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ZANU PF youth denounce ZRP
ZANU PF youth political commissar Tsungai Makombe on Sunday blasted Zimbabwe Republic Police for brutalizing people at Mazowe (Jumbo)mine....Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 20:40hrs | 4054 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Three some ends disastrous
A Chiweshe man lost $US150 to two commercial sex workers who searched him while he was asleep after a juicy act with the duo.Darlington...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 4991 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Shortage of condoms hit artisanal miners
Unregistered artisanal miners in Gokwe north district have been hit by an acute shortage of condoms.Artisinal miners in Zenda, Kadonde ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 21:31hrs | 725 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Old sex workers lament stiff competition on streets
LIKE any other business, old sex workers in Bulawayo are also facing a similar situation of business competition as they are being pushed out of the "nocturnal" trade due to strong competition from yo...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over rise in brothels
Residents have called on the Municipality of Gwanda and police to act on illegal activities which have resulted in the increase in crime in the mining town.Residents said they were being terro...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners prey on sex workers
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in the Midlands province are reportedly terrorising commercial sex workers, beating them up and refusing to pay for services rendered.Women rights groups say some...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers start farming venture
THE First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has extended her philanthropic work and empowerment initiatives to sex workers in Gweru where she donated farming inputs so that they could embark on farming pro...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
'Building Zimbabwe brick by brick' euphemism for negligible and oftentimes non-existent development!
Euphemisms have been with us for as long as language has existed - from the time humans began communicating with each other through speech.As the art of language advanced, the use of euphemism...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 10:29hrs | 606 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
NAC engages Chiefs
The National Aids Council (NAC) has today engaged Chiefs across Mashonaland Central province on a sensitization program to fight further HIV/AIDS infectio...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | 10 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Cops demand sex from sex workers
COMMERCIAL sex workers in Mashonaland East province have accused police officers of extorting bribes or sexual favours in order for them to operate after curfew hours.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Hookers back on the streets
IT'S a Friday night and a skimpily dressed sex worker flags down vehicles and individuals on foot, soliciting for clients while on the lookout for law enforcement officers.The presence of poli...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:25hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Juju scare in sex work
A group of commercial sex workers allegedly pounced on a Hopely sex worker accusing her of snatching all clients using juju.The sex wor...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 00:00hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Highfield
Prostitute stabs soldier to death
Commercial sex workers in Highfield have blasted their colleague who allegedly stabbed a client to death over the weekend.The hooker only identified as Christine from Cannan Mahobi saburb fata...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:46hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Highfield
Hurungwe runs out of condoms
HURUNGWE district ran out of condoms in the first quarter of this year, a district Aids action committee stakeholders meeting heard yesterday.Stakeholders raised fears of outbreaks of sexually...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex workers turn to technology for survival
THE COVID-19-induced lockdown may have brought many businesses to their knees, but innovation has kept others going and commercial sex workers have not been left out in embracing technology to eke a l...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown defiance rife in Matabeleland South
THERE is widespread defiance of lockdown regulations in most parts of Matabeleland South province, a development that health authorities and police say is worrisome. Areas such as Gwanda, Mbal...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda hookers now working from home
BEFORE the new normal, ladies of the night were much sought-after at various drinking spots in the mining town of Gwanda. Calling on sex workers' services was the order of the day for some men after i...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown spawns online sex trade
MOST sex workers in Zimbabwe meet clients in person in bars and on a dark street corner at night in town, but since the Covid-19 lockdown came into effect on Saturday, the street hookers have been for...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Council bleeding city of millions
MDC-Alliance Harare councillors and the city's management have been bleeding council of millions of dollars over the years in a property lease scam caused by the shambolic state of the council revenue...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID-19
DRESSED in a mini-skirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in a deepening economic crisis, worsened by the new co...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16 sex workers quit prostitution
SIXTEEN commercial sex workers in Chivhu on Saturday announced that they had quit the world's oldest profession and formed a business association to transform their lives.The sex workers publi...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
'BCC clinics do not discriminate patients'
Personnel at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) clinics attend sensitisation workshops to equip them with skills to treat all patients, including people with different sexual orientation and key populations,...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside Harare's online brothels
CIVILISATION'S oldest profession has taken a new twist.Once a shameful act in Zimbabwe, done under the cover of darkness, the trade has gone a notch higher as new technology is shaking up the ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Death in fight for hooker at brothel
POLICE in Hwange have arrested four people, two of them twin brothers, for allegedly fatally assaulting an unidentified man at a brothel in Hwange. The brothers Ashford and Joseph Nasile...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Nurses selling birth control pills on black market
Nurses at Chiredzi General Hospital are reportedly stealing birth control pills from the health institution and selling them for as much as $4 a satchet on the black market.Chiredzi General Ho...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Parly committees probe Chiredzi child prostitution
