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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 | 807 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Gukurahundi was planned before Zimbabwe independence'
Former Co-Minister of National Healing and Integration, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, believes the Gukurahundi genocide that killed over 20 000 people in Matebeleland and Midlands was planned before independenc...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:10hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for human trafficking suspect
Police have launched a manhunt for Jacqueline Takure nee Chikukwa, 45, who is a suspect in a case of human trafficking.According to police, sometime in 2022, Takure posed as an employment agen...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region of that country which is under the "illegal" control of neighbouring Turkey....Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe fails to combat human trafficking'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked lowly for failing to fully meet the minimum elimination of human trafficking standards, despite making concerted efforts to do so.Last week, the United States released...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: 'Prophet' Jay Israel reported to Hawks over Fraud and Human Trafficking
Controversial Bulawayo bred; South African based Prophet Jay Israel (real name Jacob Dube) has been reported to the Director General of Home Affairs, the Hawks and the South African Revenue Services o...Published: 04 May 2022 at 13:32hrs | 27 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF bigwigs throng Harare court
It was an extraordinary week at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that saw four high-profile figures appearing in court on the same day, facing various charges.It was therefore a hive of activity...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials lambast trafficking middlemen
VILLAGERS who use their homes in the vicinity of the country's borders with other countries to facilitate human trafficking have no respect for human life and must face the full wrath of the law, a se...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma despised outside her circles, revered by those who know her
INVESTIGATED by child rights organisations for allegedly recruiting underage girls for exploitation as sex slaves - traditional healer Sophie Masikuka, 57, popularly known as Mbuya Sauti - is despised...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Arrest bogus employment agents
In Zimbabwe with unemployment hovering above 90%, some unscrupulous people have made it their business to con and fleece job seekers by advertising nonexistent vacancies. Now and then we hear of so an...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Sexual slavery Christian epidemic
Many christians today are sex slaves. She (the christian church) does not know that her body is supposed to be the TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! If she genuinely FEARED THE LORD, then how dare she defile...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 13:43hrs | 31 | by Tendai Tagarira
Youth loan beneficiaries skip to SA, govt loses $80,000
THE majority of youths in Tsholotsho who received loans from the Government to start income generating projects skipped the country and headed to South Africa resulting in only $7 000 being repaid...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Archbishop Emeritus Pious Ncube, please do not insult our intelligence!
Your Eminence Archbishop Ncube, this article is in reply to your interview you made last week. At best I kindly ask you to remain silence and forever. The worst things we can still get from you before...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Kuwait sex slaves saga: One more in the dock
A 30-year-old Harare woman, believed to be part of a well-organised human trafficking syndicate that lured female job seekers to Kuwait on the pretext that they had secured decent employment, when in ...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:31hrs | 16 | by Prosper Dembedza
Mugabe inadvertently providing slave labour to other countries
Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe's rabid economic policies - which have led to the untold suffering of millions of Zimbabweans - as well as, a very repressive political landscape, have forced ...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 10:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Culture of rape originated from the liberation movements
Does it surprise us then that the culture of rape is just imbedded in our societies. The history of Zimbabwe is now marred by sexual violence on women and girls. Sexual violence has become perva...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 15:22hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe govt rescues 120 women from Kuwait
THE Government has rescued about 120 Zimbabwean women from Kuwait where some had been turned into sex slaves.Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Minister Nyasha Chikwinya told Th...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 08:40hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Boko Haram releases 'video' of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, wh...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Al Jazeera
Chinotimba wants Kuwait Embassy officials to be called to parliament over enslaved women
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba has demanded that the Kuwait Embassy staff should be called to appeared before parliament over Zimbabwean women who were lured to that country in the pretext of getti...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Human trafficking saga sucks in Webster Shamu
Former Cabinet Minister Webster Shamu was yesterday named in Parliament as the proprietor of a downtown strip tease joint that was allegedly used as a recruitment point in the trafficking of 150 women...Published: 18 May 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
21 ‘sex slaves’ arrive from Kuwait
TWENTY-ONE more Zimbabwean women lured to Kuwait under the false pretext of getting jobs as housemaids only to be sold into slavery arrived back home on Friday while seven more are at the country’s ...Published: 15 May 2016 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Lincoln Towindo
'Stop using bond notes, trafficking victims for political mileage'
Home Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo yesterday warned political parties against using human trafficking victims and the proposed introduction of bond notes to gain political mileage.Addres...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Zim women auctioned as sex slaves
Zimbabwean human trafficking victims in Kuwait were paraded naked and auctioned to “sex merchants”, it has been revealed, while others were tortured by their slave masters resulting in several com...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:30hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwean women auctioned as sex slaves
Zimbabwean human trafficking victims in Kuwait were paraded naked and auctioned to "sex merchants", it has been revealed, while others were tortured by their slave masters resulting in several commiti...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
16 more Zimbabwean women found in Kuwait
Sixteen more Zimbabwean women who were lured to Kuwait to work as housemaids, but ended up being abused as sex slaves, have escaped from captivity and are now under the care of the country's Ambassado...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Gumbo
Is South Africa doing enough to combat human trafficking?
