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It's summer: Bring out the shorts and mini!
Have you ever felt the thrill of seeing the sun in the sky after a long winter?The feeling is like seeing the sunrise for the first time after a storm.You find relief.The sensa...Published: 2 hrs ago | 51 | by Staff reporter
Teenage pregnancies shoot up
A total of 4 475 pregnancies have been recorded for girls aged between 15 and 19 years in all eight districts in Mashonaland Central during the lockdown period stretching from March 2020 to February t...Published: 23 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff reporter
Boy (15) rapes five minors
A LOWER GWERU juvenile allegedly raped two sisters and three cousins aged between six and eight years, and ran away when the crimes were discovered.The boy allegedly raped his two sisters aged...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2468 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga endorses Mnangagwa wife's initiative
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday attended First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's educative Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba programme at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) and concurred with her tha...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew launches empowerment project
TONGANYIKA Trust, a local organisation founded by Harare South MP Tongai Mnangagwa (Zanu-PF), yesterday launched an empowerment project in the capital aimed at equipping young women with critical skil...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:36hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns
A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal C...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls
The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | 845 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Politicians caught in some 'situations'
That the United States has changed dramatically in the last 20 years is no longer in dispute. What we know is that their world is upside down, what is, is not what should be, and what should be, is no...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:53hrs | 925 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Esigodini residents fret over illegal miners
Illegal mining activities in Matabeleland South's Esigodini area have led to an increase in gender-based violence cases and a child pregnancy, a local non-governmental organisation says.The Bu...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
LEAD party sues govt over child marriage laws
THE leader of the opposition, Labour Economist Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) party Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and co applicants have taken the government to court in their quest to end child marriage...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:24hrs | 717 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF guns for landslide win in 2023 elections
Madinda Ndlovu wept!MADINDA NDLOVU shed tears last night as domestic football celebrated the long-awaited honouring of its legends, with Sakunda Holdings presenting three houses to some of the fin...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:44hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Child prostitution rampant in Zimbabwe slums
DONNING mini-skirts, popular for being the dress code for the oldest profession, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi Highway, where one after the other, they are...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Lubimbi villagers set demands for relocation
THE Lubimbi villagers in Binga are resisting government's move to relocate them from their ancestral land to pave way for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam, demanding a clear relocation plan....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
We are not abandoning Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa
To be a woman activist in Zimbabwe is totally different from being an activist in the comforts of Germany. I have come to terms with this fact. Women activism especially in our societies does not mean...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 14:56hrs | 6037 | by Nomazulu Thata
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 182 | by Staff writer
24% of pupils fail to return to school
TWENTY-FOUR percent of pupils have not returned to school following the reopening of learning institutions due to early pregnancies, school boys venturing into artisanal mining and failure to pay fees...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Child marriages are evil
The story of the fourteen-year-old Marange 'girl wife' who passed on at a shrine whilst birthing made very sad reading. Adding salt to the wound and rubbing it in was the attempt to conc...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 07:06hrs | 762 | by Nomusa Garikai
Schools demand COVID-19 certificates after outbreaks
SOME schools around the country are demanding that pupils produce COVID-19-free certificates before they are admitted for the last term of the year following outbreaks within the first week of reopeni...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:29hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans careless online'
ICT experts in Zimbabwe say there is need to train workers and the general public on the dangers of Cyber-attacks as the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the need to work remotely. This has increased t...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:20hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
'Police must work with student unions in fighting drug abuse'
POLICE have been urged to work with student unions and the public in flushing out drug peddlers plying their trade in institutions of higher learning.The call came after two female university ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A farmer harvests success in refugee camp
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years later, the maize farmer...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:14hrs | 1495 | by APO
16-year-olds can consent to sex, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said 16-year-olds can legally consent to sex, but cannot marry.He said this while responding to questions from Mutare Central legislator Innocent Gonese in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among top offending nations in UK
Despite the number of Zimbabweans jailed in the United Kingdom increasing, the country remains not among the top 10 most offending nations. In little over a decade, the number of foreign nationa...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | 515 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Extension of lockdown has the good benefit to preserve lives: LEAD
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Masarira through her spokesperson Everjoy Chidindi has said the extension of the level 4 Lockdown is a benefit to preserve lives from...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:08hrs | 512 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe records decline in cross-boarder movement
ZIMBABWE is witnessing a decline in crossborder movement as a result of tighter lockdown measures, a latest survey by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has shown.The country r...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Child brides: Machaya saga opens Pandora's box
