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Girl raped at knifepoint

TWO men have been arrested for the parts they played in the raping of a 14-year-old girl at knife point in Harare.Shepherd Tinoziva, 47, and Savior Chiseko, 30, lured the girl into their apartment.Shepherd then locked the apartment's door …

Published: 18 Sep 2025 at 09:34hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter

Woman thrown out of moving car by robbers

A 22-year-old student from Mutare Teachers' College narrowly escaped death last week after being robbed and violently shoved out of a moving vehicle by three men.Manicaland police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka, confirm…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 09:05hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter

Mother and son jailed for rape of a 15-year-old girl

IN a shocking case of exploitation, a 49-year-old mother and her 29-year-old son have been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl they lure

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 09:02hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean girl rescued after being chained in Johannesburg home

A Zimbabwean girl believed to be between 14 and 16 years old, was rescued by private security company Cap Security in Waverly, near Bramley, Johannesburg. She saw the light on 3rd August, 2025, after months of being chained.According to re…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 08:56hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter

Schoolgirl's suicide stuns community

The Highfield community is reeling after the death of a 12-year-old Grade Seven pupil, who took her own life on August 15 in a cabin at her family home.Anesu Mudzukuri, a prefect at Houghton Park Primary School, was the second-born in a fa…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 06:06hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter

Girl kidnapped at Zimbabwe hospital, kidnappers demand US$2,000 ransom

A 12-year-old girl was kidnapped from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital on Saturday in a shocking abduction that has left her family distraught and police scrambling to track down the suspects. The kidnappers are now demanding US$2,000 for her…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:49hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter

Girl lures teacher into kidnap ordeal

A Chitungwiza woman, Rumbidzai Tauro (40), has been arrested for kidnapping and extorting over US$5,000 from Gerald Madamombe, a 52-year-old former teacher. Tauro is accused of holding Madamombe captive for five days after her 15-year-old …

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:13hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Pastor suspended for pestering girl (17)

United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) has suspended Chikanga Assembly pastor in Mutare for pestering a 17-year-old girl from his church whom he allegedly invited to his house and to go swimming.The suspension is for six months without…

Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:15hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

Man killed for reprimanding 13-year-old girl at nightclub

A HWANGE man who is based in South Africa was fatally stabbed in Lubangwe on New Year's Day for rebuking a 13-year-old girl for patronising a nightclub as a minor.Police are investigating the case together with another that occurred in Tsh…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Girl dies fleeing from Nyau dancers

A nine-year-old girl died on Monday after falling down while fleeing from Nyau dancers in Mabvuku.The Zimbabwe Republic police confirmed the incident on their Twitter handle which reads, " The ZRP confirms a sad incident in which a 9 year …

Published: 18 May 2023 at 00:20hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo

Girl who crawls to school seeks artificial leg

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Nkayi district in Matabeleland North Province who had her leg amputated after being bitten by a snake is appealing for help to get US$1 500 for an artificial leg so that she continues with her education.Nomabutho Nc…

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Girl kidnapped, drugged and dumped at cemetery

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl from Old Luveve suburb was kidnapped by two women and a man who were driving a white commuter omnibus on 16 March.The juvenile had left her home at around 5PM going to Chigumira shops.Bulawayo police spokesperson, Inspec…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Shock as 13-year-old impregnates 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a statement confirming that the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) results obtained from National University of Science and Technology on 25 November 2022, in connection with the paternity of the 9 year old…

Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 14:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

Police seek 17 year old girl

POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for help from the public to locate a 17-year -old girl who went missing two months ago.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said Shamiso Maphosa, who was staying with her aunt, L…

Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Pregnant school girl commits suicide by drinking insecticide

A Form 4 pupil at a Bulawayo school committed suicide after discovering that she was pregnant, police said.The 17-year-old Magwegwe Secondary School pupil named only as Nokuzola is believed to have killed herself by drinking an insecticide…

Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Empower the girl child through education

Child prostitution and drug abuse, the rising social ills in towns and cities, border posts and growth points included. Juveniles are going 'commando' at night with all caution thrown to the wind. Snorting drugs and sipping alcohol for tha…

Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 21:04hrs | 6 | by Thomas Murisa

Show me your breasts!?

Controversial businessman, Ginimbi, posted a video in which he asks a young girl to show him her breasts. Vimbaishe Musvaburi gives her reaction.Dear GinimbiIt's a Sunday morning and, scrolling through my Instagram timeline then boom a vid…

Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 08:24hrs | 7 | by Vimbaishe Musvaburi

Zimbabwe marriage age of consent raised

GIRLS under the age of 18 will no longer legally enter into marriages, while marrying off minors will become a criminal offence under a new law that will be introduced in Parliament soon.Interestingly, the new Marriages Act, which will con…

Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Baby girl for Kirsty Coventry

Expecting mother and Zimbabwe Sports minister Kirsty Coventry, on Friday gave the biggest hint yet that the country could be warming up to another lady swimming sensation.The swimming legend let the cat out of the bag during the Special Ol…

Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Grace Mugabe's sons cohabit with same girl?

UNITED Kingdom based model, Tapiwa Sithole, claims to have cohabited with former First Lady Grace Mugabe's sons, Russell Goreraza and Robert Junior on different occasions. Tapiwa, 24, revealed her shenanigans with the two brothers after sh…

Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty

ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encouraging them to dream and aspire to be whoever they want to be. Today's girl, is tomorrow's …

Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 17 | by Linda Masarira

Hillside Primary School girl kidnapped?

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing in Bulawayo while police are searching for a woman (19) who is suspected to have been kidnapped in Kwekwe.Ropafadzo Samson (10), a pupil at Hillside Primary School was last seen on Monday around 5PM.Her …

Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:45hrs | 3940 | by Staff reporter

Girl, granny perish in trailer accident

AN elderly woman and her granddaughter died in a horrendous accident when they were struck by an uncontrolled trailer that had disengaged from a moving vehicle before hitting them and sending some body parts onto the tarmac along Nketa Dri…

Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:37hrs | 696 | by Dumisani Nsingo and Sandra Tekere

WANTED: A girl with good hips

"Sought is a beautiful, curvy girl aged below 24 years with good hips and curves." So begins an ad in the classifieds section of The Herald today.It gets better! Not only is this person looking for the said woman, he/she is willing to pay …

Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Cephas

Boy arrested for abducting 14-year-old girl

Police in Malawi have arrested a 17-year-old boy for abducting a 14-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Mdzuche village, according to Malawi24.The suspected was identified as Willard Paulo.According to police, both the suspect and the …

Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes

Empower the girl first before she gets married Pt 1

Taken from  eBook "Sweetmother"I am Ruvimbo and my family comes from Mawanda near Makwiro. We are seven in the family and I am the last born child, born in 1957. The first four were girls and then came the two boys and I was gotkwe, t…

Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 08:04hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata

Kumbirayi K Chikowero is the official spokesperson of Girl Child Network Zim

Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe is concerned about continued  media coverage by a woman called Vio Mak who writes and owns  some bogus newspapers in United Kingdom and generates articles under false names like HChigege. She is ill…

Published: 12 Oct 2011 at 10:32hrs | 5 | by Girl Child Network Zimbabwe

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