THREE parliamentary thematic committees on Tuesday descended on Chiredzi on a fact-finding mission on child prostitution as well as sexual reproductive health and rights.The committees that ca...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Panic as prostitutes take used condom to sangoma
Panic has gripped a number of Harare men who frequent the Red light district seeking a nice time with commercial sex workers after Prophet C B Motondo of Grace Faith Ministries operating along K...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7684 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man loses US$3 000 to twin sex workers
TWO suspected commercial sex workers whose video torched a storm on social media recently beating up a man with cooking sticks accusing him of infidelity appeared in court last week. The two i...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sex vendors dollarise
GRIEF is the real price men pay for sex!With the festive season around the corner, some commercial sex workers in Bulawayo are literally running a promotion in which they are reportedly offeri...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:29hrs | 3242 | by Staff reporter
Council invites sex wokers to submit project proposals
THE Beitbridge municipality has invited commercial sex workers to submit project proposals so that they can get assistance from the local authority and turn away from the world's oldest profession....Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hookers descend on Beitbridge
COMMERCIAL sex workers have descended on Nottingham and Bishopstone citrus farms in Beitbridge district where they are targeting seasonal farm workers earning foreign currency, thereby fuelling an inc...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Truck drivers prey on young women
THE Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC) has called on government to address the sexual exploitation of children by truck drivers and artisanal miners who lure them with cash....Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendor jailed 10 years for armed robbery
A notorious Harare Avenues area hooker who robbed a man at gun point and made off with his wallet and bank cards before going on a spending spree was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonmen...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Prostitution is on the rise
It was recently alleged that fifty percent of prostitutes practicing in Zimbabwe are HIV positive. If numbers are anything to go by then its quite a staggering and frightening figure. Putting ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:07hrs | | by Tondo Murisa.
+50% of prostitutes HIV+
MORE than half of commercial sex workers in the country are HIV positive, UNAIDS has revealed in a report.According to the 2018 report released on Thursday, the country has 45 000 sex workers ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Banker promises to transform Harare CBD
BANKER and economic development consultant, Kudzai Mubaiwa promises to help transform the Harare central business district (CBD) and city into an economic empowerment hub if elected as an independent ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber who preyed on women nabbed
POLICE in Harare have arrested a man for allegedly targeting women and lacing their drinks with drugs before stealing from them.Criminal Investigations Department spokesperson, Detective Assis...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sex workers invade council flat
Council workers residing at Trafalgar Court in Harare's central business district (CBD) have voiced concern over the proliferation of commercial sex workers at the City of Harare flat fearing that it ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admin wins international admiration
THE new administration headed by President Mnangagwa has won international admiration for rolling out freedoms never experienced in the country in many years.In a report by one of the world's ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa embraces surprising freedoms
Zimbabwe's new president is rolling out freedoms as never seen before in the country recovering from the 37-year grip of former leader Robert Mugabe.For some, however, President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 06 May 2018 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name murdered miner
An illegal miner who was reportedly murdered this morning by his colleagues in Mazowe has been identified by police.The deceased has been named as Sam Bhunu from Masvingo and was currently res...Published: 04 May 2018 at 18:42hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sex worker unwilling to miss elections business boom
A SELF-proclaimed commercial sex worker from Gweru, who was arrested for stealing an Apple iPhone 7 cellphone, shocked a court when she offered to compensate the complainant with $900 saying better bu...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 822 | by Staffr eporter
Commercial sex workers reap tobacco farmers
They call it survival of the jungle and the tobacco auction floors currently typify this.As farmers seek to enjoy the benefits of their toil so too are commercial sex workers and thieves....Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women rapists resurface
The bizarre cases of women ganging up, kidnapping men and raping them has resurfaced again after a Harare man was recently drugged and driven to Rusape one early morning after being offered transport ...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social security for commercial sex workers
Most retired commercial sex workers are now a sorry sight with no 'clients' and no income. Bleached skin is now showing ugly permanent marks and the laugh lines have become emblematic. It is h...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:29hrs | 973 | by Thomas Murisa
I've no problem with Bev: Harpers' wife
While very few ladies can trust Beverly "Bev" Sibanda with their husbands, Harpers Mapimhidze's wife says she has no problem with the dancer being with her hubby.Mapimhidze has been Bev’s ma...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma despised outside her circles, revered by those who know her
INVESTIGATED by child rights organisations for allegedly recruiting underage girls for exploitation as sex slaves - traditional healer Sophie Masikuka, 57, popularly known as Mbuya Sauti - is despised...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:47hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker on the run after stabbing a client
A Glendale sex worker is on the run after allegedly stabbing an artisanal miner, ripping his stomach open with a knife in the process at Tsungubvi bar in Glendale last Sunday.Poster showing he...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 08:11hrs | 2652 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prostitutes rob man, go on shopping spree
Three commercial sex workers who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint in Harare's Avenues area before making off with his wallet with bank cards and going on a spending spree appeared in court yesterday...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man swindles investments company money ($5K), spends on prostitutes
A 23-year-old Guruve man was remanded in custody by Guruve magistrate for allegedly swindling his company's US$5800, which he blew with commercial sex workers in night clubs.Tafadzwa Chamonyok...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1163 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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