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27% of Zimbabwean children suffer stunted growth
At least 27% of children under the age of five in Zimbabwe suffer from stunting, a form of impaired growth caused by chronic malnutrition, poverty, and repeated infections, according to the Zimbabwe D...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:05hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Senegal backs Zimbabwe UNSC seat bid
Senegal has pledged full support for Zimbabwe's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2027–2028 term, in a strong show of solidarity that further cements...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:41hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
11 under aged girls married off in 2 months in Zimbabwe
The Department of Social Welfare reported 11 child marriage cases in Kwekwe District between April and June this year, leading to the arrest and trial of some perpetrators. This information was disclo...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' Christopher Mutsvangwa denies that Zimbabwe is a province of South Africa
Whatever ZANU-PF mouth piece, Christopher Mutsvangwa, was drinking from a white cup during his interview with Newzroom Africa, it is a highly intoxicating substance like alcohol. No sober person can d...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 17 | by Israel Dube
'Mnangagwa must warn his Apostolic Sect supporters against child marriages'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently condemn early child marriages which are rampant in the Apo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
When the devil has colonised the pulpit
The ever-known spirit and will to excell in academic studies has left most school children, both at primary and secondary levels. The 'tiger' in them to succeed has never shown its head save f...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:35hrs | 3 | by TT Murisa
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's book sells 50k copies on launch
MORE than 50 000 copies of President Mnangagwa biography, that details the liberation struggle, his sacrifice, betrayal by fellow comrades, hopes and aspirations, were snapped up yesterday as Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers terrorise Sigola villagers
VILLAGERS in Sigola area, Esigodini in Matabeleland South province are living in fear after soldiers last week allegedly visited their homes asking for information about their stands, and collecting t...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa in treason charging competition with Mugabe,' says Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa looks like a man on a mission to outdo his predecessor Robert Mugabe in charging government critics with treason, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said.While treason ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Civil society & opposition leaders' arrests normal for the democratic struggles
A struggle for democracy is not a romantic affair but a game of rugby without a referee. The players may be injured or die within the struggle anytime. I therefore want to take this opportunity to urg...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:41hrs | 4 | by Don Chigumba
Why the govt's call for national unity will fail
CALLS for national unity have been commonplace in the past two decades, but have taken on a new urgency since November 2017.However, since November 2017, and the coup, these calls are increasi...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity
In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HI...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Concern over using of children during riots
CHILDREN are considered as the voiceless and innocent and are often susceptible to various forms of abuse by social misfits and political vultures who use them in skirmishes for their selfish gain and...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Peter Matika
ZAPU Presidency Appalled by the violence and brutality
The Presidency of ZAPU unreservedly condemns the violence that has been going on in our country. It is an unacceptable abomination. We are dumfounded by the childish finger pointing and scapegoating. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:26hrs | 2 | by Mkhululi Zulu, ZAPU Presidential Spokesperson
A Christmas break from 'selling sex'
Until people get to personally know each other instead of just a glimpse from a distance, they will always be judgemental of one another. What will change the misconception will be learning their hist...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupil dies in Bulawayo gang violence
A FORM Three pupil at Founders High School in Bulawayo died during suspected teenage gang violence after an alcohol binge and his assailants dumped his body in a bushy area near Nketa High School in N...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stokes debate on death penalty
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again stoked debate on capital punishment after concurring with a European Union position on the emotive matter. The EU said capital punishment had not establishe...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
12 years for under age lover rape
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Nkayi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping his minor ex-girlfriend twice after threatening to axe her. Bulawayo regional magistrate Ms Sibonginkosi Mnkandla suspe...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas warned
Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Larry Mavima has warned self-styled traditional healers, popularly known as tsikamutandas who have reportedly taken Silobela by storm, fleecing villagers of their ...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's (Criminal) Record Check!
Chronicling abuses on women in Zimbabwe Dear Zimbabwean Women, It is high time we chronicled all abuses...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe is the only country we have, please stop being so negative about it!
