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Boy dates, impregnates sister
WHILE stories of love conquering all inspire some of the greatest works of art and literature, tales of infatuation between close relatives siblings, or parent and child elicit disgust.That wa...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 08:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean man to marry niece
A UK based Zimbabwean, who reportedly fell in love with his niece after seeing pictures of her attending a funeral, reportedly now plans to marry her, with the girl's parents also giving the union the...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:21hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Abortion pills sold like sweets on the streets of Bulawayo
ARE you aware of what your children are doing online?A thriving business for abortion pills is booming in the streets of Bulawayo and the rest of Zimbabwe as the illegal drugs are easily acces...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as woman beds brother-in-law
A Makoni woman, Marina Maombedze from Nyamusosa Village, was recently caught in the act when she took advantage of her husband's extended absence to engage in a romantic encounter with her brother-in-...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man accuses son, wife of incest
A woman from Harare has taken her husband to court, accusing him of assaulting her and their 17-year-old son whenever he returns home intoxicated.Mazvida Makunani appeared before Harare magist...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing State resources'
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of abusing State resources by transporting its supporters to rallies across the country using ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi
80 000 Zimbabwean women abort each year, says USAid
AN estimated 60 000 to 80 000 women in Zimbabwe undergo illegal abortions annually, a new survey by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) and Internews has revealed.Th...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sleeps with mum and sisters for riches
THE relationship between mother and son can be an unbreakable bond and the love between the two is incomparable, but it has its limits.However, one man has crossed the line that separates a no...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for impregnating underage daughter
A MARANGE man recently appeared before a traditional court charged with incest after he sexually abused and impregnated his underage daughter.Chief Bernard Marange ordered him to pay two beast...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 7 | by Bishop Lazarus
Chief Nemangwe under fire over 'questionable' judgment
A GOKWE villager is fuming after he was forced to part with two cattle and three goats for failing to attend a traditional court over incest charges.Noel Mutopa of Kasuwe village accused Chief...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Bulawayo in fresh turmoil
THE MDC Alliance (MDC-A) has deployed an investigating committee to probe the party's Bulawayo provincial chairperson James Sithole, following a vote of noconfidence passed by the provincial youth ass...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga steps up his efforts of being the president
Zimbabwe once again was made to look for ear buds to clean their ears after being infected by the blubber and fake prophet Talent Chiwenga. The era of fake prophets who hide behind the name of God to ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 14:05hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Unicef red flags spike in child marriages
EARLY child marriages have reportedly shot to alarming levels across the country since the imposition of COVID-19-induced lockdowns from March last year, with civil society groups demanding an urgent ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Woman jailed for incest with three minor sons
A 58-year-old Beatrice woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing her three minor sons. The woman sexually abused her sons twins aged eight and a six-year-old. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
$1 000 fine for not wearing face mask
THE government has doubled the fine for not wearing a face mask or breaching Covid-19 restrictions to $1 000 from the previous $500.Maximum fines for criminal offences have been doubled to cop...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu/Hunhu is misplaced in African societies: Give me signs of...?
I should be excused once more for critiquing African values or should I say the African philosophy of humanism – Ubuntu/Hunhu. There are no traces of this noble philosophy in our culture: instead, w...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 10 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man arrested for incest
A LUPANE man who had a sexual relationship with his maternal cousin and at one point the two had sex in a church building has been arrested for incest.Preshet Mpala (33) of Chimwara Village 3,...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 20:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Businessman sleeps with own mother to boost wealth
A businessman from Chiyanga Village under Chief Chireya stunned villagers after confessing that he sleeps with his own mother to boost their family business.The man, Tadiwa Rushungo (37), shoc...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's dilemma: A balanced analysis
The obfuscation of issues seems to have reached unprecedented levels and it is therefore necessary for sober voices and sound arguments to be part of the national discourse to preclude the noise from ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by L Dube
Zimbabwean shareholder seeks ouster of Trevor Manuel from Old Mutual
THE labour row, rocking international financial conglomerate, Old Mutual has taken a sinister twist with a Zimbabwean shareholder now seeking the ouster of former South African Finance Minister Trevor...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by newzimbabwe
'Magistrates should stop summoning chiefs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday revealed that government has given a directive that magistrates should not summon traditional leaders to courts over decisions made at traditional courts....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for marrying and indulging in sex with his daughter
A man has been jailed for indulging in sex with his wife - who is also his daughter.According to US media reports, Travis Fieldgrove freely admitted he had been indulging in sex with a woman w...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Biti vs Mthuli: Transcript
