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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: 15 hrs ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
Drama as trainee doctor assaults rival lovers
A man from Bulawayo, who is also a trainee medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, and suspected his pregnant girlfriend of cheating for some time had his suspicions confirmed in the most dramatic w...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says parents also face jail
VIOLATORS of children's rights and parents will soon face criminal charges as government introduces stiffer penalties to curb sexual offences that have seen children as young as nine years old b...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga talks tough against child abusers
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, currently squabbling with his ex-wife over custody of the couple's minor children, has ironically issued a warning against child rights abusers amid frightening ca...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:49hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
CCC led council scuttles Rufaro Stadium deal
A certain comedian once made a metaphoric comparison of having a vision and the height of people. He said tall people are so tall that they can see tomorrow, while short people are so short th...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Bindura girl (9) falls pregnant
In another shocking incident, a nine-year-old at Kambira primary is 27 weeks pregnant Bulawayo24.com has learnt.The pregnancy came to light after suspicious school authorities took the grade 3...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 13:00hrs | 1991 | by Simbarashe Sithole
9-year-old pregnant girl gives birth
THE nine-year-old girl from Masekesa village in Tsholotsho who made headlines recently after it emerged she was heavily pregnant has given birth to a baby boy.State media reports the girl gave...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urged to probe corruption, abuses at hospitals
Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has been urged to investigate corruption and ill-treatment of patients at the country's hospitals.Raising a matter of national interest ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1282 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 pupil gives birth, writes exam from hospital bed
SHE is 13 years old but already a mother of a one-month-old baby girl.The girl, of Mkhosana in Victoria Falls, shocked all and sundry when she wrote part of her Zimsec Grade Seven general exam...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:30hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Tout kills self after rape allegations
A 15-YEAR-OLD Bindura tout Denzel Bute on Thursday committed suicide after being accused of raping his 12 year old girlfriend.The now d...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 13:08hrs | 1279 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Matabeleland provinces get 10 ambulances
THE Government has delivered 10 fully-kitted ambulances to Matabeleland North and South provinces out of the 100 it has so far procured as part of its efforts to alleviate challenges arising from tran...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Kombi flies off Luveve Road, into Pre-school
A COMMUTER omnibus driver lost control of his car, almost ran over a pedestrian and crashed into a tree inside Kidznet Pre-school in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb this morning.The kombi veered o...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:14hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Medical xenophobia: It's time to level the power imbalance in healthcare facilities
I WAS extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of South Africa's Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba.So many things ran through my mind as I watched the video. Having watched her b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 637 | by Shakira Choonara
Chamisa is trying to re-brand himself as a constructive opposition figure
Born-Again Nelson?I NOTICE Nelson Chamisa is trying to re-brand himself as a constructive opposition figure, constructive in the mould of his bete noire...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1628 | by Jamwanda2
Zimbabwe ambulance distribution begins
The Government has allocated 40 new fully kitted ambulances to public health institutions countrywide, while an additional 60 specialised medical emergency vehicles are set to be distributed to health...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:57hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man kills lover with a hoe for ending relationship
A Harare man who murdered his girlfriend in cold blood after she ended their relationship has been jailed 15 years by High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi.Tinashe Jamu of Glen Norah att...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Shock as male cat births triplets
IN a rather stranger than fiction story, villagers in the Mpoki area in Gokwe were left in shock and disgust after a male cat recently gave birth to three surprise kittens, in a case the community has...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
'1 500 Zimbabwe women die giving birth'
AT least four women are dying every day while giving birth in Zimbabwe and the country has recorded a staggering 121 078 deaths in the last 12 months, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Age...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is more equal than others
A WHOPPING two months after Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika unambiguously, and in broad daylight of July 2022 called for the assassination of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 187 | by Khanyisani S Ncube
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwe police recruits face discharge for falling pregnant during training
Five police recruits are set to be summarily dismissed from the Zimbabwe Republic Police after they were found to be pregnant during their training at Morris Depot in Harare.A senior officer h...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2281 | by Staff reporter
Tragically, black people now willingly portraying themselves as fools and idiots!
