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Call to scrap import duty, VAT on condoms
MORE than 455 million condoms have been distributed in Zimbabwe during the past five years amid calls for the removal of import duty and VAT to make condoms more accessible and less costly.Acc...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Anti-Retroviral Therapy coverage stands at 99%
AN international HIV and Aids organisation based in the United Kingdom has commended Zimbabwe for approving two new HIV prevention products within six months before any other African nation.Th...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead, used condoms litter crime scene
A CHILLING discovery sent shockwaves in Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo when a resident stumbled upon an unidentified woman's lifeless body at Denver Farm with used condoms scattered at the scene....Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
CCC youths threaten street protests
The Youth Task Force of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo has threatened to take their grievances to the streets if urgent electoral reforms are not implemented.During a pres...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:31hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Drama as woman beds brother-in-law
A Makoni woman, Marina Maombedze from Nyamusosa Village, was recently caught in the act when she took advantage of her husband's extended absence to engage in a romantic encounter with her brother-in-...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women kidnap man and rape him over two days
POLICE in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, are investigating a case in which a man was held hostage for two days, and sexually exploited by two women who had given him a lift from Zvishavane to Sandawan...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:43hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 14 pupils at a vuzu party
BULAWAYO police are investigating an incident involving 14 high school pupils found hosting a vuzu party in Pumula South last week on Friday afternoon.Police were alerted after a stranger saw ...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:00hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
19 students arrested at a sex party
POLICE have arrested 19 learners from a number of colleges who gathered to have a sex party recently.On their Twitter handle, the police said they raided the students before the party started ...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 18:58hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Family house turned into brothel
A MUTARE woman is devastated after coming back to her parents' house, only to find out that it has been turned into a brothel by her sister and niece.Emmanuela Mutaka appeared before Mutare ma...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mutoko man faces bestiality charges
A 23-year old Mutoko man who abused a cow twice was arraigned before Mutoko Magistrate Elijah Sibanda facing bestiality charges.George Muwirimi is expected back in court on July 24 after the s...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son foils Zanu-PF's plan to campaign using late father's name
ZAPU president and late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son Sibangalizwe has foiled Zanu-PF's plan to hold an all-night gala in commemoration of the late vice president at his rural Kezi home in Matebeleland S...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Wife accuses hubby of trying to rape her
A Harare woman has accused her husband of deliberately perforating condoms in an attempt to infect her with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).Elias Nyambira had dragged his wife Smolly Masi...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Confessions of a sex worker
FOR many people especially those with conservative, religious views, sex work often called the world's oldest profession, is dirty, immoral and those who do consent to it can't possibly respect themse...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Gonorrhoea and syphilis sex infections reach record levels in England
England is seeing record high levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis sexually transmitted infections, following a dip during Covid years, new figures reveal.People are being urged to practise safe ...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
50% of Beitbridge sex workers HIV+
ABOUT 50 percent of sex workers in the border town of Beitbridge are HIV-positive and have been initiated on antiretroviral therapy, a move that has seen the control of infections and uptake of relate...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
An unusual lifesaver for sex workers
IF words could explain the tale of this Marondera woman, the tag "heroic" will aptly explain the exploits of Primrose Fundai.She looks like no superwoman though; neither does she wear a superh...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sued over sex toys ban
GOVERNMENT has been taken to court over the ban on the importation on sex toys.In a High Court application filed on Thursday, Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) ex...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: Not necessarily doom and gloom
Hospitals are not just palaces of doom and gloom. It is not just arrivals and departures.. There is life besides just giving patients tender loving care. One of the main tasks of nurses is to write re...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:29hrs | 3 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Sex work now the 'most mentioned source of income' in Harare
High unemployment and the increasing cost of living are fuelling a rise in sex work in Zimbabwe.It is now the most mentioned source of income in Harare, according to a survey by the Zimbabwe C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
39 students arrested at a 'sex' party
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Friday arrested 39 students from various schools in Bulawayo after raiding a Vuzu party in Khumalo Suburb.Vuzu parties are popular secretive indoor gathering...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 17:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Hubby infects wife with STI, gets violent when confronted
BRIDGET Makhalima from Bulawayo has apparently suffered enough at the hands of her husband Taddy Makhalima who always infects her with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and whenever she confronts...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 7 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zec fails to pay voter educators
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has failed to pay civil servants it hired as voter educators and inspectors for a 10-day voter education blitz conducted in July, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers' paradise at Cross Dete
"Life around here starts exciting from 9pm," a middle-aged truck driver, whom I later got to know as "JR", said as he sipped his not-so-cold beer as we sat in one of the sports bars at Cross Dete in H...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Binga hot springs dry out
THERE are more than 30 hot springs in Zimbabwe where warm water gushes from the ground.Geologists believe natural hot springs are found where water seeps into areas of volcanic activity in the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3 | by Stephen Mpofu
WATCH: Shock as Prophet gives US$3 000 to prostitute
In a shocking and unprecedented event Prophet DD Isaac (real name Isaac Kabamba) picked up a prostitute from the streets in Botswana. The lady of the night thought she had met an ordinary clie...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:30hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Maybe Zimbabweans are okay with their suffering!
