer pledges fuel for ZRP to arrest teenagers
Top Bulawayo lawyer Sindiso Mazibisa has pledged to donate fuel to the Zimbabwe Republic Police to assist them in arresting more teenagers who are involved in beer binge parties known as Vuzu parties....Published: 07 May 2019 at 13:28hrs | 5732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vuzu parties: 131 youths arrested
Police have arrested 131 young people including a 13-year-old boy in Bulawayo over the infamous vuzu parties that were held in the city over the weekend. The youths who are being held in custo...Published: 05 May 2019 at 23:19hrs | 4295 | by Staff reporter
100 years jail for armed robbery brothers
TWO brothers from Mberengwa district who committed a spate of armed robberies and rape in the same district, have been sentenced to a combined 100 years in jail by a Gweru regional magistrate. ...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
780 000 Zimbabwean young women HIV+
A UNAIDS report has ranked Zimbabwe third in the Sadc region in the numbers of HIV positive young women and girls.The report blames the high statistics on legal and policy barriers that hinder...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming fr...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4825 | by Staff reporter
Freebie-hunting teens raped after binge
TWO teenagers believed they could get drunk without spending their money but feeding off grown men until tragedy struck.The two (names withheld) from Pumula suburb one day found their target a...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Serious contraceptive shortage in Matebeleland North
PUBLIC health institutions in Matebeleland North and South provinces have reportedly run out of contraceptives, leaving most women stranded as they cannot afford the high prices charged by private pha...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Panic as prostitutes take used condom to sangoma
Panic has gripped a number of Harare men who frequent the Red light district seeking a nice time with commercial sex workers after Prophet C B Motondo of Grace Faith Ministries operating along K...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let's Preach Abstinence to the Nation!
The Editor, May you please allow me space to tell the nation the truth, nothing else but the living reality through this educative and informative newspaper that Abstinence and monogamy is the...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:29hrs | 772 | by Kufakunesu Mawira
'Children should get sex education regardless of age'
Social workers and legislators have said the age of consent to sex should remain at 16 years to protect children from abuse, while at the same time children should have access to sexual reproductive h...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:16hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Harare named as HIV hotspots
BULAWAYO, Harare, Ruwa and Chitungwiza have been identified as HIV hotspots with the highest number of infected people not on treatment amid reports that risky sexual behaviour continues to drive the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity
In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HI...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1586 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe govt out to promote new female condom
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is holding workshops with various stakeholders to come up with ways of preventing the spread of HIV, STIs and unintended pregnancy through revitalised female cond...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:42hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
'Married women sleep around more than sex workers'
A Commercial sex worker has claimed that married women sleep around more than sex workers.In a video posted by 263Chat on Twitter the unnamed sex worked is filmed saying, "Married women c...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 13:56hrs | 15302 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 1014 | by Human Rights Watch
Give the wayward juveniles access to pills
The issue of the age of consent has stirred a hornet's nest in Zimbabwe with some saying lower it to twelve and others giving thumbs up to sixteen years. The adults want to baby sit the under ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 21:52hrs | 758 | by Tondorindo
Age of consent stirs debate in Zimbabwe
LEGISLATORS have dismissed reports that they are pushing for the downward review of the age of consent to 12 years, explaining that they were calling for minors who are sexually active to access treat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Minister Fortune Chasi dehumanizing women on camera
There is a video trading online showing Minister Fortune Chasi posing for a photo with young women and girls holding sanitary wear/pads. I agree that it is good for Minister Chasi and others to donate...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 09:01hrs | 2162 | by Don Chigumba
Why I respect TB Joshua – Stanley Goreraza, Grace Mugabe's ex-husband
Stanley Goreraza, an officer in Zimbabwe's Air Force and the first husband of Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe, has publicly lauded Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua. "The main...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 19:15hrs | 11163 | by Beatrice Mahlonga
Open letter to Ramaphosa
Greetings from Zimbabwe, Your Excellency. I hope I find you in the best of health. Incidentally, this letter is all about health.I, like so many others am grateful for the huge role that...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 19:29hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Jabu features in nasty indecent tape
Studio 263 actor Jabu (real name Denzel Burutsa) successfully stole the limelight from Winky D at the weekend after his indecent-tape emerged and started doing the rounds on social media. Peop...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now facing condom crisis
Zimbabwe is now facing condom challenges as donors are pulling back.This was said by the Director of AIDS and TB Unit in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Owen Mugurungi at the Interna...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 15:12hrs | 6464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 173 million condoms annually
ZIMBABWE on Wednesday joined the international community in marking World Condom Day with reports that the HIV burdened country needs 173 million condoms a year.International Condom Day is obs...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:30hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Prophet up for rape
A 36-year-old self-confessed prophet from Johanne Masowe weChishanu sect has been arrested for allegedly raping a job seeker seeking spiritual assistance from him. Marryward Marara of Maglass ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo among key HIV hotspots
HARARE, Bulawayo and three other towns have been identified as HIV hotspots in Zimbabwe by an international study. Avert, a United Kingdom-based research organisation said Bulawayo, Harare, Ru...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Trio 'rapes' neighbour
THREE men from Manningdale suburb in Bulawayo allegedly raped their 27-year-old neighbour who had gone with them for a beer drink at a local shebeen where they also smoked dagga. Two of the su...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:38hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
MSU gets 30 condom dispensers
The National Aids Council (NAC) has sourced 30 condom dispensers for the Midlands State University (MSU) as it moves to reduce new HIV infections among adolescents and tertiary education students thro...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:17hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Sugar daddies fingered in students HIV stats
THE National Aids Council (Nac) has procured 30 condom dispensers for Midlands State University (MSU) as it moves to reduce new HIV infections among adolescents and tertiary education students amid re...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:54hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to address 'condom gloves'
Govt to address 'condom gloves'The government said yesterday that it had begun addressing the dire situation at public hospitals — including bringing in critically short medicines and equipment,...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors using condoms as medical gloves?
Zimbabwean doctors at public health institutions have been forced to use condoms in place of disposable medical gloves as the government struggles to maintain critical supplies to the facilities....Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | 3086 | by ZimLive
New, cheaper ARV comes to Zimbabwe
Government will introduce a new line of cheaper and more effective antiretroviral drugs for HIV and Aids patients early next year.Authorities will introduce the Dolutegravir (DTG) line, which ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
ExQ ventures into condom manufacturing
Veteran rap artiste ExQ has ventured into condom production, with a picture of a sample of the condoms being leaked to social networks.The condoms are called "MR Putiti" with the tagline "safe...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:26hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
One Night Stand
When we met at the bar last night, slurred speech and double vision had set in and it wouldn't have mattered to me if she had said she was a Zanu PF supporter - I still would have gone home with her. ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 4714 | by Jerà
Zimbabwe records 250 new HIV infections weekly
ZIMBABWE is recording 250 new HIV infections weekly said to be fuelled mostly by adolescent girls, a development which may hinder progress towards ending Aids by 2030. The country, which has t...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Contraceptives for fifteen year olds?
WHEN condom distribution at schools failed after parents had mixed feelings about it, some mothers took it upon themselves to protect their sexually active girls from having unwanted pregnancies....Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 20:09hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Drama at sex worker's burial
HOOKERS stopped a Catholic priest from giving a graveside speech with their seductive dances arguing that their departed friend was never into church.Sex workers accommodated in the Avenues hi...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 5600 | by Staff reporter
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