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HIV infections hit record low in Zimhbabwe
ZIMBABWE recorded the biggest reduction in the number of new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last 12 years and was one of only five countries that surpassed the United Nations Programme ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission case stopped at High Court
THE High Court has stopped the prosecution of a Harare woman who is facing a charge of deliberately infecting her partner with HIV.Lindiwe Ndhlovu was arrested in March 2022 and charged with d...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | 21 | by Staff Reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission ruling today
A HARARE court is expected to decide today on a case of deliberate HIV transmission, two months after the country decriminalised transmission of the virus.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group launches campaign to decriminalise sex work
A CAMPAIGN to decriminalise sex work was last week launched in Bulawayo with the aim of lobbying policymakers to consider sex as a profession.The campaign was launched by the Sexual Rights Cen...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for infecting lover with HIV
A woman from Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested over allegations of deliberately infecting her lover with HIV.The 32-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, allegedly didn't d...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Woman (32) arrested for infecting lover with HIV
A woman from Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested over allegations of deliberately infecting her lover with HIV.The 32-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, allegedly didn't d...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:00hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe moves towards HIV decriminalisation
Zimbabwe has made great progress in the decriminalisation of wilful transmission of HIV as part of efforts to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds HIV infection. Through an amendme...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:42hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi a priority for the whole nation
AFTER attaining full independence in April 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of nation building but along the way, conflict was unavoidable in the young nation. Factors including tribalism,...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa has nothing to fear from a free Press, unless ...
ANY hopes of media freedom that many people nursed when President Emmerson Mnangagwa ushered in his "Second Republic" have been dashed after the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Bill retained autocrati...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:41hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Zimbabwe's Cabinet approval of HIV/Aids transmission law repeal is irrational
The decriminalisation of HIV aids transmission is surely a violation of the rights of the victims and would be victims of that felonious behaviour. That is now going to give a green light to many who ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Njabulo
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Coltart hails Mnangagwa govt
FIERCE Government critic and opposition politician David Coltart has described the move by the Government to facilitate the issuance of birth certificates and death certificates as well as the exhumat...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi healing measures, a step in the right direction
The new dispensation has slowly but positively proven that there is an overhaul in the administration of the country's affairs, an indication that Zimbabwe is breaking from the old ways. In the recent...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 12:02hrs | | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Mnangagwa, CSOs meeting divides Matabeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent meeting with a vocal civic society grouping has received with mixed reactions.Mnangagwa surprisingly met with Matabeleland Collective at State House in Bu...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa deliver on gukurahundi promises?
LAST week President Emmerson Mnangagwa made an unprecedented move to lure the much radical and vocal Matabeleland civic society to his Bulawayo State House.Here, Mnangagwa judiciously allowed ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:10hrs | | by Jeffrey Muvundusi
70 000 Zimbabwean women in risky abortions yearly
Over 70 000 women in Zimbabwe are involved in unsafe pregnancy terminations each year, re-igniting debate on whether the authorities should legalise abortions.A civic society organisation push...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Enter the miracle herb
Medicinal cannabis is a therapy that has gained much national attention since Government announced its decriminalisation last week.Reservations have been made on safe administration, license f...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidelity reduces US$ payouts to miners
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners has reduced cash payouts to small-scale gold miners by 40 percent, a move some industry players fear may hurt production and give rise to smuggling of the precious miner...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Decriminalisation of gold possession looms
THE new Mines and Minerals Amendment Act is expected to create a favourable operating environment for small-scale miners, who are currently bearing the brunt of a punitive colonial law that criminalis...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to repossess idle gold claims
Government has been urged to repossess idle gold claims held for speculative purposes and redistribute them to registered miners including small-scale and artisanal miners to boost production in the s...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop arresting gold panners: RBZ boss
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has urged police not to arrest artisanal gold miners operating without licences as the country needs to expand exports. Speaking du...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 23:44hrs | | by Africa Moyo
Mangudya to meet Chombo over amakorokoza arrests
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya says he will soon meet the Ministers of Home Affairs and Mines and Mining Development to facilitate decriminalisation of gold possession withou...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by Bianca Mlilo
Cash shortages threaten gold output target
THE cash shortage being experienced in the economy is threatening to scuttle the 24 tonnes gold target that the government set for this year. Latest figures from Fidelity Printers and Refiners, the so...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Lovemore Zigara
'Review status of informal sector'
PARLIAMENTARIANS have called on Government to review the status of the informal sector, particularly the artisanal and small-scale mining in the constitution. In a question and answer session ...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by Bianca Leboho
Shebeen operators unconvinced
SHEBEEN operators in Bulawayo are unconvinced of the government's recent pronouncement that their operations would be legalised to promote township tourism.On Tuesday, Tourism and Hospitality ...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:11hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabweans to take part in the 'Don't Punish' campaign
On Friday 26th June 2015, thousands of activists in 100 cities around the world will make their voices heard as part of the global Support 'Don't Punish campaign'. The campaign calls on governments to...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP denies calling for legalisation of sex work
Bulawayo East MP, Tabitha Khumalo who was once widely criticised for calling for decriminalisation of sex work has denied calling for legalising prostitution saying she was merely trying to protect w...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hookers want prostitution legilised in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean sex workers, especially those working on the street, have good reason to feel afraid. Not only do they have to contend with the inherent dangers of their profession but, because sex work i...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 03:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
January disease hits sex workers
Commercial sex workers are singing the blues as potential clients reel from a cash squeeze associated with the "January disease".Hard pressed with school fees and debts accruing from the festi...Published: 04 Feb 2013 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police worst abusers of prostitutes
Zimbabwe police are the worst abusers of prostitutes, a recent survey covering six nations on how policing practices against sex workers impact on HIV prevalence has shown.The survey, conducte...Published: 23 Jul 2012 at 13:56hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Case of the pot calling the kettle black
LAST week, Members of Parliament raised an interesting point that has been a source of major concern among the generality of Zimbabweans, but they conveniently forgot to mention that they are also pa...Published: 25 Mar 2012 at 06:42hrs | | by Fingaz
Men in Zimbabwe 'have too much sex' says MDC-T MP
While addressing a huge gathering at the Bulawayo Amphitheater to celebrate International Women's Day on Thursday last week, Member of Parliament for Bulawayo Central Ms Dorcas Sibanda said men in Zi...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 22:08hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Thabitha Khumalo pushes for the legalisation of prostitution
Thabitha Khumalo, the MDC-T Member of Parliament for Bulawayo East, last week signed a petition calling for the decriminalization of the prostitution."It (prostitution) is here to stay and w...Published: 12 Dec 2011 at 09:47hrs | | by myAfroTube
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