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Menstrual cycle saves university student
A Bindura-based university student was lucky to escape being gang raped after the suspects found her on her monthly periods.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrates courts on F...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:23hrs | 1861 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Comedian challenges Khalanga Lenkosi to release the nudes
SOCIAL media comedian Sipho Mercent Nyathi has come out guns blazing saying social media influencer Khalanga Lenkosi wants to ruin his reputation and challenged her to release the nudes that she claim...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:05hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
16 teachers paraded naked to check who was menstruating!
A SENIOR staffer at Nkayi High School in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province is accused of demeaning female teachers after forcing them to pose naked for an ancillary staff member to check whi...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Evicted Zimbabwean families brace for winter without shelter
With just a month ahead of the start of the winter season in Zimbabwe, the harsh reality of survival is hitting hard for Gogo Esther and other displaced families in Harare's Retreat and Waterfalls are...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet 'rapes' woman under pretext of healing her
A self-proclaimed prophet has been apprehended for allegedly sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman who is a member of his church.The victim reported Madzibaba Prophet Abraham to the police a...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Magunje for star rally
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today heads to Mashonaland West for a star rally in the province that has in the past five years benefited immensely from the Second Republic-initiated programmes and projects....Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults wife over menstrual sex
FOR some men, it's a no-brainer to consider having sex with their lovers during their menstrual periods as they apparently perceive that time of the month to be a "no sex zone".But for others ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Pregnancy fuelling teenage deaths'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to provide sex education at the country's high schools to prevent teenage pregnancies.Mpilo Central Hospital medical doctor Misheck Ruwende says teenage pregnancies a...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Virginity and the Johanne Marange religious customs
THE state has outlawed virginity testing as a human rights violation.However, it is surprising to note that Johanne Marange Apostolic Church (JMAC) still teaches and conducts mandatory virgini...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:54hrs | | by Matthew Mare
'Mthuli Ncube has failed us'
WOMEN's organisations have decried failure by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address "menstrual poverty" among girls and women who are failing to access affordable sanitary wear.Ncube last w...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Male contraceptive pill found 99 percent effective in mice
A team of scientists said they had developed an oral male contraceptive that is 99 percent effective in mice without causing side effects, and could enter human trials by the end of this year....Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by AFP
Prophet T Freddy screamed 'thank you God' while raping victim
A Harare woman who lives with disability yesterday chronicled how Goodness and Mercy Ministries prophet Tapiwa Freddy (T Freddy) allegedly took advantage of the illness and subsequent deat...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rapist gets Grade 6 pupil pregnant
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of a Grade Six pupil who was impregnated after she was allegedly raped by a stranger at the family house in Mzilikazi suburb.The matter came to ligh...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 5 | 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 | | by Stephen Jakes
Prophet rapes, impregnates congregant
A SELF-STYLED Gweru prophet (34) has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a female congregant (21) after saying he was conducting a cleansing ceremony as she was having menstrual pains....Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly urges govt to address challenges in schools
PARLIAMENT has implored government to, among other interventions, increase allowances for rural teachers to incentivise them to stay in marginalised communities as well as provide schools with ablutio...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP in sanitary pads project
CHIRUMANZU legislator Barbara Rwodzi (Zanu-PF) has introduced a sanitary wear manufacturing project in her constituency to benefit poor girls and women.Rwodzi told NewsDay that the constituenc...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank partners Kunashe Foundation to support underprivileged girls
HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest bank by depositors, Steward Bank, has joined forces with Kunashe Foundation to end period poverty in the country by supplying reusable sanitary wear to underprivileged girl...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:48hrs | | by Agencies
Daughter stabs father in defence of her mother
An 18-year-old woman from Rusike, Marondera, was arrested today after she allegedly stabbed her father twice while trying to rescue her mother from his attacks for failing to fulfill her conjugal obli...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former students donate to Entumbane High
FORMER students of Entumbane High School in Bulawayo have donated a heavy duty printer to the school as part of helping the institution to meet its printing needs.The former students, who atte...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young college students abusing family planning pills to stop periods
SHOCKING details have emerged that some female students at tertiary institutions around the country are using birth control pills to suppress their periods.One of the main reasons is that some...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver arrested for 'rape'
A Zvishavane pirate taxi driver (25) has been arrested for allegedly raping a married woman who was also on her menstrual period after giving her a lift from Zvishavane. The court heard that M...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma accused of raping teenage client
A self-styled traditional healer yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of raping his teenage client after claiming that the encounter would heal her menstrual problem. Steven Nyasha M...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Compressed syllabus introduced in schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced a Catch-up strategy for primary and secondary school pupils that will see learners who were affected by prolonged non-academic activity b...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman kidnaps baby in Botswana, arrested
