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Shamaine Chirimujiri THE government has called for an in­tensified HIV prevention drive targeting women and girls to combat dispropor­tionate infection rates nationwide. The call comes as Zimbabwe con­tinues to record a decline in new HIV infections, although women remain disproportionately affected, with an HIV prevalence rate of 14.7 percent compared to 8.7 percent among men….

HEALTH organisations are empower­ing adolescent girls and young women in Umguza District through menstrual health education and initiatives aimed at tackling the period poverty crisis. The Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+), in partnership with the National Aids Council (NAC), targets vulnerable girls through mentorship and life-skills train­ing designed to improve menstrual…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A SUSPECTED drug dealer who was allegedly transporting more than a tonne of dagga worth US$1,2 million appeared in court yesterday, where he was remanded in custody. Thapson Ndou appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing charges of unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs. He was remanded in custody to…

Yvonne Ncube A FORMER Founders High School teacher’s 20-year prison sentence for raping a 17-year-old student was upheld after he failed to appear in court for his appeal. Obed Rwatiringa was expected to appear before Bulawayo High Court Judge, justice Munamato Mutevedzi, to challenge both his conviction and sentence. However, neither Rwatiringa nor his legal…

Yvonne Ncube  A LOWER Gweru man was arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death with a wooden log during a domestic dispute linked to suspected infidelity. The incident occurred on May 26 at around 9pm at Chizhanga Village, Sandwich Farm under Chief Bunina in Lower Gweru. Acting Midlands police spokes­person Mollidias Zivuku yesterday confirmed…

RUTENDO NGARA POPULAR opposition activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as Madzibaba Veshanduko, was yesterday acquitted by Harare provincial magistrate Lisa Mutendereki on charges of incitement to commit public violence.He was jointly charged with Jim Kunaka and Malcolm Masarira.The court heard that the State failed to prove a case against all the accused.It was also established…

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES have released funds to clear outstanding school fees arrears for heroes’ dependants and begun processing a backlog of applications stretching back to 2023.Speaking during a Heroes’ Dependants Board stakeholders’ meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, the minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs, Monica Mavhunga, said the government had moved to settle…

Tapiwa Chirume DOZENS of informal traders in Marondera have been left counting their losses after the local authority demolished illegal structures erected along the town’s railway line.The demolitions, carried out on Tuesday, affected more than 100 vendors who had been operating from makeshift cabins built within the railway reserve.The operation has sparked criticism from some…

RUTENDO NGARA AN 18-year-old man from Gokwe South has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping his 42-year-old aunt.In a statement yesterday, the NPA said the court heard that the offence occurred on May 16, 2026, at around 5am when the two were walking together to a nearby village in…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old Bulawayo man for allegedly axing a drinking partner to death following a dispute.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele yesterday confirmed the arrest of Kwanele Mpala of St Peter’s suburb in Bulawayo in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Telford Hadasi of Kenilworth, Inyathi.Msebele said the incident occurred…