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Child marriage victim succumbs to labour complications
Zandile Sibanda clung desperately to her 14-year-old daughter, Sikhulile Sibanda, who had fallen victim to an early child marriage, as she took her final breath after suffering from a severe illness f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | 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
Moment of truth for Harare East candidates
THE race for the Harare East National Assembly seat pits Tendai Biti (pictured) of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), Mavis Gumbo of Zanu-PF, Lovemore Christopher Mbanga of the MDC-Alliance, Ga...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CSO celebrate protection of Children in Marriage Bill
A Civic group, Padare/ Enkundleni men's forum on gender has celebrated the protection of minors on the marriage bill.Padare/Enkundleni men's forum on gender Programmes officer Ziphongezipho Nd...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 09:16hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Minister calls for arrest of Chinese miner, parents
SMALL-to-Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni has called for the arrest of a Chinese miner and parents who married off their 15-year-old daughter to the foreign national.The teenager, ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the Int...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Child brides: Machaya saga opens Pandora's box
THE story of a 14-year-old girl, who died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine in Marange has sparked outrage across the globe.Anna Machaya was allegedly forced out of school and int...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CSOs scrutinise Marriages Bill
A GROUP of civil society organisations (CSOs) are working with grassroots communities to ensure that the Marriages Bill contains sections that promote women and discourage early child marriages....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The Outlawed section of Marriage Bill demystified
'Clause 40 provides for relationships which, to make a clear distinction between them and proper marriages, have been termed "civil partnerships". Civil partnerships are the equivalent of what would b...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
Cabinet orders minister to remove the offending section 40 from Marriage Bill
There has been pandemonium regarding the import of the Marriages Bill, (hereinafter referred to as "the Bill") which was approved by the Cabinet in 2017. After spirited efforts by every person in Zimb...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The profanity of the Marriage Bill
There has been total confusion surprise and total disgust over the Draft Marriages Bill, 2017 which is now called the Marriage Bill,which was recently thrown out by the parliament when the honourable ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Legislative reform agenda buttresses Mnangagwa's sincerity
This is the second part of a trilogy of articles that I am writing outlining the reform agenda being pursued by President Mnangagwa in the Second Republic. In the previous article I dwelt on political...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:16hrs | 3 | by Nick Mangwana
The Marriage Bill of 2017 - A personal reflection on why it will not fly!
I am sure most people have read the proposed Marriages Bill of 2017, which seeks to repeal and replace the existing Marriage Act (Chapter 5:11) & the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:01). ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 12:06hrs | 2 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Adultery damages, cohabitation rights
A COMMON assertion is that the proposition to protect the rights of cohabiting couples in the imminent Marriage Bill automatically nullifies the concept of adultery.However, this is not true b...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Cohabiting now legally protected
SECTION 40 of the proposed Marriage Bill recognises and protects the rights of unmarried people in cohabiting relationships, known in Shona as kubika mapoto and colloquially as small houses.Fo...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 4 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Deliberate transmission of HIV: The pros & cons
THE most topical issue this past week was the announcement by Justice minister of government's plans to revoke section 79(1) of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, which makes the deliberate t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe government introduces free education
Government schools will next year begin offering free basic education, while corporal punishment will be abolished in terms of a new law that is set to be introduced.Authorities will amend the...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:45hrs | 7 | 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
Swaziland denies banning divorce
The Swazi government has denied claims made in media reports that King Mswati III has banned divorce in the kingdom, a report on yesterday said. Swazi government spokesperson Sabelo Dl...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mswati wants divorce banned in Swaziland
Divorce is likely to be banned in Swaziland.King Mswati III has told religious leaders at the weekend that it is against culture to divorce.He's instructed them to inform citizens that...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe marriage law on the cards
Parliament will soon approve a new law targeted at ending child marriages and enforce equal distribution of matrimonial property upon divorce or separation of spouses.The law, expected to ...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
UK teachers forced to teach pupils about gay marriage
A primary school teacher in UK faced disciplinary action because she didn't want to read to her class from a storybook about gay penguins.The teacher, who has not been named, works in a scho...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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