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William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 790 | by Nomazulu Thata
When dark babies are not good enough
For Ms Ntokozo Gumbo, after successfully achieving her desired complexion following years of investing in skin care to lighten her skin tone, she was disappointed when she gave birth to a baby heavily...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 354 | by Andile Tshuma
Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo nurse caught red-handed assisting school girl to do abortion
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a 16-year-old female high school student from a local school, together with a 26-year-old registered general nurse from Entumbane who was allegedly caught performing a...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Abortion leads to arrests in Bulawayo
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a 16-year-old girl and a 26-year-old registered nurse, Devine Dlodlo, for unlawfully terminating the girl's six-month pregnancy. According to Inspector Abednic...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
80 000 Zimbabwean women abort each year, says USAid
AN estimated 60 000 to 80 000 women in Zimbabwe undergo illegal abortions annually, a new survey by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) and Internews has revealed.Th...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Want change? Register to vote!' insist CCC. Stuff mothers of nightmares are made.
"If you sleep curled up like a foetus, you will always turn a bad dream into a nightmare!" my late mother, may her soul rest in peace, would patiently explain. "If you sleep with your legs str...Published: 12 May 2023 at 11:10hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Woman arrested for terminating pregnancy
Chitungwiza woman Tanyaradzwa Dombo was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly unlawfully termination of pregnancy, she was caught digging a shallow grave to bury the foetuses.The Zimbabwe Republic...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 16:29hrs | 4 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man kills daughter after dispute with ex-wife
A HOMEDALE Farm resident has been accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter over an undisclosed matter.In a statement in its Twitter page, police said: "The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny kills hubby (81) over infidelity
A 62-year-old woman has been arrested in Darwendale on allegations of killing her 81-year-old husband on Sunday following a fight over allegations of infidelity.Mary Banda is alleged to have f...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 5 | by Blessed Mupatsi
Isifo kasihlekwa
It is mind-boggling to see ZANU PF information secretary Tafadzwa Mugwadi making fun and laughing at the death of former Secretary of State in the United States of America retired general Colin Powell...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:36hrs | | by Phosiwe Ncube
Doctor on the run for assisting couple to abort
POLICE have arrested a Bulawayo couple for terminating a pregnancy with the assistance of a medical doctor.In their twitter page, police said the pair visited a private doctor, who is still at...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 22:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies?
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies? Well, Matabeles had no idea until Shona leaders announced it and even went on to declare an unprovoked war against them."Let's all Shonas, Zezurus,...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:44hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Soldier jailed 12 months for assaulting pregnant girlfriend
A HARARE-BASED soldier has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for bashing his pregnant girlfriend.Reuters Makwanise (32) appeared before Mutare magistrate Nyasha Kuture yesterday who suspen...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's neglect of health sector felonious
The head of Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals' paediatrics department, Azza Mashumba, wept in frustration as she chronicled how babies with a fair chance of survival were dying simply because there were...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:11hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
MPs call for review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act
LEGISLATORS have called for a review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act, which was enacted in 1977, but lawmakers say is now out of tune with the times in the face of rising illegal abortions....Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher rapes, tricks victim into abortion
A Hatcliffe Primary School teacher appeared in court for allegedly raping his girlfriend and tricking her into taking abortion pills after she fell pregnant. Taurai Chikoto (34) appeared befor...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby dumping at Cowdray Park dumpsite
A BULAWAYO City Council worker on Monday stumbled upon a suspected six-month foetus which was wrapped in a plastic bag at a dumpsite near Mkhithika Primary in Cowdray Park.Bulawayo police spok...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion
A CROWD gathers around the dumpster and many are busy taking videos of the lifeless body of a new born baby.The horrible sight is made worse by the garbage and filth that surrounds the tiny pi...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Man torments ex over alleged abortion
A GWANDA woman has dragged her ex-boyfriend to court seeking a protection order against him for harassing her for allegedly aborting his baby.Dumisani Khumalo of Phakama suburb, who did not de...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defers ARV drug roll-out
Government has deferred the national roll-out of Dolutegravir - an anti-retroviral drug for adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age - following reports from Botswana that the drug is associate...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cheating wife kills baby
A woman in the Bangira area under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge has been arrested on allegations of killing her newly born baby and burying her in a vegetable garden on the banks of Musirizwi River....Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman, lover kill baby to conceal affair
IN an incident that has left villagers in Chipinge shocked, a woman from Bangira connived with her lover to kill a newborn baby she conceived from an adulterous relationship.After ...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why a Gukurahundi victim is against public hearings
FOR Charles Thomas, an ex-Zipra activist, the five days between February 3 and 8 1983, will remain etched in his mind forever.These are the days when Thomas came face-to-face with the brutalit...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Victims relive Gukurahundi massacres that taint Mnangagwa
Mahetshe - To ward off evil spirits, Jochonia Moyo picks wild herbs as he returns to Bhalagwe detention camp - the site of unimaginable brutality during a series of massacres more than 30 years ago th...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by AFP
Joseph Kabila has violated SADC's founding objectives without consequence
Political instability rocked the Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2016, when Joseph Kabila chose not to stand down as president of the central African nation when his term in office ended. He ...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Nightmare of Mugabe and his allies' Matabele atrocities
The first details of a shock report of Zimbabwe's government troops' atrocities in camp Bhalagwe and elsewhere has emerged despite Mugabe's curtain of silence, writes David BeresfordOne of the...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by David Beresford
MLF calls on Ramaphosa to help with arrest of Mnangagwa
The Hon Cyril RamaphosaDeputy President of the Republic of South AfricaAfrican National Congress Presidential CandidateDear Sir,The People of Matebeleland (Mthwakazi) in presen...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 09:42hrs | | by Andrea Sibanda, Secretary General
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Mnangagwa needs a bit of respect! - What respect, to a murderer?
