Zimbabwe cracks down on the oldest profession

Harare, Zimbabwe - A woman dressed in a fake Burberry trench-coat struts along a pitch-dark stretch of this southern African city's red-light district. Sporting knee-high boots and red lipstick, Sharon opens her coat into the headlights of an oncoming car to expose body-hugging leopard-print lingerie, prompting the vehicle to screech to a halt. "Hi sweetie," she says to the ...

Male Circumcision Could Save Zimbabwe U.S. $3 Billion

Zimbabwe could save up to US$3 billion in treatment of HIV and Aids and downstream costs if the country can scale up its Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), a health official has said. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, HIV and Aids and TB Specialist, Owen Mugurungi, said if the VMMC was to make an impact in the country, there was need for a rapid scaling up of the programme among ...

Zimbabwe Resistance Hinders Circumcision Programme

PROMOTERS of the male circumcision programme need to go back to the drawing board after only 8% of the targeted people responded positively to their campaign. The government set an ambitious target to circumcise three million men by the end of 2015, in its bid to reduce HIV infections in the country. But to date, only 8% of the target population has been reached, less than two years before the ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwes Chief Executives Fail to Pass On the Baton

ANNOUNCING the "shock" departure of then group chief executive officer Nyasha Makuvise last year, CBZ Holdings board chairman Luxon Zembe told analysts that while the group regretted his resignation, leadership was like a relay where one had to pass on the baton. "He [Makuvise] has worked well, we are proud and in fact, regret that a very good runner [is leaving] but in a relay, ...

Latest - Dynamos Wins Derby

The much publicised Harare derby between CAPS United and Dynamos failed to provide the sparkle as a penalty by Devon Chafa made the difference for the defending Castle Lager Premiership champions at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon. Chafa beat Tafadzwa Dube in the 26 minute after Ronald Pfumbidzai was adjudged to have hacked down Clive Kawinga in the box. The penalty made all the ...