THE story of a 14-year-old girl, who died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine in Marange has sparked outrage across the globe.Anna Machaya was allegedly forced out of school and int...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Protect Girls From the Climate Change Scourge
Stakeholders advocating for climate change and girls' rights have called for urgent intervention in the fight against climate change.Sp...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 10:24hrs | 730 | by Shelton Muchena
Parly urges govt to address challenges in schools
PARLIAMENT has implored government to, among other interventions, increase allowances for rural teachers to incentivise them to stay in marginalised communities as well as provide schools with ablutio...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Women sexually abused at ZUPCO bus ranks
Student activists from the University of Zimbabwe have implored the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) authorities to protect women from being abused at their bus ranks because many women were ...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 09:02hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'No Zambia repeat in Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday scoffed at suggestions that the winds of change sweeping across southern Africa, which led to the recent electoral defeat of Zambia's President Edgar Lungu by th...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 4323 | by Staff reporter
Marange teen mother's parents face arrest
POLICE yesterday said they had arrested Hatirarami Momberume, also known as Evans Momberume (26), following the alleged death of a 14-year-old minor on July 15 while giving birth at the Johane Marange...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shielding child abusers, claims NGOs
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of protecting child abusers in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church through their "unholy alliance."The accusations c...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Bogus army officer up for 19 rape counts
A HARARE man who impersonated being Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer appeared in court Wednesday facing 19 rape charges.He committed the offences, which also include robbery after offering...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:59hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
'Husband' of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth arrested
The "husband" of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth is behind bars after he was charged with having sex with a minor.Evans Momberume is set to appear at the Mutare Magistrates Cour...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:54hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
MP in sanitary pads project
CHIRUMANZU legislator Barbara Rwodzi (Zanu-PF) has introduced a sanitary wear manufacturing project in her constituency to benefit poor girls and women.Rwodzi told NewsDay that the constituenc...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
How Covid-19 has affected South African children?
According to a UNICEF report, because of COVID-19, 40 percent of the children belonging to Eastern and South African countries are not in school anymore. Even before the pandemic hit the world, 37 mil...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:42hrs | 489 | by Staff Writer
Police close in on Johane Marange 'rapist' husband
POLICE in Manicaland province have reportedly arrested several members of the Johane Marange Apostolic sect in connection with a teenage mother who died while giving birth at the sect's shrine in Boch...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Church can't turn away the unvaccinated
CHURCHES yesterday questioned government's sincerity in al-lowing them to reopen for sit-in services at a time when only about 10% of the country's population has been vaccinated against COVID-19. ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe liberation icons deserve a political leadership worthy of their sacrifice
I was quite young a grade two, eight year old boy, in 1981 when the ZANU choir, led by the late Comrade Chinx (Dickson Chingaira), came to sing at Torwood Hall (Redcliff), whereby they stayed at our h...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 182 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Women vs. Men: Who's Better at Sports Gambling?
A few factors come into play when considering who's better at sports gambling: women or men. For starters, cultural and gender stereotypes, financial responsibility, and risk-taking play into it....Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 11:41hrs | 347 | by Bryan Myers
Govt making strides to end child sexual abuse: Minister
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni yesterday said government was making strides towards ending sexual abuse of young girls and child marriages.In a statement, Nyoni said progress has also...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:44hrs | 158 | by Jamwanda
Auxilia Mnangagwa more than a hero, she deserves the award
As Zimbabwe prepares to honour their living and non-living heroes in an annually occasion, the president in his wisdom has taken this opportunity to honour some people past and present heroes. ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 23:37hrs | 1041 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Don't be a victim of Online Blackmail
In Zimbabwe, everything is happening online. People are home and bored, so many are willing to do things that they will never do. Zimbabweans have accepted the use of mobile technology and no doubt, t...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:39hrs | 583 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
AU ambassador stands for the deceased pregnant minor
The African Union (AU) ambassador for ending child marriages Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda challenged authorities to bring man and church leaders who impregnated a 14-year-old girl who died while giving birt...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 11:41hrs | 1284 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Shamwari Yemwanasikana breathes fire over the death of a 14 year old girl
A girl child Organisation, Shamwari yemwanasika breathes fire over a 14 year old girl who died in labour at an unnamed apostolic sect last week in Bocha Marange.In a statement Shamwari Yemwana...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 453 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Steward Bank partners Kunashe Foundation to support underprivileged girls
HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest bank by depositors, Steward Bank, has joined forces with Kunashe Foundation to end period poverty in the country by supplying reusable sanitary wear to underprivileged girl...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:48hrs | 1901 | by Agencies
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 852 | by Nomazulu Thata
Villagers complain over Tsikamutanda
Villagers under Chief Nhema in Zaka have launched a complaint over a self-proclaimed traditional healer commonly known as Tsikamutanda, who is allegedly abusing little girls and demanding livestock fr...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:29hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
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