Bulawayo24 News - Skyes! "it makes perfect sense"

Search / Elderly

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Bulawayo has delivered a rare piece of good news in Zimbabwe's long fight against HIV, recording a 44% drop in new infections since 2020, according to the National Aids Council's (NAC) 2025 HIV Estimate Report.From 2020 to 2024, more than …

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Elderly Zimbabweans remain at risk of HIV infection because many believe the virus only affects young people, health experts have warned. This misconception, coupled with limited prevention programmes targeting older age groups, has left m…

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 10:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

70 year old man rapes step-granddaughter (16)

A 70-year-old pensioner from Hurungwe has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for raping his 16-year-old step-granddaughter on three separate occasions. The sentence was handed down by the Karoi Regional Magistrates' Court.Th…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:39hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter

23-year-old man rapes elderly woman (63)

A 23-year-old man from Raffingora has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 63-year-old woman. The Chinhoyi Magistrates' Court handed down the sentence, and the perpetrator cannot be named to protect the vi…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:38hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter

Serial rapist targets elderly in Matebeleland

A 27-year-old serial rapist who had been terrorizing communities in Matebeleland South, particularly targeting elderly women, has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison following a successful police operation aided by local res…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 12:36hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter

Lovemore Majaivana to cheer up the elderly

SEASONED artistes Albert Nyathi and United States-based Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma are set to bring smiles to the elderly in Highfields, Harare and Luveve, Bulawayo as part of their birthday celebrations.Dubbed "The Big Celebration, the c…

Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

The elderly have been thrown under the speeding bus

If my memory and anyone's serves me right, citizens above sixty years of age were to board Zupco buses that ply rural destinations free of charge. Is that notion true and if so is it happening? Before social media plunges into endless argu…

Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 3 | by Tondorindo

Load More Stories

Search / Elderly

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

70 year old man rapes step-granddaughter (16)

23-year-old man rapes elderly woman (63)

Serial rapist targets elderly in Matebeleland

Lovemore Majaivana to cheer up the elderly

The elderly have been thrown under the speeding bus

Get latest news by email:

Nengomasha quits

Zimbabwean minister proposes 24-hour economy

Ambulance crew stole from crash victim in Kwekwe

Zimbabwe's biggest threat to business formalisation is currency

Warriors shift World Cup Qualifier against Bafana to Botswana

RBZ loses US$34 500 in cyber fraud scam

18 go on trial for Chivayo in-laws robbery

Mnangagwa - Chiwenga rivalry will shape Zimbabwe's next chapter

Mnangagwa denounces corruption again

Zimbabwean-origin taxi boss killed in South Africa

Mudenda lures Japanese investors

Zimbabwe considers project-specific model for debt clearance

Scottland in match-fixing storm?

Chiwenga accuses Tagwirei of looting billions from Zanu-PF

Mnangagwa issued a stern warning

Sikhala reps reprimand police

Calls grow for victim-centred Gukurahundi hearings in Bulawayo

Makarawu hits, Charamba misses out by a whisker

Dad strips naked in front of his daughter, beats up wife

Sex-for-prayers cult exposed

2 women arrested for theft at Mpilo Central Hospital

Land disputes dominate traditional court hearings

Anglican seeks land to expand schools

War vets leader under siege over ED2030

Negligent Harare gynaecologist exposed

Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is 'unstoppable'

Harare City Council chokes under ZiG8 billion debt

Scottland FC dismisses claims of funding Simba Bhora

Man jailed for fictitious daughter's death

Warriors plummet in FIFA Rankings