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Gays not welcome, says Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who portrays himself as a defender of traditional Islamic values, has once again labeled the opposition as ‘LGBT', and insisted that liberal Western ideology will nev...Published: 30 May 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Uganda ban gays
Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Mutare family 'disowns' gay son
GALZ has slammed Zimbabwe's laws for fuelling hate against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQl+) community following the recent publicity of a Mutare based family "diso...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislator says opposition MPs are homosexual
RULING PF Bindura South MP Remigious Matangira caused a commotion in Parliament Wednesday after alleging some members on the opposition benches were homosexual.During a question and answer ses...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe refuses to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual community
ZIMBABWE has refused to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to accept their predisposition.The local delegation led by Justice, Le...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
LGBTQI flee Russia crackdown
Gays and lessbiens are reported to have fled from Russia and the Vladimir Putin's government has since launched a crackdown on the group.In an email Zeynep Sentek, a Network coordinator said T...Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:05hrs | 843 | by Stephen Jakes
President Joe Biden receives warm welcome from Congress, for now!
United States President Joseph Biden has a unique advantage over his rivals. He believes in nothing. He will say whatever is needed at the time as long as he stays in power. The proof of his methodolo...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:30hrs | 248 | by Kenneth Mufuka
'Zanu-PF only political party to embrace gays'
Zanu-PF is the only political party that managed to respond to concerns raised by the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) in 2018.Ahead of the 2018 elections, GALZ approache...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance & Civic Society Organisations in caucus for Gays & Lesbians Law
As the nation is experiencing vast socio-economic reforms since the inception of the New Dispensation, the MDC Alliance have chosen to join the train by amending the Constitution to incorporate same s...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:07hrs | 9 | by Shelton Muchena
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign: Human Rights Orgs /institutions & Churches conflict of interest
Many doubting Thomases think that the Black lives Matter (BLM)campaign has no genuine cause. Some evil people who are proracist are trying to denigrate that campaign or vilify it, so that they d...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:36hrs | 12 | by Njabulo
Zimbabwe's Cape Town consulate besieged as protesters demand gay rights
AN official at the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town, who would not give his name, refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights that was delivered by about 20 people.They had marched from...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa in messy break-up
Health care professional Susan Vivian Mutami who is battling to end a three-month relationship with Temba Mliswa says she regrets meeting the Norton Member of Parliament whom she accuses of turning he...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 21:42hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Does online dating work? Pros and cons of digital dating
Evidence shows that increasing numbers of adults in a relationship met online. There are many reasons why more and more singles are turning to a dating platform rather than relying on the traditional ...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 13:49hrs | 42 | by Staff Writer
Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes
A quick look at President Mugabe's colourful language throughout his 37-year reign as leader of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has died aged 95.His death was an...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 3361 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1495 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Gays and Lesbians targets Zimbabwe universities, colleges
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has started a process of engaging universities and other higher learning institutions as part of a broader strategy to strengthen academic freedom of members o...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:57hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa engages Zanu PF lawyers, is it democracy
Most Zimbabweans are perplexed by the lawyers who represent members of the opposition either side. Most people have been dismayed when members of the opposite side represent those of the other side. Z...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:28hrs | 7165 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Botswana to appeal ruling to decriminalise homosexuality: a closer analysis
Human rights are an integral part of life of all people.While this is true and it also encompasses the rights of homosexual people, this is contrary to the norms and values of African societies.Every ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 756 | by Njabulo
Zimbabwe Marriage Act bans gays, lesbians marriages
A POTENTIALLY explosive debate awaits Parliament after Cabinet approved the amendment of the Marriages Act to effectively make it illegal for same sex marriages to be solemnised and recognised in the ...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:53hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
'No to gays'
METHODISTS have united against homosexuality at a Special General Conference held last month in the United States where delegates refused to recognise gay unions and ordain homosexuals into offices of...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:11hrs | 2762 | by Fatima Bulla
'80% of Bulawayo men who patronise bars and the red light districts are gay'
CALL it double dipping!Panic has gripped the Bulawayo community after shocking and controversial statistics revealed that 80 percent of Bulawayo men that patronise bars and the red light distr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:39hrs | 5589 | by Staff reporter
SA Church ordered to solemnise gay and lesbian marriages by court
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has found that the Dutch Reformed Church's policy against solemnising same-sex marriages, diminished the integrity of gay congregants.Judges Sulette Potteril...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why did Ian Smith give in so easily and abruptly?
