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Family in soup for marrying off underage girl
A family in Mapanzure, under Headman Matavire in Chief Murinye's jurisdiction, is facing investigation after reportedly marrying off their 16-year-old daughter following her return home late.T...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:27hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic church minor dies after pregnancy, parents attempt to conceal truth
A disturbing new case of child marriage has rocked Zimbabwe, as members of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect are accused of trying to conceal the death of a suspected 13-year-old bride who reportedly...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:44hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt raises awareness on new marriage law
The Law Development Commission under the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has expressed concern over limited access to legal information in communities, leading to widespread misin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:42hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP sucked into missing teen investigation
A Harare family has filed a missing person's report accusing a Citizens Coalition for Change MP of "hiding" a 16-year-old girl.The family says in a report filed at Budiriro 2 Police Station th...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:51hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for sex predators
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has evoked the presidential powers to protect children against rape after amending some sections of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act on rape and indecent ass...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe raises age of consent to 18 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa utilized the Presidential Powers Act to modify the Criminal Law Code and restore the age of consent to eighteen (18) years.The age of consent denotes the age at wh...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 18:40hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe achieves milestone in HIV/AIDS Fight, recognized among top performers in Africa
Zimbabwe has emerged as one of the leading nations in Africa making significant progress in the battle against HIV/AIDS, surpassing the 95-95-95 targets set by UNAIDS well ahead of schedule. The comme...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 09:49hrs | 33 | by Staff Reporter
Herd boy locked up 12 years for rape
A herdboy from Tsholotsho, Matebeleland North province, has been sentenced to an effective 12 years behind bars for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a miscarriage....Published: 12 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's underworld of teen sex, drugs
TEENAGERS of schoolgoing age take turns to go into a secret hide-out located in Hatfield, Harare, on a Saturday.The girls are dressed in all sorts of skimpy tight fitting clothes, while their ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga new law raises alarm
Health sector stakeholders and legislators say the Medical Services Amendment Bill sponsored by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Health ministry will deny orphans access to health care services i...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, wheels of justice will catch up with you
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, methinks it is astonishing that you appear to be the only stranger who is not impacted by the allegations of sexual impropriety made by an Au...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission statement on June 16
1. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is one of the five (5) Chapter 12 Independent Commissions established in terms of sections 232 (b) and 242 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and operationa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by ZHRC
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Sex is a demon, says Biti
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti, Thursday described sex as a demon which he said children should be protected from.Biti was speaking at his law chambers where he called on government to sp...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti clarifies age of consent ruling
TENDAI Biti, who successfully lobbied for the review of the age of consent from 16 to 18 at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has clarified last week's ruling, saying it did not necessarily raise th...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to age of consent ruling
LAWYERS yesterday reacted differently to the Constitutional Court's Tuesday ruling that raised the age of consent for sexual relations from 16 to 18, to meet the minimum age of marriage as set in the ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ConCourt rules age of consent now 18
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday raised the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18 in a landmark ruling with far-reaching consequences.The ruling follows an application by two Harare...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's child marriage shocker
NEARLY 34 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married countrywide, a statistic that has shocked the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).The commission said it was concerned about the surge i...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Have sex but Don't get married
The past week has seen a heated debate on social media after government has through the Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi gave the green light over the age of sexual consent to...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:12hrs | 13 | by Desmond Nleya
Masarira piles pressure against child marriage
OPPOSITION Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party leader Linda Masarira has piled pressure on government to align the Marriages Act to the Constitution, saying current legislation allow...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls
The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16-year-olds can consent to sex, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said 16-year-olds can legally consent to sex, but cannot marry.He said this while responding to questions from Mutare Central legislator Innocent Gonese in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shamwari Yemwanasikana breathes fire over the death of a 14 year old girl
A girl child Organisation, Shamwari yemwanasika breathes fire over a 14 year old girl who died in labour at an unnamed apostolic sect last week in Bocha Marange.In a statement Shamwari Yemwana...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Cyber Bill sails through Parly Committee stage
THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill (2019) last Thursday sailed through the Committee Stage in the National Assembly and is now before the Parliamentary Legal Committee for scrutiny.If...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says no to contraceptives for girls
Girls under the age of 16 cannot be given contraceptives as they cannot legally consent to sexual activity, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga told that National Assembly last week. Speaking ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
