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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 | 6306 | 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 | 785 | 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 | 654 | 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 | 141 | 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 | 504 | 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 | 2093 | 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 | 2966 | 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 | 727 | 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 | 577 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1006 | 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 | 5520 | by Staff reporter
Family and Religious Studies Advanced Level Analysis
Explore the lessons that can be drawn from Jesus ethics and demonstrate how they can be applied in a Zimbabwean society faced with problem of HIV and AIDS?...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:22hrs | 1063 | by Brian Maregedze
Condom uptake on the rise
The National Aids Council has installed 400 condom dispensers at tertiary institutions, hospitals, hotels, drinking spots and other public places across Zimbabwe as part of efforts to curb the spread ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:20hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'Sanitary wear beyond reach of young girls'
Women organisations have bemoaned the high price of sanitary wear suggesting that they should be availed to women and young girls for free.This comes as the country has been characterised by p...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:41hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men say condoms 'too small' for them - report
Men from a small Zimbabwean town have reportedly pleaded with condom manufacturers to supply them with larger condoms, saying those available in local shops were "too small for them".According...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
'Sex-workers should be able to retire at 40'
A SEX worker has advocated for a retirement age from sex work and peer enforcement of minimum age restrictions to reduce the exploitation of under-age girls by older women and unruly clients.A...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Condom prices shoot up to $12 from $3
PRICES of contraceptives have gone up sharply and people have since been urged to seek services at public health institutions as they are available for free. The price of some brands of condom...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty
ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encouraging them to dream and aspire to be whoever they w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 111 | by Linda Masarira
Contraceptives prices shoot up
For the average Zimbabwean, birth control pills are lifestyle drugs while condoms are one of those accessories many would put into the shopping basket without considering the cost.Well, that w...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:31hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Price madness spills to sex
CASUAL sex has become a luxury only for those with deep pockets as consumables of the adult game have skyrocketed at city pharmacies.Word on the street is that sex workers in the city have inc...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate International day of the Girl Child
2018 Theme: With Her: A skilled Girl Force Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate the International day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1.1 ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:09hrs | 248 | by Linda T. Masarira
Couples urged on condom use
BED-RIDDEN on a single bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals with blood-stained bandages on her legs and arms, 25-year-old Moleen Mpala (not her real name) could not fathom events leading to her being stru...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker, client in court for fighting
POPULAR Mutare socialite-cum-sex-worker and her client were on Sunday night arrested for disorderly conduct after they fought in public following a misunderstanding over the sex worker's poor services...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Portfolio committee on health must see that actions to resolve prisons problems is taken
MDC Alliance legislator for Binga South, Prince Dubeko Sibanda has warned that the portfolio committee on health and child care has to see to it that some action towards redressing that problem in pri...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 141 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe sex vendor brags about bedding 6,000 men
"I used to bed more than 300 men every year with most of my clients being long distance truck drivers who passed through this border post," says 52-year-old Prudence Nyeke (not her real name), Chirund...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:02hrs | 7153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's (Criminal) Record Check!