Johannesburg - Thousands of people are trafficked across continents every year by people smugglers and organised crime syndicates.Human trafficking has become a billion dollar industry and governments...Published: 04 May 2016 at 21:31hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Rescued trafficking victims expected today
Thirty-two Zimbabwean women who were lured to Kuwait to work as housemaids, but ended up as sex slaves, are expected back in the country today after a Parliamentary delegation secured their evacuation...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 20:25hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Gumbo
Kuwait women saga exposes government irresponsibility - PDP
The revelations by the government of Zimbabwe that it does not have money to repatriate about 200 Zimbabwean women who are stranded in the Middle East oil rich state of Kuwait once again confirms, wha...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 14:37hrs | | by Evelyn Masaiti, PDP Women’s Assembly Chairperson
Chivayo rescues 32 Zimbabwean women in Kuwait
HARARE businessman Wicknell Chivayo has come to the rescue of 32 Zimbabwean women who were lured to Kuwait to work as housemaids but ended up being abused as sex slaves.Chivayo bought air tick...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Gumbo
Women, peace and security
15 years of implementing UN Security Council resolution 1325 in Africa As conflicts and crises in Africa took a more complex turn in recent years,...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Zipporah Musau
Destruction of historical monuments ill-advised
The "Rhodes Must Fall" campaign has now reached Britain where a statue of Cecil John Rhodes at Oxford's Oriel College is likely to be removed from its pedestal and thrown into either some dark storero...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mphoko campaigns for Bulawayo revival
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has put in motion a consultative process to find ways of resuscitating Bulawayo, the country's former industrial hub.Mphoko on Friday met stakehol...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 11:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Women have failed the women of Gaza
Most Zimbabweans profess the Christian faith, full of compassion and a shared eternal destiny with all humanity.I believe it is partly in recognition of their compassionate nature, their advan...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:51hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
63 abducted girls, women escape Boko Haram
More than 60 girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria two weeks ago have escaped.Reports say 63 managed to flee while their captors were engaged in a battle with soldiers as ...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Makandiwa secret finally exposed - Video
This article was originated by The Telescope News.Zimbabwe Prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has been exposed as a trickster using occultic powers and cha...Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 05:32hrs | 34 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/ Joseph Asamoah
Muzvare Betty Makoni Empowerment Radio show
Female Musicians Top 20 Global list for Women and Girls Empowerment-21st century Heroines On Pamtengo Every Monday 8pm - www.pamtengo.com Muzvare Be...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 14:51hrs | 14 | by Betty Makoni
'Churches must pray for Tsvangirai'
Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs minister Abedinico Ncube says churches in Zimbabwe must pray for opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, as he was lost."I would like to urge all the mem...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church leaders urged to stop misleading people
THE Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe president Archbishop Johannes Ndanga has said they are going to take serious measures to deal with corrupt church leaders and their churches.Speaki...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
US rubbishes Kony surrender talks claim
Bangui - The Central African president insisted Friday he was negotiating with Joseph Kony after Washington rubbished claims the wanted Ugandan militia boss was personally involved in any talks....Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Church barred over 'Satanism'
Robert Gumbura, losing Zanu-PF primary elections canditate for Mabvuku-Tafara and RMG Independent End Time Message leader, who sparked outrage for sexually abusing his flock and dabbling in pornogra...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 07:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
LRA rebels kill villagers in CAR
At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in the Central African Republic (CAR), AlJazeera reported Sunday.LRA fighter...Published: 16 Jun 2013 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
U.S offers up to $5m each bounties for Joseph Kony and some of his top aides
The United States has offered bounties of up to $5m each for fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and some of his top aides in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group.The announcement on ...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Congolese war crimes suspect 'The Terminator' in ICC prison
The Hague - Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, dubbed "The Terminator", was behind bars at the International Criminal Court on Saturday, after turning himself in to face charges ranging from...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ICC call for swift transfer of DRC warlord to The Hague
The Hague - The International Criminal Court (ICC) called on Tuesday for the swift transfer of wanted DR Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda to The Hague after his shock surrender to the US embassy in Kigali...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Sex workers lack alternative'
Inspecting a parade of scantily dressed sex merchants lining a booking house in Mutare's city centre, my attention is drawn to excited shouts from three young boys further up D Avenue.They are...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Kony campaign successful despite activist's meltdown
Los Angeles - The public meltdown of the man behind the viral "Kony 2012" video has thrown his campaign into turmoil even as the film succeeded in turning the world's attention to capturing an elusive...Published: 24 Mar 2012 at 09:22hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Celebrities fuel hunt for Joseph Kony
A video about the atrocities carried out by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, called Kony 2012, has racked up nearly 50 million views since Monday.The marketing campaign is an effort b...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 15:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Harare 'porn stars' arrested
FIVE HARARE WOMEN believed to be working for a Briton, who is reportedly operating a brothel for his pornographic films business, have been arrested.According to the Harare state run tabloid,...Published: 01 Feb 2012 at 19:35hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian 'sex slaves' evacuated
Abuja - Nigeria has evacuated from Mali 104 of its citizens, mostly women, either made to work as "sexual slaves" or suspected of involvement in human trafficking, officials said on Tuesday.Th...Published: 16 Nov 2011 at 06:24hrs | | by -
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