It smacks of good sense and reasoning to be told to respect a human being who is responsible for 20,000 innocent victims of ethnic cleansing. Bishop Lazarus Mnangagwa's hands are full of blood of inno...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Complaint letter against Audrey Chimwanda
The Editoreditor@ann7.comComplaint Against Your Employee: Audrey ChimwandaDear Sir/MadamI am writing to register a complaint against AUDREY CHIMWANDA who is an ANN7 TELEVIS...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:56hrs | 33 | by Chrispen Nyoni
'Legalise abortion,' says MPs
Some members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care are pushing for legislation to legalise abortion, amid revelations that 16 percent of maternal deaths are due to unsafe a...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
350 hours for abortion maid
A housemaid in Willowvale who dumped a foetus in a flash toilet after drinking a concoction to terminate the pregnancy has been ordered to perform 350 hours of community service. Cecelia Teya,...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman 'kills' newborn twins
A Dzvirasekwa woman yesterday gave birth to twins and subsequently killed them in a bizarre act that left residents of the suburb shell-shocked.The incident ignited commotion at Kembo Sh...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant South African drug mule appears in Zimbabwe court
A pregnant South African woman suspected of smuggling cocaine into Zimbabwe has appeared in court after ingested body packs were detected in her stomach.Isaura Masinga (40) appeared before Har...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman collects semen to sell in SA after 10 rounds
AN alleged sperm harvest exercise has seen a Murewa couple indulging in sex nearly ten times a day.The woman involved, Memory Tete, 40, of Masango village under chief Mangwende, was allegedly ...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The story of the Gamatox cabal
Forget about the bad guys for a while.I mean forget about Harry Thomas Jnr and his last ditch effort to curry favour with Donald J Trump by condemning the arrest of the church-less pastor call...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:35hrs | | by Vukani Madoda
Cheating injiva's wife aborts, buries baby in shallow grave
AN Injiva's wife from Tsholotsho, who fell pregnant when her husband was in South Africa, allegedly terminated her seven-month old pregnancy and buried the foetus in a shallow grave, The Chroncle ...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abortion is a moral dilemma! The gender and the feminist in me conflict!
Dear Tsungai, you have given us a very challenging topic indeed: Abortion in Zimbabwe is a much contested topic. At best it should never be spoken. How do I speak about this topic freely without trump...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 00:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Stigma attached to abortion in Zimbabwe
ABORTION is quite a touchy topic for a lot of people. Our country is so conservative and it is considered taboo to talk about abortion. There is virtually nothing to discuss when it comes to abo...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Tsungai Chekerwa-Machokoto
Anti-corruption boss' hubby rapes niece
Suspended Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission boss Sukai Tongogara's husband, Anderson Chitsungo, was yesterday brought to court on allegations of raping his wife's 16-year-old niece twice before she ...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
The audacity of hope for Mthwakazi: Restoration Awakening Series: 1
Dr Mpiyseizwe Churchill GuduzaMLF Vice PresidentLondon, United Kingdom3 June, 2016I. IntroductionMy argument is three-fold. Firstly, that the major thesis of Shona intellec...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Dr Mpiyseizwe Churchill Guduza
Dog found carrying dead baby
RESIDENTS of Bekkersdal, west of Joburg, were going about their Sunday morning in town when they saw a dog walking along the street, holding something in its mouth.To their horror, they realis...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman cuts baby from stranger's womb
Boulder - A judge on Friday sentenced a Colorado woman who cut a baby from a stranger's womb to 100 years in prison, including the maximum penalties for attempted murder and unlawful termination o...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by AFP
Teen gets 315hrs community service for abortion
A FEMALE herbalist from Bulawayo is set to stand trial for giving a city woman herbs to terminate her pregnancy. The two women yesterday appeared at the Western Commonage Court facing a ...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 23:58hrs | 1 | by Noleen Makhurane
Fingerprints don't lie, detective tells court
A fingerprint expert has exposed an ex-convict who used different names to swindle people in an EcoCash scam.Detective Assistant Inspector Owen Chiwara on Friday proved to the court that Givem...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Fungai Lupande
Chat with Sis Noe: Worried, my sex drive is over the top!
Hi Sis NoeI JUST found out I am two months pregnant. I want to know whether it is ok to run while I am pregnant. — Worried.ReplyYes, you can run but not too much. In fact, you sh...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 10:06hrs | | by Sis Noe
Mother, daughter sentenced for abortion
A BULAWAYO mother and her 18-year-old daughter are each set to perform 315 hours of community service after they teamed up to terminate the teenager's six months pregnancy.Nompilo Bhebhe, 36, ...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Melody Baya
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