Let's look abroad before coming home. We all know Donald John Trump, the 45th and current President of the USA. If Trump were African, they would say Africans are daft to have elected him president. B...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:36hrs | 5811 | by Baffour Ankomah
90% Zimbabwean gays struggle to find love
ZIMBABWEAN gays and lesbians are finding it difficult to find love and most of them are reportedly living lonely lives, a gay rights activist has revealed.Gays and Lesbians Zimbabwe (GALZ) pro...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:04hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gays unveil scholarships
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has unveiled a scholarship programme targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community.Dubbed Munhu!Munhu, the programme...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 21:57hrs | 1804 | by Staff reporter
Church slams Zimbabwe gay teacher
The church says the public announcement made by a deputy headmaster from a local private high school where he divulged his sexual orientation is unfortunate and overboard.The pastors concurred...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:30hrs | 4329 | by Staff reporter
DIY tests for HIV beat stigma in fight against Aids
When she discovered she was HIV-positive early this year, sex worker Evelyn Msipa (32), was alone in her rented apartment in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare.Health and Child Care minister Davi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Reuters
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 | 150 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa shut door on gays
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main rival, Nelson Chamisa, have both shut the door on gay rights, saying same-sex marriage remains banned in Zimbabwe.This comes after Zimbabwe's gays and...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:33hrs | 3988 | by Staff reporter
Gays applaud Mnangagwa
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) advocacy group has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for "understanding" them better than his predecessor Robert Mugabe and the opposition parties, a repo...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 11:39hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Gays praise Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has received rare praise from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community for abandoning his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s politics of discrimin...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1691 | 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 | 878 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to meet Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF has received requests for a meeting with the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe a senior party official has revealed.The party's Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu Said "W...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF holds talks with Commonwealth team
Zanu-PF yesterday hosted a Commonwealth delegation which is in the country to assess preparedness for harmonised elections set for July 30.The team was deployed to Zimbabwe on an assessment mi...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers demand free sex for Mugabe ouster
Zimbabwe National Army officers across the country are reportedly demanding free services from sex workers as a show of appreciation for the role the military played in Operation Restore Legacy last N...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:51hrs | 10011 | by Staff reporter
Known gays manned Mugabe residency
Zanu-PF-aligned cleric and Destiny for Afrika Network founder, Obadiah Musindo has claimed that G-40 members who had captured the State before the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe compris...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora shocked by cultural erosion in Zimbabwe
Diaspora shocked by cultural erosion in Zimbabwe.by Dr Masimba MavazaZimbabwe had its culture as its identity as it affords it due recognition. it should be mentioned that there is a p...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 21:46hrs | 3939 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe is open for business but not open for Gay Rights
The new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke on LGBT equality subject for the first time as president, during an interview with CNN's Richard Quest at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mnang...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1189 | by Thamie T
Mnangagwa won't campaign for gays
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will not give gays and lesbians any special treatment, but will follow the Zimbabwean Constitution, which bans same-sex marriages.Speaking to CNN's Richard Quest a...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Gays pin their hopes on Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is one of several African countries that do not acknowledge the rights of queer bodies. But members of Zimbabwe's queer community are hopeful that the country's new president Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays appeal for equal rights
The Gays and Lesbian Association of Zimbabwe (Galz) is hoping that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government will break with the tradition of deposed ex-leader Robert Mugabe who subjected them t...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays and Lesbians raise alarm over stereotyping in Zimbabwe
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) is engaging the clergy, lawyers, traditional leaders among other stakeholders to raise awareness on issues relating to their members to correct stereotypes abo...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:20hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Are LGBT+ Folks Even Considered Humans in Zimbabwe?
It is no secret that our nation is very intolerant towards the LGBT+ community. Various reasons are put forward to justify the blatant and, seemingly, unrelenting hatred that queer folks continue to b...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:54hrs | 380 | by Mx Joyline Maenzanise
Gays delights in Mugabe's ouster
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) lobby group has said it hopes President Robert Mugabe's resignation will end the brutality and hate of they suffered at the hands of the veteran leader for alm...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's most famous quotes
During his 37-year rule of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has built up an impressive amount of controversy, mostly by using colourful and often hateful language.The 93-year-old leader - the world's o...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 13:15hrs | 3012 | by Staff reporter
The world awaits Mugabe's UNGA speech
The American President, Donald Trump delivered his maiden United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech yesterday and most people would remember it more for its threat to deal with North Korea despite...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 15:43hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mugabe's human rights record under spotlight again
ZIMBABWE remains stuck in a wave of violence and human rights abuses, with prospects of anarchy ahead of the much-anticipated general elections next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:05hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
89 CSOs rap parly for passing Amendment bill on Chief Justice appointment
About 89 Civil Society Organisaions have rapped parliament of Zimbabwe for passing the Amendment Bill No 1 of the constitution in which it gives powers to the President to appoint the Chief Justice....Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 07:01hrs | 458 | by Stephen Jakes
'Gays 'can't serve' US army,' says Trump
US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the military.He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited "tremendous medical costs and ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ninety percent of all the qualified teachers in Zimbabwe cannot pass SAT
The Editor, My pronunciation might seem a bit over the top, but it's the only accurate description of what has happened and is happening in Zimbabwe today. The vampire elites that now controls...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 22:10hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
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