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Man strangles wife, lets couple's minor kids sleep with her corpse
A Bulawayo man who callously killed his wife before making his two minor children sleep in the same blanket with her corpse has been jailed 20 years by Bulawayo High Court judge, Evangelista Kabasa....Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Women to celebrate Africa Day in style
Women in football in Mashonaland Central are going to celebrate Africa Day through a tournament in Bare on May 25.Mashonaland Cen...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:19hrs | 20 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for violent murder of pregnant girlfriend in Bulawayo
POLICE have arrested a 26-year-old man, Obvious Velani Sibanda of Emakhandeni suburb for the violent murder of his girlfriend Nothabo Ncube, whom he accused of being impregnated by another man....Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Polygamist kills wife over infidelity allegations
A 52-year-old Shamva polygamist has been caged 20 years for murdering one of his 12 wives after she left their homestead without informing him.Joseph Chogugudza killed his wife, Emerina Gangir...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madiz dedicates a song to Levels and Shashi
Rhumba plus musician Itai "Madiz" Madzikura has dedicated his latest single track titled "Pinda Mumoyo" to under fire Chillspot Records co founder Tafadzwa "DJ Levels" Kadzimwe who is being dragged to...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 13:29hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
22 women raped per day in Zimbabwe
AT least 22 women are raped daily in Zimbabwe with an average of one rape taking place per 75 minutes translating to an average of 646 women being violated each month, according to the Zimbabwe Gender...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Boy child vulnerable to sexual abuse too
POLICE in Bulawayo have put on spotlight sexual abuse perpetrated against the boy child after five boys were sexually assaulted within five months compared to zero cases that were recorded in the same...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Uhuru
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day today with festivities to mark the day being held across the country under the theme: "Leaving no one and no place behind."The main celebrations w...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
13-day marriage ends in tragedy
WHAT started as a normal holy matrimony early March this year, ended prematurely as the couple's misunderstanding ended on a tragic note.Simon Jackson (45) of Zvamano Village under Chief Nhere...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Why Tsholotsho has highest HIV burden
GROWING up in a poverty-stricken family, and being discriminated against by her own father drove Thabiso Ndlovu straight into the hands of men.The 21-year-old from Maphane Village in Tsholotsh...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini family lives in fear after injiva threatens to murder them
Esigodini family in Munkula village, Matabeleland South have been living in fear after the father who had relocated to South Africa has threatened them wi...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 22:59hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Man offers daughter (15) to appease avenging spirits
A man from Zhombe area in Kwekwe district allegedly married off his minor daughter to appease an avenging spirit while another one from the same area is reportedly forcing his under-age daughter to en...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Child marriages of concern in rural Gwanda
A NUMBER of cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child marriages are going unreported in rural parts of Gwanda as facilities such as police stations and health facilities are located far from wher...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to accelerate Marriages Bill
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has urged the government and parliament to speedily conclude crafting of the Marriages Bill to aid the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV).Speaki...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Act will leave ZANU PF supporters out of the definition
The recently tabled patriotic bill in the Zimbabwe parliament will expose that ZANU PF supporters, surrogates and appendages are not patriotic.You cannot have a whole party that claims to have...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:29hrs | 13 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Women's groups gun for Chiwenga
Women rights defenders are convening a virtual indaba tomorrow to deliberate on the continuous harassment and alleged abuse of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa Chiwe...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2 more pregnant women raped in hospital
TWO more pregnant women were yesterday morning raped at Maphisa District Hospital in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province by yet to be identified alleged criminals who broke into the maternity...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
No to tribalism, says Mnangagwa
ZANU PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged party members to abide by the party Constitution and ensure unity of purpose saying tribalism, regionalism, and corruption have no pl...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:59hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the Int...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Teenage pregnancies shoot up
A total of 4 475 pregnancies have been recorded for girls aged between 15 and 19 years in all eight districts in Mashonaland Central during the lockdown period stretching from March 2020 to February t...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires hitmen for hubby, commits suicide
A WOMAN from Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North committed suicide on Tuesday after police were closing in on her for hiring three hitmen to kill her youthful husband two weeks ago. Ms Sitshengi...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has Covid-19 genomic sequencing capacity
Zimbabwe now has the capacity to do Covid-19 genomic sequencing, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said during his virtual address to the ongoing 74th World ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Turning the tide of moral degeneration
Sometimes one struggles with the concept of "societal progress" and its meaning. It loosely refers to "an advancement of major conditions of societies and people's lives in a direction considered to b...Published: 13 May 2021 at 12:24hrs | 6 | by Mpumelelo Ncube
WATCH: Kaynine studios funds Holyten's Pandichamuka video
South African-based record label Kaynine Studios is excited to announce that it has funded the video of award winning hip hop artist Holy Ten titled Pandichamuka. The video which st...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 15:16hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Cops unleashed to bash Matobo villagers
ANTI-RIOT police bashed community members in Domboshava Village, Matobo as punishment for ganging up to evict miners, civil society group, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has reported.The details were rev...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:48hrs | 1 | by Sytaff reporter