63 pregnant school girls drop out in Bulawayo
IN a trend that has exposed the continued exploitation of the girl child in both rural and urban communities, 63 girls in Bulawayo dropped out of school after being impregnated, while about 40 pupils ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
HIV/Aids account for 50% teen deaths
HIV and Aids have emerged as the leading killers among adolescents, accounting for 50% of deaths, according to statistics released by sexual and reproductive health rights organisation, Advocacy Core ...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 000 teens impregnated in two months
NEARLY 5 000 teenage girls got pregnant while close to 2 000 were married off in the first two months of the year, in what experts believe was a result of idleness and school closures caused by the Co...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Age of consent should be raised to 18, says Human rights lawyer
The Marriages Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament has managed to define who is a child in Zimbabwe, but there is need to close the gap between the age of sexual consent and age of con...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chinese nationals impregnate young girls in Zimbabwe'
Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that Chinese nationals who are running production firms in his constituency are impregnating young girls who are below the age of consent. ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:35hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa promises free education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic educati...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough as fathers get equal custodial rights as mothers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet has approved principles that seek to amend the Constitution to give equal rights between mothers and fathers. In a statement on Wednesday the Minis...Published: 01 May 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Children should get sex education regardless of age'
Social workers and legislators have said the age of consent to sex should remain at 16 years to protect children from abuse, while at the same time children should have access to sexual reproductive h...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe marriage age of consent raised
GIRLS under the age of 18 will no longer legally enter into marriages, while marrying off minors will become a criminal offence under a new law that will be introduced in Parliament soon.Inter...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Give the wayward juveniles access to pills
The issue of the age of consent has stirred a hornet's nest in Zimbabwe with some saying lower it to twelve and others giving thumbs up to sixteen years. The adults want to baby sit the under ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 21:52hrs | | by Tondorindo
Age of consent stirs debate in Zimbabwe
LEGISLATORS have dismissed reports that they are pushing for the downward review of the age of consent to 12 years, explaining that they were calling for minors who are sexually active to access treat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
23pc females cohabited before 18 - Study
OVER 23 percent of females aged between 18 and 24 were once married or cohabited before they turned 18, the Young Adults Survey of Zimbabwe has revealed. Young Adults Survey of Zimbabwe (YASZ)...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacists urged to sell EC to adolescent girls
THE Health ministry has come hard on pharmacists that deny adolescent girls access to Emergency Contraception (EC), known as the morning-after pill, as teenage pregnancies were on the rise.Pha...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs to be sworn in next week
NEWLY-electED MPs are most likely to be sworn in next week in order to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pick his Cabinet ministers from a group of legislators that have taken oath of office, a se...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
e.TV defends sex ad
Popular public independent broadcaster e.tv is once again involved in yet another sex escapade. The public broadcaster is being accused of not being considerate with issues that relate with sex especi...Published: 17 May 2018 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
Statutory rape doesn't warrant jail sentence: Judges
In a landmark ruling that has potential to trigger public outcry, two learned judges of the High Court have ruled that, depending on the circumstances, statutory rape does not usually warrant a custod...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can a child legally consent to sex?
When looking at the age at which one is legally regarded as having the ability to consent to sex, it usually sparks much debate and argument. It is, however, important that everyone has a general unde...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Danai Chirawu
R Kelly denies 'cult' allegations
Los Angeles - R&B singer R Kelly on Monday denied an article by US media outlet BuzzFeed News that he was keeping a household of young women in a "cult" atm...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Killarney man in trouble for sexually abusing girl (14)
A man from Killarney in Bulawayo is in trouble after he proposed love to a 14 year old girl who agreed with him and they engaged in sexual intercourse which is against the law that only views the age ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lower age of sexual consent to 13, youths plead
Youths have made a passionate plea to authorities to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 13 years.The plea was made during a People's Network (...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Tsvangirai impregnates six schoolgirls
THE community of Beitbridge is up in arms with a local customs clearing agent who has allegedly impregnated several pupils from Vhembe and St Mary's Secondary schools in the border town.Source...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda and Thupeyo Muleya
Govt National Pledge is unconstitutional
MDC-T official in Bulawayo Felix Mafa Sibanda has lambasted the government for introducing the national pledge which must be recited by all pupils in schools saying the move was unconstitutional....Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
National Pledge violates children's rights - #Zimpledgemustfall
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced what it calls a 'National Pledge' which according to the Ministry officials should be recited by the students daily before they begin les...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:51hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Juvenile saves $30 to marry girl (12) he raped
A 15 year old boy from Jotsholo has been dragged to court for raping a girl aged 12.The boy who can not be named due to his age pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to four str...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:15hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
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