Chronicling abuses on women in Zimbabwe Dear Zimbabwean Women, It is high time we chronicled all abuses...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2401 | by Nomazulu Thata
Disabled sidelined in HIV information dissemination
Thirty-year-old Chenai Murimbika of Dunzvambeva village under Chief Kazangarare, 60km north of Karoi, looks older than her age.She has endured untold suffering, marked by stigmatisation couple...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has little to offer to Zimbabwe's sodomized economy
The Zimbabwe's national debt is said to be well above $18 billion with the foreign debt contributing $7.5 billion. The foreign debt ($7.5 billion) excludes the private sector foreign debt of $2.5 bill...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:15hrs | 6822 | by Don Chigumb
Open letter to the president of Zimbabwe
Dear honourable President (ED MNANGAGWA), First of all I would like to say congratulations for winning the 2018 elections. Yes we were not pleased as youth of Zimbabwe but anywhere we don't ha...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | 5572 | by Tracy Mpofu
'Dembare' condoms to be phased out
The National Family Planning Council is in the process phasing out the blue and white or Panther condoms which are also known as 'Dembare' in the social circles and replacing them with a more colourfu...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:42hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Durex recalling faulty condoms
Durex South Africa is "assessing the situation" on its Real Feel condoms after batches were recalled in Germany, Britain and Singapore over "burst pressure" issues."There is no safety concern ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1410 | by businessinsider
Too poor for periods, Zimbabwe's girls rely on rags
When her monthly period comes, 17-year-old Maria Chaodza dismantles a home-made pillowcase and picks out pieces of its worn stuffing – an old, cloth rug – which she uses in place of the sanitary p...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:42hrs | 341 | by Reuters
+50% of prostitutes HIV+
MORE than half of commercial sex workers in the country are HIV positive, UNAIDS has revealed in a report.According to the 2018 report released on Thursday, the country has 45 000 sex workers ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
NAC moots gay clinics
THE National Aids Council (NAC) is set to establish five drop-in health centres around the country for men engaging in sex with men (MSM).This is so because of their sexual orientation and the...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Condom shortage looms in Zimbabwe
A critical shortage of free condoms is looming in Mashonaland West, with only 31 boxes left for the whole province, amid reports that the effective distribution of the protective sheath was lacking in...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:45hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Condom floor polish in demand
HOME-based floor polish makers are reportedly using condoms when "cooking" their product because they become a "high shine" floor polish.Condoms replaced what was the popular ingredient, empty...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1102 | by Staff rpeorter
Man 'forces' himself on hooker
A Mbare man who allegedly forced himself on a hooker while his friend watched appeared in court yesterday.Stewart Manenji, 32, of Matapi Flats Mbare was advised to apply for bail at the High C...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1966 | by Staff reporter
'Scrap import duty on sanitaryware'
KUWADZANA legislator Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Zanu-PF) has called on the government to scrap import duty on sanitaryware and raw materials used to manufacture the product to make it more affordable....Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:27hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
'Central locking' reduces STIs'
GOKWE North and Binga has lower levels of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) because of their cultural beliefs; National AIDS Council of Zimbabwe has revealed.Speaking at a workshop held i...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 17:07hrs | 3220 | by Staff reporter
'Shinso impregnated me'
ZIMDANCEHALL chanter, Shinsoman - real name Romeo Antony - has been accused of impregnating Manjenjenje raMonica Queens Dancer, Popo, and demanding that she terminates the pregnancy.Born Ruten...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 17:05hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Ex-lover raped for poking married lover's wife
WHEN someone lacks shame, things like this happen!A terribly enraged married man carried out a brutal attack on his ex-lover when he forced her to undress and lie down with her stomach before ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
NAC assesses sexual behaviour of prison inmates
The National AIDS Council (NAC) has embarked on a survey to assess sexual behaviour of prison inmates as well as drug abuse, to ascertain whether there is HIV transmission in prisons. Speaking...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'No condoms in Zimbabwe prisons'
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has said that it will not distribute condoms to inmates in the country's prisons as there was no policy in place to guide such a programme....Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:47hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Carex distributor spices up Fantasy condoms
ELECARE Pharmaceuticals has launched a "scented and cost effective" condom called Fantasy which they say will assist in bringing pleasure and fighting against HIV and Aids. In a statement yest...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:57hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Women 'savagely' raped and beaten to death
TWO women were allegedly raped and brutally killed while two men were robbed and killed in separate incidents in Bulawayo between last Tuesday and Friday.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Condom dispensers for kombis
THE National Aids Council (Nac) is consulting with public transport operators to put condom dispensers in commuter omnibuses, buses and other public transport vehicles, in a bid to increase condom upt...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:32hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Female condoms popular with gay men
ALTHOUGH female condoms are not popular with women, investigations by B-Metro revealed that they are well-liked by gay men who are looking for better lubrication and satisfaction during sex.Wh...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Condom wrappers under bed, man burns down hut
A man from Goho Village in Plumtree burnt down his matrimonial bedroom hut after he allegedly found condom wrappers under the bed when he came back from a trip to Bulawayo.Prince Dube is said ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution to prisons sparks religious, moral debate
Alfred Kurai (not his real name) twitches uncomfortably as the "talk" begins. He says calling this an interview would make him feel dehumanised and uncomfortable. Kurai is a convict in a Zimba...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:37hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Nephew's noisy sex sessions unsettle granny
A 60-year-old woman from Jibajiba area in Lupane, Matabeleland North province dragged her 25-year-old nephew to court for disturbing her peace with noisy sex sessions.The matter came to light ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
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