Mambo's Chicken ad 'glorifies' gender violence after Khupe assault
An ad by Mambo's Chicken that appeared to mock ousted MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe a day after she was allegedly slapped at the party's chaotic congress sparked outrage on Monday with many people call...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
President pleads Int'l Community to donate US$250 million to WFP-Zim emergency operation
Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) party President, Maxwell Teedzai has pleaded the international community including the U.S., U.K and Russia to donate US$250 million to suppo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Tomorrow Musandipedza
Woman bludgeoned to death by hubby over plate of isitshwala
A 45-year-old Hurungwe woman was earlier this month stabbed to death by her husband following a misunderstanding over a meal, raising concerns over the increase of gender-based violence in the distric...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
The invisible GBV in the workplace
With the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence having come to an end, I am grateful abused women and men got a chance to be heard, understood and recognised.What pains me, however,...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 11:21hrs | 6 | by Gift Mashoko
Zanu-PF government scoring own goals
This is pure and refined drama which is being exposed to the majority of Zimbabweans and must be rejected the people are being subjected to.At the time Zimbabweans thought the government was n...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:36hrs | 13 | by Leonard Koni
Man finds wife pants down with neighbour, chops of her head
A 55-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man went berserk and allegedly axed his wife (34) to death before committing suicide by drinking a pesticide. Mr Zama Mafu of Sidingimpilo Village under Chief Maduna had...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife commissions GBV 'one-stop shop'
A TREATMENT and support centre for survivors of gender based violence (GBV) has been launched in Bindura. First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for a multi-sectoral response in the fight ag...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti assaults a white lady at the Magistrate Courts?
POLICE are investigating a case of assault involving MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti who allegedly manhandled a white lady at the Magistrate Courts in Harare during a heated exchange. ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Masarira pays tribute to International day against GBV
Linda Masarira, leader of what is soon to become the fourth renowned political party, Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) has today joined the world in commemorating the International day a...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 15:54hrs | 9 | by Daniel Itai
Zim launches 16 days of activism against GBV
Zimbabwean parliament launched the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) today.16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challeng...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Woman scalds hubby for not picking her from church
A BULAWAYO woman allegedly severely scalded her husband with boiling water, peeling most of the skin from his body, in a fit of rage after he forgot to pick her from church.Mr Davies Chitagu h...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Youths beat up church and civic society members in parliament
There was pandemonium in parliament on Tuesday when angry MDC Youths clad in party regalia came and beat up some petitioners whom they accused of belonging to one of the factions in the MDC-Alli...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Murdered Lucia Duve remembered
Hundreds of mourners gathered at St Mary's Cathedral Basilica Parish in Bulawayo yesterday as hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their last respects to Lucia Duve (37) who lost her life in an allege...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Call to end violence against women and girls in public transport
In pursuance of the creation, promotion of safe spaces for women and girls, and the provision of gender responsive public services, ActionAid Zimbabwe (AAZ) and the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 13:30hrs | 23 | by Alfred Towo
Lecturers prey on female students
OVER 75 percent of female students in tertiary institutions are being sexually harassed and the chief culprits are male lecturers, Female Students' Network Trust executive director Mrs Evernice Munand...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Text: Zimbabwe Gender Commission Preliminary Election Monitoring Report on the 2018 Harmonised Elections
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is one of the five Independent Commissions established in terms of Section 232 and 245 of the Constitu...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MRP celebrates Women's day
Mthwakazi Republic Party has joined the nation in celebrating the women's day.Party's vice president Presia Ngulube said she takes this opportunity to thank and appreciate women for their role...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
PRC condemns all forms of violence
People's Rainbow Coalition ( PRC) wishes to express shock and disgust at the violence perpetrated on the persons of Mdct Vice President Dr Thokozani khupe, Mdct Secretary General Mr Douglas Mwonzora&n...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 21:04hrs | | by Adv Gift Nyandoro
Criminal law must deal seriously with gender based violence - Lawyer
A Bulawayo based lawyer and former Marilyn Mutshina has said the criminal law must deal effectively with gender-based violence.In a Facebook post Mutshina said for instance, the criminal law m...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Domestic violence cases on the rise
Despite a number of awareness campaigns and the enactment of laws, domestic violence continues to be on the increase as shown by worrying statistics recorded by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) betw...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NPP celebrates own in 16 days of activism
Revolutionary greetings dear comrades. We recently witnessed the inauguration of Mnangagwa's cabinet which is not gender sensitive and deficient of young blood. That did not come as a surprise bec...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by NPP National Youth
Murder, suicide in domestic row
A COMMUTER omnibus driver from Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb allegedly murdered his wife before committing suicide following a domestic dispute on Tuesday afternoon.Mlungisi Moyo (40) alleged...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gender based violence cases worry Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it is worried about cases of sexual abuse as well as domestic violence, given their devastating effects on victims as well as families.The ZRP Manicalan...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 16:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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