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Zivhu slams bootlicking Zanu-PF bigwigs, govt officials
UNDERFIRE Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu (Zanu-PF) has slammed party bigwigs and government officials who bootlick President Emmerson Mnangagwa while looting from ordinary people and scuttling hi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
Boost for sex workers, the homeless
Chivi South legislator (Zanu-PF) Killer Zivhu has embarked on a project to empower 100 disadvantaged people in Harare as part of his efforts to unpack President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 that seeks to t...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs pays for driving lessons for 100 prostitutes, homeless people
A Member of Parliament is sponsoring driving lessons for a hundred prostitutes and homeless people.Killer Zivhu, the Chivi South Zanu-PF legislator, says training the two groups in a skill tha...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:37hrs | 10816 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwean sex slaves freed in SA
MORE than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga province where their captor...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
50 city sex workers 'repent'
CHURCHES say they convinced at least 50 commercial sex workers in Bulawayo to abandon the world's oldest profession during a five-day outreach programme.The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Taxmen, police, and army take bribes from smugglers
The Victoria Falls, on the mighty Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the world's seven wonders and arguably the largest waterfall by width and depth.It is alternatively known...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, 'MaShurugwi' clash
ZANU-PF youths in Mashonaland Central province went on the rampage last week, destroying property as they clashed with artisanal miners in Glendale and Bindura.On Thursday, the violent clashes...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Mushrooming brothels cause headaches
The National Aids Council says it is worried about the substantial increase in sex work at shopping centres in Seke district, amid revelations that most buildings at business centres have been turned ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
STI drug shortages hits Mashonaland East
Health centres in marginalised communities of Mashonaland East province have been hit by an acute shortage of drugs for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).National Aids Council (NAC) provi...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:15hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube quizzed over budget surplus
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled over the benefits of his much-touted ZW$803,6 million budget surplus at a time the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering from a rapidly deteriorating economic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
'BCC clinics do not discriminate patients'
Personnel at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) clinics attend sensitisation workshops to equip them with skills to treat all patients, including people with different sexual orientation and key populations,...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Inside Harare's online brothels
CIVILISATION'S oldest profession has taken a new twist.Once a shameful act in Zimbabwe, done under the cover of darkness, the trade has gone a notch higher as new technology is shaking up the ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Young sex workers get reprieve
At the age of 15, Tendai Dube* was heavily into drugs, dodging school and creating havoc among her peers along Ndema Road in Gweru's Ascot suburb where she stayed with her single mother. However, she ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers to reveal status
THE Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Aids Research (CeSHHAR) has said sex workers should not be afraid to reveal their HIV status to their clients as a measure of reducing the spread of HIV and sexual...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:08hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Economic empowerment to stop prostitution
Sex workers in Gweru are receiving HIV prevention education, with most of them being asked to come up with business ideas to ensure that they get a comprehensive package of services to mitigate the im...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2600 | by Staff Reporter
Death in fight for hooker at brothel
POLICE in Hwange have arrested four people, two of them twin brothers, for allegedly fatally assaulting an unidentified man at a brothel in Hwange. The brothers Ashford and Joseph Nasile...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Nurses selling birth control pills on black market
Nurses at Chiredzi General Hospital are reportedly stealing birth control pills from the health institution and selling them for as much as $4 a satchet on the black market.Chiredzi General Ho...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Parly committees probe Chiredzi child prostitution
THREE parliamentary thematic committees on Tuesday descended on Chiredzi on a fact-finding mission on child prostitution as well as sexual reproductive health and rights.The committees that ca...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Panic as prostitutes take used condom to sangoma
Panic has gripped a number of Harare men who frequent the Red light district seeking a nice time with commercial sex workers after Prophet C B Motondo of Grace Faith Ministries operating along K...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7688 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$3 000 to twin sex workers
TWO suspected commercial sex workers whose video torched a storm on social media recently beating up a man with cooking sticks accusing him of infidelity appeared in court last week. The two i...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Married women sleep around more than sex workers'
A Commercial sex worker has claimed that married women sleep around more than sex workers.In a video posted by 263Chat on Twitter the unnamed sex worked is filmed saying, "Married women c...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 13:56hrs | 15353 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'80% of Bulawayo men who patronise bars and the red light districts are gay'
CALL it double dipping!Panic has gripped the Bulawayo community after shocking and controversial statistics revealed that 80 percent of Bulawayo men that patronise bars and the red light distr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:39hrs | 5489 | by Staff reporter
Man murders sex worker
A Bikita man allegedly fatally stabbed a commercial sex worker with an Okapi knife at Nyika Growth Point last week after a dispute at her house. Leonard Gwari (24) of Duma Location, Nyika, all...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 3598 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers 'demanded' free, unprotected sex from sex workers
SEX WORKERS in Marondera have accused soldiers of demanding free and unprotected sex from them.The soldiers were deployed in parts of the small farming town following violent protests that roc...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1473 | by newzimbabwe
A Christmas break from 'selling sex'
