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Police warn Bulawayo school children against gang fights

As the end of the school term approaches, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Bulawayo has issued a stern warning to schoolchildren to avoid engaging in public fights and gang-related activities.During a recent safety campaign, Bulawayo …

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 22:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Concern over rise in street children

A deepening social crisis is gripping the city of Bulawayo, with a disturbing surge in the number of children living and working on its streets - many of whom now hail from the city's own suburban neighborhoods.According to a report by Dai…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fails to immunise 34,000 children every year

Zimbabwe is falling behind in its efforts to fully immunise every child, with approximately 34,000 children going without basic vaccinations each year, exposing them to life-threatening diseases. This concerning figure is highlighted in th…

Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo faces surge in street children

The city of Bulawayo is facing a troubling shift in its social landscape, as an increasing number of children living and working on the streets now originate from the city itself - a stark contrast to past trends when most street children …

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Over 1,300 Zimbabwean children die of heart diseases each year

At least 1,300 Zimbabwean children die annually from congenital heart diseases due to limited access to life-saving surgeries, recent statistics have revealed.Experts say approximately 4,000 children are born each year in Zimbabwe with con…

Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe grapples with alarming rise in drug abuse among schoolchildren

Recent incidents of drug abuse among Zimbabwean schoolchildren have sparked widespread concern, revealing a deepening crisis that threatens the social fabric of the nation. A viral video showing a schoolgirl in uniform smoking marijuana du…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:16hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter

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 Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) 202…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:05hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter

Govt engages children, spouses of national heroes on title deeds

In a landmark move aimed at resolving long-standing issues around land ownership, the Government has initiated dialogue with children and spouses of national liberation heroes to transition them from leases and offer letters to formal titl…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:25hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe sees sharp rise in malaria cases and deaths in 2025

Zimbabwe has recorded a significant spike in malaria cases and deaths in 2025, with the Ministry of Health and Child Care confirming an alarming 180% rise in infections and a 218% surge in fatalities compared to the previous year.According…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nearly 50,000 Zimbabwean children dropped out of school in 2024 alone

Nearly 50,000 learners from both primary and secondary schools across Zimbabwe dropped out in 2024, with teenage pregnancies and long distances to school cited as the leading causes, a senior government official has confirmed.Deputy Minist…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean men are raising non biological children

Recent data from Global DNA Zimbabwe has unveiled startling findings regarding paternity testing in the country. According to the latest statistics, an astonishing 72% of paternity tests conducted have returned negative results, meaning th…

Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 03:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

40% of SA children do not live with biological fathers

South Africa is a country battling the issue of absent fathers, which has led to many broken families.The State of South Africa's Fathers 2024 report, has found that 40 percent of children live with people who are not their biological fath…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:29hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businessman threatened with death, kidnapping of children

A Harare businessman, Musa Muteteli, is reportedly living in fear after a bouncer from Dzivarasekwa allegedly threatened to kill him and kidnap his children. The accused, Malcom Sikitara (42), appeared before Harare magistrate Ms. Ethel Ch…

Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:04hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter

8% of school-age children undernourished: Report

A recent report from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) has highlighted concerning statistics regarding childhood nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa, revealing that approximately 8% of children aged five to 19 years are underw…

Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:40hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe successfully performs open-heart surgeries on 10 children

In a milestone for Zimbabwe's healthcare sector, 10 children with congenital heart conditions underwent successful open-heart surgeries during a week-long medical camp at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare.The initiative, addressing a critica…

Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

25% of Matabeleland South children not attending school

A recent report by the 2024 Zimbabwe Livelihood Assessment Committee (ZIMLAC) reveals that 25 percent of school-aged children in Matabeleland South Province are not attending school, primarily due to financial constraints. The assessm…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man locked up for smuggling children into Botswana

A Zimbabwean man, Arnold Nyoni (23), has appeared before the Francistown Magistrates Court in Botswana, charged with smuggling four children from Zimbabwe to South Africa via Botswana. Nyoni was arrested last Friday after successfully cros…

Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths

Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Care that it was doing "everything" to pr…

Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter

Please stop making our children idolize tyranny, Mr. President!

Children usually become like their parents.That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as a learning tool, was emulating, and thus copying, their paren…

Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:21hrs | 26 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines

In August 2023, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa inaugurated a lithium processing plant in the eastern province of Manicaland, aiming to support operations at the expansive Sabi Star lithium mine. The mine, designed to yield 900,000…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Children terrorised by invisible creatures

THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magwegwe North in Bulawayo. A series of uns…

Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter

4 children suffocate to death during child play

Four children suffocated to death yesterday during child play in a non-runner car which was parked at a house in Hopely Zone 1, Harare.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the case. "The four juveniles …

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean children hardest hit by cholera outbreaks

In Zambia, schooling is being disrupted; in Zimbabwe, children are hardest hit; and in Malawi, health services are compromised by widespread cholera outbreaks.Meanwhile, only three countries in the Southern African Development Community (S…

Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

500,000 Zimbabwean children out of school

ABOUT half-a-million Zimbabwean children of school-going age are staying at home, a United Nations agency has said, amid calls for the government to address challenges that are keeping them out of class.Experts say the harsh economic envir…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

When children give birth to children!