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday faced MPs' questions on the economy, in a session marked by a new round of heated policy debate with Tendai Biti, a former Finance Minister.Highlight...Published: 30 May 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by Hansard
ZCTU's incest with MDC Alliance not best for the worker
The proposals by the leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions to become formally aligned with a political party, in this case the MDC-Alliance, and to have a quota of seats on the national ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
Men rape daughters in bizarre rituals
DISTURBING reports have surfaced from some remote parts of Mbire district in Mashonaland Central where some fathers are allegedly raping their daughters and forcing them into incestuous relationships ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC violence: A noble cause can beget savages
THE MDC Alliance’s initial reaction to their defeat in the ward by-election held in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, last week was a classic or textbook example of denialism — the human tendency to deny re...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa's reason for using expensive jets revealed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a name for himself as a lover of expensive jets which he uses to travel within and outside the country. In January he hired an expensive jet on a round trip to Eu...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man marries 'mother'
END times!Residents in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb have encountered a stunning situation of an aunt and nephew who decided to get married amid reports that the woman is now two months pregnant...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
210-hours community service for incest
A MARANGE man and her stepdaughter were yesterday sentenced to eight months imprisonment after being convicted of having an incestuous relationship, which resulted in the birth of a child.Zeki...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 4 years for impregnating niece
A man who impregnated his 18-year-old niece before his wife took her to a traditional healer to terminate the pregnancy has been jailed for four years.James Chihuri, 51, of Seke, was initially...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Biti wants Zanu-PF dismantled
MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Tendai Biti yesterday claimed dismantling the infrastructure of State capture would not be an easy task, as it involved first dealing with the ruling Zanu-PF, which he ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet exposes incest
A 20–YEAR-OLD Bindura man, who was exposed by an apostolic prophet in a prophecy that he was bedding his 15–year–old cousin sister, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison by Bindura mag...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister Madiro encourages people to report incest cases
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Mike Madiro has encouraged people to report cases of incest indicating that it is a crime in Zimbabwe.Madiro made the remarks during debate in parliament....Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nothing wrong in principle with 2% electronic transfer tax
"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," observed presciently Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the founding fathers of the United States, who was both a philoma...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:14hrs | | by Conway Tutani
3-week-old baby grows four big teeth, dies
In a bizarre incident a three weeks old baby boy died on Sunday after losing his nose mysteriously and growing four big teeth in a suspected case of witchcraft at Govit farm, Mvurwi.Chief Mako...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 18:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Form 1 pupil impregnates own cousin
Chief Makope has expressed dismay over three cases of incest by school children in his area of jurisdiction.According to Makope a cousin brother and a sister from Mbari Secondary school in Mvu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village head sues chief over cattle
A CHIRUMANZU village head, Sifile Chiradza, has appealed to the Mvuma Magistrates' Court to intervene in a matter in which Chief Chirumanzu, born Gerald Mudzengi, is allegedly failing to pay back his ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Igomombe
Pregnancy exposes orphans 5-year incest
AN incestuous relationship between two siblings from Ndadulo Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe, shocked the community after the illicit relationship resulted in pregnancy.Twenty-four-year-old...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's pregnancy termination laws still stringent
ZIMBABWE'S termination of pregnancy laws are still very stringent despite a Unicef 2016 report which said that 70 000 to 80 000 abortions occur annually in the country, while organisations like Popula...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must be the winner
For every winner there has to be a loser.But the more closely I look at Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance, the less I see differences in style and substance between them, with mere days before the elec...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:21hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Political expediency must have red lines: keep Grace Mugabe out
Recently Zimbabwean politics has looked a little like Game of Thrones. All sorts of strange and surprising alliances have popped up. Former foes become friends. Former friends become foes. The moving ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Jealousy Dutiro
The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion
A CROWD gathers around the dumpster and many are busy taking videos of the lifeless body of a new born baby.The horrible sight is made worse by the garbage and filth that surrounds the tiny pi...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Man beds daughter (14) 'to end poverty'
A 34-YEAR-OLD Masvingo man will spend the next four years in prison for engaging in sex with his 14-year-old daughter after his uncle told him it would end poverty in his family.The incestuous...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnancy storm after teens' incest
AN 18-year-old Form Two pupil in Binga who had an incestuous relationship with his 13-year-old cousin has appeared in court after the girl fell pregnant.Their parents are brothers in Chabumbul...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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