Until people get to personally know each other instead of just a glimpse from a distance, they will always be judgemental of one another. What will change the misconception will be learning their hist...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:48hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sex vendors dollarise
GRIEF is the real price men pay for sex!With the festive season around the corner, some commercial sex workers in Bulawayo are literally running a promotion in which they are reportedly offeri...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:29hrs | 3242 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers sell out robbers
TWO suspected armed robbers, believed to be part of a gang that has been terrorising residents in Mutare's affluent suburbs with machetes, were arrested at a night club in the city centre on Monday mo...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:22hrs | 1480 | by Staff reporter
Council invites sex wokers to submit project proposals
THE Beitbridge municipality has invited commercial sex workers to submit project proposals so that they can get assistance from the local authority and turn away from the world's oldest profession....Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama at sex worker's burial
HOOKERS stopped a Catholic priest from giving a graveside speech with their seductive dances arguing that their departed friend was never into church.Sex workers accommodated in the Avenues hi...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 5600 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendors reject bond note, demand forex
In reaction to the biting economic crises characterised by an inflationary bond note, sex workers in the town have now resorted to foreign currency and basic commodities as forms of payment for their ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sex-workers should be able to retire at 40'
A SEX worker has advocated for a retirement age from sex work and peer enforcement of minimum age restrictions to reduce the exploitation of under-age girls by older women and unruly clients.A...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange prostitute haven shut down
Police in Hwange have shut down a popular hub of commercial sex work and crime in the coal mining town much to the delight of residents who have welcomed the move as they had on numerous occasions com...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students abuse morning after pills
The National AIDS Council (NAC) has raised a red flag over the increased use of morning-after family planning pills by female students at tertiary institutions in Masvingo.Speaking to journali...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hookers descend on Beitbridge
COMMERCIAL sex workers have descended on Nottingham and Bishopstone citrus farms in Beitbridge district where they are targeting seasonal farm workers earning foreign currency, thereby fuelling an inc...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Price madness spills to sex
CASUAL sex has become a luxury only for those with deep pockets as consumables of the adult game have skyrocketed at city pharmacies.Word on the street is that sex workers in the city have inc...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex worker gang raped
A Chitungwiza commercial sex worker was reportedly gang raped and robbed by three unknown Highfield suspects on Wednesday after she hooked one of them in the odd hours.Speaking to Bulawayo24.c...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 20:12hrs | 3638 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Truck drivers prey on young women
THE Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC) has called on government to address the sexual exploitation of children by truck drivers and artisanal miners who lure them with cash....Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 884 | by Staff reporter
Projects for sex vendors
PROSTITUTION could soon be out of fashion for some ladies of the night in Hwange and Victoria Falls with the introduction of income generating projects for them.Speaking at the launch of the K...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendor jailed 10 years for armed robbery
A notorious Harare Avenues area hooker who robbed a man at gun point and made off with his wallet and bank cards before going on a spending spree was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonmen...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MP vows to battle Kwekwe machete gangs
NEWLY-ELECTED Mbizo legislator Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) has vowed to confront head-on youths moving around attacking residents with machetes over politics and mineral resources in and aroun...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
DIY tests for HIV beat stigma in fight against Aids
When she discovered she was HIV-positive early this year, sex worker Evelyn Msipa (32), was alone in her rented apartment in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare.Health and Child Care minister Davi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Reuters
Prostitution is on the rise
It was recently alleged that fifty percent of prostitutes practicing in Zimbabwe are HIV positive. If numbers are anything to go by then its quite a staggering and frightening figure. Putting ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:07hrs | | by Tondo Murisa.
+50% of prostitutes HIV+
MORE than half of commercial sex workers in the country are HIV positive, UNAIDS has revealed in a report.According to the 2018 report released on Thursday, the country has 45 000 sex workers ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen found dead in Mvurwi
The discovery of the lifeless body of a senior citizen at house number 129, Ward One, Suoguru Township this morning has shocked the residents of Mvurwi.When Bulawayo24.com visited the scene at...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 19:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Banker promises to transform Harare CBD
BANKER and economic development consultant, Kudzai Mubaiwa promises to help transform the Harare central business district (CBD) and city into an economic empowerment hub if elected as an independent ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber who preyed on women nabbed
POLICE in Harare have arrested a man for allegedly targeting women and lacing their drinks with drugs before stealing from them.Criminal Investigations Department spokesperson, Detective Assis...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ARVs for high-risk groups
Government has started giving out antiretroviral drugs to selected HIV negative people who are at high risk of contracting the virus, to reduce chances of infection, Dreams and Key Population coordina...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son steals from father to pay sex workers
A father and son relationship soured up recently after the former dragged the latter to court on allegations of stealing cellphones amounting to US$278.The accused, Luckson Chikasha (19), was ...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches 'HIV prevention' pill
Government last week launched the pre-exposure prophylaxis strategy (PrEP), which is meant to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Speaking at the "Million Men Circumcised" celebrations a...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
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