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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:45
HARARE - Miss Global Zimbabwe Mutsa Mutare has launched a campaign to assist victims of last week’s destructive hailstorm in Chivi that left 35 homesteads severely damaged. The effort to pool resources for the affected Chivi families by Mutare was confirmed...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:46
HARARE - Superstar Oliver Mtukudzi has moved to permanently quash unrelenting speculation about his HIV status, declaring in an interview with CNN, “I am not HIV positive.” Tuku, one of Zimbabwe’s most successful musicians, has previously battled wild rumours of ill-health...Read More
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 09:27
HARARE - Tuli Coal (Private) Limited (Tuli) remains in limbo after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) frustrated Singaporean billionaire Sukamto Sia’s $40 million bid for the Beitbridge-based mining asset. The Asian investor, who had been introduced to the Zimbabwean market...Read More
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Monday, 10 December 2012 09:33
HARARE - “My son Shakespeare, do not go around shaking your spear everywhere,” exclaimed Albert Nyathi as he recited his poem My Son, at the unveiling of a World Aids Day theme song initiated by a youth singing sensation Theo Phoenyll....Read More
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Features » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Monday, 03 December 2012 12:19
HARARE - She is blind, living positively with HIV and has been abandoned by her policeman son. But Gracious Vela’s situation is far from grave. At one time, odds were so staked against her that the 49-year-old Gwanda resident was...Read More
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Saturday, 01 December 2012 13:00
HARARE - The elderly population has recorded the highest rate of HIV-infected people, third quarter statistics released by the National Aids Council (Nac) reveal. People above the age of 50 recorded a 42 percent HIV positive rate surpassing the 25 to...Read More
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Friday, 30 November 2012 10:48
HARARE - Bottlenecks disrupting HIV treatment and other support systems may trigger another crisis at a time when Zimbabwe is basking in the glory of declining prevalence rates, a report has revealed. The document, titled Opportunistic Infections (OI) and Art (Anti-retroviral...Read More
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:06
HARARE - Zimbabwe has missed the 2012 HIV testing and counselling target by 13 percent, the National Aids Council (Nac) has said. Statistics released by the coordinating and facilitating body of the national multi-sectoral response to HIV and Aids, show that...Read More
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Friday, 16 November 2012 11:24
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court yesterday briefly heard and deferred a constitutional challenge by an HIV activist who wants the highest court to rule that denying treatment to people living with HIV held in either police or prison detention is unconstitutional....Read More
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:11
HARARE - HIV and Aids activists have blamed the ministry of Health for challenges perennially faced by people on life-prolonging anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. People on ARVs have repeatedly complained that shortages of drugs in public hospitals have constantly forced them to...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 12:54
HARARE - Cancer and HIV treatment interventions should be integrated to provide broader health prevention and management services for the two diseases, Health and Child Welfare minister Henry Madzorera has said. “There is need to integrate cancer services with HIV and...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:25
HARARE - A human rights activist denied access to treatment while in detention is finally having his day in court. Douglas Muzanenhamo was arrested on February 19, 2011 and charged with committing treason together with 44 other social justice, trade union...Read More
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Entertainment » Sharon Muguwu, Entertainment Writer
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:25
HARARE - Three Zimbabweans will showcase their works this week in Cape Town during the Mercedes Benz Africa Fashion Week. Intisaar Mukadam, Joyce Chimanye and Maita Marimo will rub shoulders with designers from other countries during this high-profile event which includes...Read More
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Monday, 15 October 2012 13:04
BULAWAYO - Mainstream MDC deputy organising secretary Abdenico Bhebhe has blamed high HIV/Aids prevalence in Zimbabwe on Zanu PF’s mismanagement of the economy. Addressing more than 600 MDC supporters in Inyathi, Matabeleland North on Saturday Bhebhe said HIV/Aids is usually...Read More
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012 12:18
BULAWAYO - Bulawayo police in Matabeleland North’s Lupane District yesterday banned an HIV/Aids training workshop conducted by civic and human rights organisation National Youth Development Trust (NYDT). According to the organisation, police commander for Lupane District Johannes Govo banned the four-day...Read More
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