Last night, it was most interesting, and even illuminating, watching a news clip on the Rhodesia period comic show, 'Tiki' - which featured a young black man engaged in several supposedly hilarious sk...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 372 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa is doing nothing, I'm doing his job' - SA health minister in new rant
A new video has emerged of South Africa's health minister for Limpopo province railing at the Zimbabwe government for presiding over a failing health system.Dr Phophi Ramathuba complains that ...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:36hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is out of order; he must do his work, says SA MEC
South African Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba says the presence of Zimbabweans in her country in need of healthcare, including women going to give birth there, running away from collapsed hospi...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 7751 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 752 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe, SA friction laid bare as tensions rise
SIMMERING tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa this week exploded after an outburst by a top provincial health official in the neighbouring country who took swipe at President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:54hrs | 2769 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, please deliver a govt that will attract Zimbabweans back home
DEAR President MnangagwaI write to you humbly, as a pan-Africanist, one pregnant with hope that one day Africa will be one. I feel comfortable writing to you because I know that you are a pan-...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 309 | by Maruping Phepheng
'Man is mine' fight erupts'
IN a typical "the man is mine" fight, two women from Bulawayo are allegedly involved in a nasty battle over the heart of a man they both claim is their husband. Elizabeth Dube (49) from Mzilikazi subu...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
SA minister puts medical profession to shame
A VIDEO trended Tuesday of a South African provincial minister raging at the extra burden Zimbabwean migrants – many of them illegal – are imposing on already overstretched healthcare services in ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:53hrs | 6323 | by Staff reporter
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister donates sanitary wear to marginalised girls
Deputy Minister for ICT, Hon Dingimuzi Phuthi donated sanitary wear to marginalised rural girls in his constituency while also giving away food hamp...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 20:57hrs | 372 | by Desmond Nleya
Chiwenga to pay $900,000 over neglect at govt hospital
HEALTH and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga has been ordered to pay $900 000 in damages to a woman who suffered a miscarriage because of negligence by health officials at Sally Mugabe Central ...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Margaret Dongo lifts lid on liberation war sex abuses
WAR veteran Margaret Dongo says the story of sexual abuse of women ex-combatants by their commanders during the armed struggle in the military camps is yet to be told fully.Dongo lifted the li...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visited Mutami at school?
A FORMER boyfriend of Susan Mutami and her school friends at Loreto High School in Silobela, Midlands, have validated claims that a man believed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa she now accuses of r...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:42hrs | 5667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school dropouts skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:23hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans suffer horrific medical exclusion in SA
SOUTH Africa arguably boasts the highest standard of healthcare on the continent where everyone can access public healthcare. However, access to public facilities comes at a cost over around US$300 US...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Thousands evicted from Crest Breeders Farm
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters were left stranded, and are now sleeping in the open, after they were evicted from Crest Breeders Farm in Harare South last Friday.Caught up in the eviction ema...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe HIV+ pregnant women number among world highest
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the 22 countries with the highest burden of pregnant women living with HIV.This is despite the country having made major strides in testing and preventing the v...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami spills beans in tell-all sexual abuse scandal
A CONTROVERSIAL young Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami, based in Australia, with high-level Zanu-PF and government links, has dropped a bombshell: she has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping a...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 9568 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 354 | by Jamwanda
Honour Alick Macheso with an honorary degree in music
The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture should recommend to the relevant authorities to honour one of the greatest sons of Zimbabwe a polished musician of par excellence ever produced in the cou...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 1569 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF MP challenges eviction of 30 000 villagers
Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) yesterday challenged the eviction of over 30 000 people from Kanyemba Farm by the Chegutu Rural District Council.Nduna and Chegutu Residents Asso...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Midwives shortage hits Harare City Council clinics
HARARE City Council's health services director Prosper Chonzi yesterday said there was a serious shortage of midwives at council-run clinics, saying this had severely affected maternal healthcare serv...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
New details of 'Passion Java accident' emerge
FIFTY-seven-year-old Tangai Tandi gazes into the sky with tear-filled eyes as if to ask the heavens why."Nature has it that children bury their parents. It's painful and difficult for a parent...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Secret grave exposes Chinese 'cartel's' identity fraud scam, fraudulent schemes
In a case pregnant with intrigue, bizarre episodes and curious developments involving what appears to be a sophisticated criminal Chinese cartel, the Registrar General's office was forced to cancel a ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 2032 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe men soon on the pill
Scenario 1: "Hello, pretty, I want you to have a feel of what I possess. Don't fear, I'm on the pill. I'll give you lots of cash to buy the things you want and show off to your friends." An inveterate...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 246 | by Stephen Mpofu
Prophet 'rapes, impregnates' his two cousins
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested Hitler Chanda Chaterera (35) a self-proclaimed prophet for allegedly raping and impregnating his two cousins.Chaterera from Mushandike Village in Masvingo, all...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
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