POLICE have arrested a Zimbabwean woman suspected to be the kidnapper of a four- week- old baby Karabo Chiponye stolen on the streets of Francistown last week.The alleged kidnapper, Monicah Ja...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
China donates US$1,2m medical supplies to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE in the past year managed to reduce maternal deaths in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts by 46 percent following interventions by the Government in partnership with the Chinese Government and...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament raises alarm over school pregnancies
PARLIAMENTARY investigations at selected schools over their preparedness to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed that the lockdown period resulted in a sharp rise in pregnancies among pu...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi sex skeletons tumble
VICE President Kembo Mohadi's shocking love romps with married mistresses have been laid bare in two leaked phone conversations in which the country's number 2 is heard inviting his sex toys for unpro...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl child heavily affected by school closures
RURAL children, particularly the girl child will be the most affected by the closure of schools due to the COVID-19-induced period, legal consultant and educationist Miriam Tose Majome has said....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free sanitary wear for school girls
Female learners in rural schools will start receiving free sanitary wear next year under a Government programme that is meant to assist children from disadvantaged families who are losing out on valua...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rather encouraged men to seek long lasting solutions in...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charamba torches a storm by 'insulting' a South African journalist
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba yesterday torched a storm when he "insulted" South African journalist Sophie Mokoena following their protracted debate on South Africa's inv...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man fakes erectile dysfunction to avoid sex with wife, 'rapes' minor
A Zvishavane man who faked erectile dysfunction for 17 years to avoid having sex with his wife was exposed after he was arrested for rape. Custon Jojo Machanja (68)'s wife shocked the court wh...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for concrete action to end period poverty
There seems to be an erroneous feeling of respite amongst some menstrual health activists and stakeholders regarding the removal of duty and VAT on selected imported sanitary wear products by governme...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair
Global Aid Missions Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism will be hosting its 2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair on Saturday 22nd of June at the Harare Gardens. The...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by GAM
Embassy steps in to save girls menstrual health
Have you felt so bad that you no longer wanted to live, that is how teen girls are feeling when they get strange stares from their peers because they may have messed themselves with menstrual bl...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Sanitary wear firm sets up shop in Bulawayo
A CHINESE owned company, Tiens International Group, plans to open a new sanitary wear plant in Bulawayo, whose products they claim have reproductive system healing qualities. The firm pa...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Worsening period poverty in Zimbabwe calls for urgent action
For the first time since 2009, Zimbabwe's economy is projected to slide into a recession this year, with real GDP going down to -5.2%, the lowest economic growth rate in Africa this year. Inflation is...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 4 | by Theresa Nyava
Outcry over continued tax on sanitary wear
MDC-T Bulawayo Legislator, Ms Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, has called on the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development to uphold the policy on sanitary wear following reports that its importati...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Treasury still to direct banks on inter-bank trade: MDC-T MP
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has alleged that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has not instructed banks to implement the United States dollar to RTGS dollar 1:2,5 inter trade rate ann...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Menstrual cycle saves woman from rape
A 23-year-old woman from Lobernvale suburb in the Rangemore area of Bulawayo will forever be grateful to Mother Nature for perfectly timing her menstrual cycle, which literally kicked in before she co...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miss Zimbabwe UK launches foundation
AMANDA Nkomo, Miss Zimbabwe UK has chosen to go the path of giving back to the community that raised her through her newly found foundation called Ngcono Mbowane Foundation.The Ngcono Mbowane ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to school, back to period poverty!
In a country with 3 million girls and women who menstruate, with about a third of them being school going children either in primary or secondary school, there is a good chance that thousands of them ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 11:36hrs | | by Theresa Nyava
Of bloody period taboos and gender based violence
We often use the adverb "naturally" to explain inevitable things whose occurrence we just have to accept and deal with. We can't run away from such things, we simply have to face them. Whenever that a...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 08:58hrs | 12 | by Theresa Nyava
Removal of duty and VAT on sanitary wear imports not an end in itself
We applaud Treasury for its commitment in the 2019 National Budget that it will prioritise integration of gender across all sectors of the economy critical for achieving equitable, sustainable and inc...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Theresa Nyava
Duty on pads removed
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday suspended customs duty on sanitary wear for the next one year. Presenting the 2019 National Budget in Parliament, Pro...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Remove pink tax on menstrual products to foster gender responsive budgeting
Sanitary Aid Zimbabwe (SanAid) is a not-for-profit organisation which supports girls in Zimbabwe to stay in school by providing free sanitary pads and menstruation health education. We also support fe...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:15hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
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