Memories that will Never Go. It was a day that l will never forget. Sitting in the classroom our teacher was busy teaching us. All of a sudden, we saw the whole school was covered in green and red. Se...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:49hrs | | by Sinqobile Sibanda
Masvingo rally turnout charms Mnangagwa
"IF there is a day I will sleep peacefully, it is today." These were the words of President Mnangagwa after thousands of zanu-pf supporters thronged Mucheke B Arena yesterday to welcome him on his fir...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs 'cheating' widower
A Hwange woman stabbed her brother-in-law, accusing him of dating a neighbour only a few weeks after the death of his wife.Thirty-three-year-old Caroline Ngwenya admitted that she stabbed Nyam...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Macheso degree campaign gathers momentum
The campaign to lobby the University of Zimbabwe to accord sungura kingpin Alick Macheso an honorary doctorate degree has gathered momentum.The campaign has mobilised 20 000 endorsements throu...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to sign Africa free trade treaty
President Mnangagwa will today join fellow African leaders here for the signing and launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) agreement during the African Union Extraordinary Session o...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man divorces wife over child's rare disease
A Zvishavane man has allegedly divorced his teenage wife after their first child developed a rare disease which he blamed on the wife.Image Dave (25) has since surrendered back his wife, Casti...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa perfects Mugabe agenda
A political commentator Obert Mundevere has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have perfected Robert Mugabe's agenda of "winning elections without an agenda for development" policy. He...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 09:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Polygamous man impregnates, forces neighbour's under age daughter to abort
A CHIPINGE man dragged his polygamous neighbour to court accusing him of impregnating and forcing his 17-year-old daughter to abort. The applicant, Mr Noah Mahuke, approached Chipinge Civil Court on M...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 09:45hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man ditches wife, 6 children
A 44-YEAR-OLD Mabvuku woman is appealing for help after she was ditched and left homeless along with six children by her husband.Tendai Chirimamhunga narrated her ordeal saying her woes starte...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pre-signed affidavit forms raise stink
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it is unacceptable for political figures among other people acting as commissioners of oaths to pre-sign affidavits used to register for the 2018 elect...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC fumes over pre-signed affidavits
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said it is unacceptable for political figures among other people acting as commissioners of oaths to pre-sign affidavits used to register for the 2018 elect...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF govt has failed to protect Zimbabwean women - MDC-N
The MDC has taken a sad note on the increase of women and children abuse country wide; and that of exploitation of the under aged as sex workers. On a daily basis, the media reports on several cases a...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by Mbuso Siso, MDC National Deputy Spokesperson
Mnangagwa's fate in Mugabe's hands?
Like one at the end of a bungee rope, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa always springs back while those who love the nerve-wrecking sport talk of their experiences.After falling sick in Gwanda...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Under-age sex scandal in new twist
FIFTY-FOUR girls have been rescued from sexual exploitation and placed into statutory care following a prominent exposé of underage commercial sex work in Epworth, Hopley and Caledonia by Katswe Sist...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 13:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet endorses mandatory food fortification programme
Cabinet has endorsed the mandatory food fortification programme being spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in a bid to reduce nutrient deficiency affecting a significant part of the po...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Buried alive as shaft collapses
ONE person died while the other one is feared dead following the collapse of a shaft at a gold mine in Esigodini, Matabeleland South.The shaft collapsed on Friday morning burying two miners, T...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills sister-in-law
A man, who lost a bid to marry his wife's under-age sister following strong family resistance and demanded all the money he spent on the schoolgirl before fatally stabbing her, has been sentenced to 1...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
House-Kwasa King releases 'Edladleni' video
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean House-Kwasa hit-maker Zee Wengoma is set to release his first-ever video this week.The Plumtree-born singer revealed in an interview in Johannesburg that he was on th...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Mxolisi Ncube
Police impound kombis
SCORES of commuters, among them schoolchildren, were yesterday left stranded after police impounded close to 60 kombis for a litany of offences.These included unroadworthiness and failure by t...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T senator in vi-ginity testing storm
GENDER activists yesterday rounded up on an MDC-T Senator who said Zimbabwe should go back to its culture of testing girls for vi-ginity.The opposition party's Masvingo Senator Misheck Mar...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai cannot do it alone: a growing need for a united opposition party
As motherland plunges into a social and political unknown, the outright solution for Zimbabwe remains within the parameters and influence of Morgan Tsvangirai. The leader of the MDC-T has reached his ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Gang of 4 stabs panner in fight for goldfields
A GOLD panner from Lower Gweru died early yesterday morning after he was stabbed allegedly by four fellow illegal miners in a suspected turf war. Villagers from Pihli, Ward 7, under Chief Bunina told ...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Sex is used to shame Joyce Runaida: it shames all of us; women and men altogether: it has exposed the fabric of violence!
Those sex utterances against Joyce curiously exposed all of us both men and women of this great country Zimbabwe. It exposed the atrocities committed in the freedom struggle seriously to the extent th...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sangoma in trouble for sexual abusing clients
FOR YEARS the gobela was warned to stop bonking the young women who came to him to thwasa. But he always ignored the warning – and now he has paid the price. With the approval of his...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
18-year-old spared jail for impregnating minor girlfriend
AN 18-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo is set to perform 820 hours of community service for impregnating his 15-year-old girlfriend. Mthokozisi Hlabangani of Mpopoma suburb appeared before Provincia...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Melody Baya
Man fails to pay for sex
A 26-YEAR-OLD man allegedly had transactional sex with his neighbour's 13-year-old daughter. Misheck Ngwenya, 26, of Bulawayo's Cowdray park suburb allegedly offered the girl an undisclosed am...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 15:43hrs | | by Melody Baya
Old lady wrecking my marriage
I am a woman aged 20 and married to a 28-year-old guy. I looked forward to the day I would marry the love of my life. I recently got married and I am five months pregnant but already my marriage is li...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Mai Chisamba
Drama as girl (14) fights mum over sex
A 14 year old Caledonia girl fiercely fought her mother after she caught her indulging in sex in a tuck shop saying her mother was violating her rights to have sex.The girl was caught having a...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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