There could have never been a more heartbreaking and disturbing sight.I had gone to the local clinic in my small town of Redcliff for a scheduled medical review.This is an ordinary routine I have followed for years now. However, this time …

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 11:11hrs | 29 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Notre Dame High School student raises $15,000 in goods for Zimbabwe children

A Notre Dame High School student came up with a plan to help orphanages and foster homes in Zimbabwe this summer.Now, at the completion of his fundraiser, the results have been far greater than he expected.Christian Arnold started his fund…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 21:01hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Children born in South Africa to foreign parents not automatically entitled to SA citizenship

A court has found that children born in South Africa to foreign national parents do not automatically entitle them to South African citizenship.The court then turned down an application by Zimbabwean parents for their children to be issued…

Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

ED shouldn't indoctrinate our children to idolize tyranny!

Children usually become like their parents.  That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as a learning tool, is emulating, and thus copying, their…

Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 10:53hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mother poisons, kills two children

A ZIMBABWEAN woman based in South Africa allegedly poisoned her two children to death lacing food she prepared with an unknown substance, feeding them and also eating in an attempt to commit suicide.The suspect Lister Nkomo (40) from Mlomw…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:04hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter

Families urged to discipline children

A multi-sectoral approach is needed in effectively dealing with gang-related violence in schools, amid calls for families and communities to play a leading role in instilling discipline in children.Ministry of Primary and Secondary Educati…

Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa

In yet another case seeking to protect the rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa, the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) is asking the Gauteng High Court to set aside what it says is a government decision to refuse to en…

Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Sikhala's 12 children struggling to survive

Opposition MP Job Sikhala refused to go to court this week for the ruling on his 10th bail application in protest against what he knew would be the outcome.His lawyer, Freddy Masarirevu, told the Sunday Times that the Citizen's Coalition f…

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Parliament wants corporal punishment legally permitted as children turn rogue

THE Senate Thursday strongly recommended that the law banning corporal punishment for children should be repelled as it has rendered them totally indisciplined.Senators concurred since the practice was outlawed, children have become so way…

Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Black children subjected to racism in UK

Racism hurts children, in real and fundamental ways. It hurts not just their health, but their chances for a good, successful life.It destroys their confidence and it is mostly applied by teachers and the police.It is a call to action for …

Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 25 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Mugabe's children stand their ground

CHILDREN of the late Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe have maintained that the traditional leaders who ordered the exhumation of their father's remains have no legal right to do so.This emerged during the hearing of a matter Mugabe's child…

Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 16 | by Staf reporter

Children allowed at this year's ZITF

AFTER a two-year hiatus, this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) will be open to children under the age of 18 during the premier showcase's public days slotted for 29 and 30 April.The 62nd edition of the ZITF wi…

Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Where are the human rights defenders when our children are being denied the right to education?

Dear We the Murowa community sympathise with teachers and all the civil servants per se'. Its an undeniable fact that civil servants and the majority of workers are earning peanuts. Its sad to hear that some of the teachers have been …

Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:35hrs | 17 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community

Who is Nemaisa?

A new version of Bruce Lee was born in Zimbabwe as little known Nemaisa gunned single handedly gunned down robbers at his house in Chadcombe, Harare.Netizens took to the internet hailing the new king, while the king himself went to give a …

Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 11:49hrs | 24 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya

Let the children learn and play

Who said puppies cannot bite? Deep cuts and 'weeping skin lacerations' have all been observed on victims of puppy bites 'Tumbwa'. These are cheap illicit alcoholic spirits packed in plastic bottles under various labels. Both the youths and…

Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:35hrs | 11 | by Tondo. Chinehasha

Parents need to raise up community-building driven children, as purposeless and idle kids likely to fall into crime and drugs

It is not everyday that a Zimbabwean wakes up to some uplifting and inspiring news - what with the continual eerie presence of a very dark cloud hanging over the nation, brought about by a government that has authored untold suffering and …

Published: 30 May 2021 at 14:26hrs | 22 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

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Jeys Marabini to thrill Bulawayo fans with 'Umjolo' live performance

MSU students arrested for opposing Mnangagwa term extension

Robert Mugabe Jnr granted US$300 bail

Trio aces new charges in Bulawayo break-ins

3 missing Kuwadzana children found dead in car boot

Mliswa accused of launching a sponsored hatchet job

US govt shutdown affects Zimbabweans

IMF says Zimbabwe economy to grow at 6%

Minister faces court over labour reform delay

Zimbabwe banker's diploma gains UK accreditation

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RBZ, Ministry collide over platinum miners' payments

Zanu-PF Conference to be dominated by factionalism

2 NetOne executives on the run

Councillors outraged by directive to allocate stands to MPs

4 killed in Harare - Shamva road accident

SA-based medical expert Dr Raksha Balbadhur to grace Bulawayo spiritual event

JR Goddard conferred with Honorary PhD in Civil and Water Engineering

Zimbabwe comes second at Enactus World Cup

Mliswa dismisses reports that he fled Zimbabwe for SA

Busisa Moyo conferred with Honorary Doctorate

Sekuru Nyangatayani Invites Sangomas and Africans to Glendale Bira Ceremony

Zimbabwe at the edge of political collapse

Mutodi claims Guvamatanga getting kickbacks

Zimbabwean-born Queen Nandi evicted from Scottish woodland

Mliswa leak claims Tagwirei captured Zimbabwe's military

ZPCS launches digital inmate data system

Zimbabwe's shadowy donors: When State Capture becomes the norm

Court lifts asset freeze on businessman

EXCLUSIVE: Team General Chiwenga ready to Strike

Mliswa flees to South Africa?

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Police release list of cars caught skipping red robots

Mliswa leak claims Tagwirei captured Zimbabwe's military

Zimbabwe at the edge of political collapse

'Chiwenga is being misled by wife'

Military warned against capture by selfish elites

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