Tune in to any international news channel, and one encounters citizens of various nations around the world taking a firm stand against their pain and suffering endured as a result of unbearable econom...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:04hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Condom receipt sells out cheating woman
THOUGH men are the most accused when it comes to cheating, the truth is that the number of women who are unfaithful is on the increase.But unlike their male counterparts, they're so good at ma...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
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 | 11 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man pretends to be census enumerator, busted with married woman
THEY say desperate times call for desperate measures.It couldn't be truer for a man from St Peter's area near Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo who pretended to be a census enumerator after he was...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma wife terrorises hubby
WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 11 | 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 | 13 | by AFP
Education Ministry summons Eveline High school head
PLAGUED with neglect when its primary use as a sporting facility was temporarily abandoned due to Covid-19 induced lockdowns, driving schools in Bulawayo have lately turned Eveline High School sports ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police concerned over high crime rate
MURDER cases are said to be on the rise in the country, with police saying they are on the lookout for criminals.In a statement today, police said a half-naked body of a 54 year old woman was ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution blitz in Bulawayo suburbs
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) is moving around Bulawayo suburbs distributing condoms, mostly to youths as part of its Sexual Health and Reproduction campaign.The week-l...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Men 'find' used condoms in Scud
SIX Karoi men were left shocked when they discovered used condoms at the bottom of a sorghum beer container, popularly known as a ‘scud', on Wednesday last week.Garikayi Musakambeva, Sheppar...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'SA denying migrants healthcare services'
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has decried the plight of migrants in South Africa, whom it says were being denied healthcare among other necessities.In a recent MSF's Limpopo mobility survey r...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mobile clinics for Bulawayo residents
BULAWAYO residents who do not have a clinic nearby are set to benefit from a fully equipped mobile clinic donated by the Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to provide health services. The mobile...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 08:28hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Man dumps pregnant wife at lover's home
IN a dramatic incident which left villagers in Village1 Dawlish area in Chiredzi North shocked, a man dumped his six-month pregnant wife at her alleged lover's house after he caught them having sex in...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
16 in court over sex party
FIFTEEN of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a sex orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.Magi...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
eThekwini mayor refuses to apologise for supporting Jacob Zuma
ETHEKWINI Municipality mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has stuck to his guns and defended his support for former president Jacob Zuma during the unrest last week.Kaunda was berated by the DA in a special...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer 'rapes' breastfeeding GBV victim
A JUNIOR police officer has been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old breastfeeding woman who had gone to the police station to report a gender-based violence (GBV) case.Constable Shake...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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
Why Binga has low HIV prevalence
SINCE the first HIV infection was recorded in Zimbabwe almost 40 years ago, the epidemic has negatively impacted every facet of human security. Traditional customs synonymous with African cult...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo newspaper vendor killed
A NEWSPAPER vendor in Bulawayo was found dead with his privates ripped open, metres from his home in the early hours of Wednesday. Farai Mazhindu popularly known in Luveve as Dread or Rasta wa...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kabila's general flees to Zimbabwe
An army general under the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former President Joseph Kabila has fled to Zimbabwe, according to reports from the mineral-rich country.This comes as...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
81 million condoms distributed in Zimbabwe last year
A STAGGERING 81 million condoms were distributed in Zimbabwe last year as the country strives to achieve global HIV testing and condom use targets by 2030. Zimbabwe ranks number five in Africa...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hardlife hard done
Hardlife Ndlovu's life is hard indeed. Recently he stumbled on used condoms in his wife's car which he believes is proof that she is being bonked outside their marriage.Things are "hard" for h...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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