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‘Schoolgirls Are Fuelling New HIV Infections’ -National Aids Council (Nac)

Posted on April 11, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The National Aids Council (Nac) has said staying alone in private lodgings at Murambinda Growth Point are fuelling prostitution in the area, as new HIV and Aids infections increase among adolescents. Nac district Aids coordinator for Buhera, Devious Sengamai said the children were being taken advantage of by older men. “Mostly, we have adult sex workers but we have a significant number of children in the sector who are mainly schoolgirls staying alone in illegal accommodation….

Zimbabwe’s Junior Doctors Reject New Contracts, Calling Them ‘Slavery And Unconstituonal’

Posted on April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE stand-off between junior doctors and the government is continuing after the medical practitioners yesterday rejected amended contracts issued by the Health Service Board (HSB). The month-long impasse between the HSB and first year doctors has negatively impacted on referral hospitals which are the hardest hit as they are grappling with an acute shortage of medical practitioners. They have reportedly been forced to turn away referrals from district hospitals as existing staff is failing to cope…

Two Killed And Three Seriously Injured In Free For All Brawl At Masvingo’s Mudzivo Bottle Store

Posted on April 2, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

TWO men died while three others were seriously injured in a free-for-all beer brawl in which patrons set upon each other with iron bars in Masvingo Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dehwa said the fierce fight started when one of the patrons at Mudzivo Bottle Store confronted a group that he accused of having caused his arrest in a 2014 assault case. He said Soul Kani, 42, Paul Masimire, 65, and Lloyd…

Sickly 4 Year Old Dies After Bulawayo, Father, Habitually Assaulted, And Systematically Starved Her

Posted on April 2, 2016April 2, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has died in a Bulawayo hospital allegedly after being systematically starved and habitually beaten by her father. Tembo initially appeared in court on March 24 charged with ill treatment and neglect of the minor. At the time, the emaciated tot was admitted to hospital after Tembo cable-whipped her for refusing to eat when she was sick. Provincial magistrate Abednico Ndebele had remanded him in custody to April 6. The charge has…

’10 Dead And 16 Seriously Injured In Vungu River-Gweru Head On Collision’.

Posted on April 2, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Ten people died while 16 others were seriously injured when a Mitsubishi Cold and a Toyota Hiace collided head on along the Harare-Bulawayo highway near Source: zbc this Saturday morning. Eight people died on the spot and two others on admission at Gweru Provincial Hospital while 12 others who were seriously injured were admitted at the same hospital. The villagers say they heard a loud bang and rushed to the scene where they found bodies scattered…

‘ History will Record That Grace Destroyed Zanu PF, A Party That Catapulted Mugabe To Presidency’-J.Sibanda

Posted on March 27, 2016March 27, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

FORMER war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda (JS) was instrumental in President Robert Mugabe’s re-election in 2013 but now says the 92-year-old has become a burden for Zimbabweans. Last week he told Richard Chidza (RC) why he has had a change of heart. Below are excerpts of the interview. RC: You were expelled from Zanu-PF in 2014 for allegedly supporting former vice-president Joice Mujuru. Mujuru has now formed Zimbabwe People First, but you have not come…

Man (38) Rapes & Impregnates Step Daughter (16) In Presence Of Her Siblings & Knocks Her Mum’s Teeth Out

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A RUSAPE man Marevasei Marume (38) raped and impregnated his 16-year-old step daughter. Marume Mahere Village, Mayo will now spend 15 years behind bars after Rusape regional magistrate, Mr Livingstone Chipadza suspended three years on condition of good behaviour. Marume was denying the offence, saying the girl’s biological father had influenced her to cook up the allegations since he was bitter that he had married his former wife. Rusape Area prosecutor, Mr Tirivanhu Mutyasira, told…

‘Mugabe Is Similar To A Frog In Unplugged Tub, To Be Killed By Filling Up With Hot Water’-Mutsvanga

Posted on March 14, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

EMBATTLED war veterans chairman Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa has gone rogue and wants to turn former freedom fighters against Zanu-PF, Women’s League deputy secretary Cde Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo said yesterday. She spoke after Cde Mutsvangwa – who was suspended from the party for three years before he was also demoted from Cabinet – invited the excommunicated former war veterans chairman, Jabulani Sibanda, to speak to liberation war fighters in Bulawayo on Saturday. Cde…

Deaf Students Finally Get Opportunity To Train As Teachers At Morgan Zintec College In Harare

Posted on March 14, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

For the first time in Zimbabwe, deaf people are to train as teachers. The first deaf trainee teachers will be admitted to Morgan Zintec College in Harare this September. NMB Bank is sponsoring the training of Trymore Manyuchi, Gwendolyn Goredema and Lydia Tutani, all of whom have been struggling to make a living due to the difficulties they have faced as deaf people in obtaining employment. NMB agreed to sponsor them for the first year…

Woman (33) Bleeds To Death After Her Binga Granny (72) Operates On Her To Remove Fiboids

Posted on March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A HIGH Court judge has ordered a 72-year-old Binga woman who “operated on” her granddaughter in an attempt to remove fibroids from her uterus before she bled to death to immediately stop the traditional operations she said she had been practising for years. Justice Francis Bere of the Bulawayo High Court, on circuit in Hwange, made the order as she sentenced Mata Muzamba. Muzamba pleaded not guilty to murder, but offered a limited plea of…

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