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'Greedy in-laws disinherit children'
Improper handling of inheritance matters by greedy in-laws continues to haunt children, resulting in many turning destitute and becoming drug addicts, right's groups have said.They said the ri...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists
Those convicted of rape or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt must introduce social safety nets for unpaid care givers
VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is part of a steering committee working group on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW).The working group is convened by the Wom...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Viset
Boy child vulnerable to sexual abuse too
POLICE in Bulawayo have put on spotlight sexual abuse perpetrated against the boy child after five boys were sexually assaulted within five months compared to zero cases that were recorded in the same...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divorce cases spike
The High Court in Harare recorded a staggering 47 divorce cases on Thursday last week while statistics show that 1 351 couples filed for divorce last year compared to 1 117 in 2020.Observers b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | | 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 | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
'Boys suffer sexual abuse in silence'
A REPORT by Farm Orphans Support Trust (Fost) has revealed that boys also suffer sexual abuse, yet it was going unreported.The study was done in collaboration with the department of Social Dev...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More men victims of spousal abuse
A SURVEY has shown that spousal abuse cases are high in the country with men being the most affected. The predominant form of spousal abuse is emotional, economic and physical abuse. This is c...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage cases spike in Sanyati
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Maidei Changa (not her real name) struggled to breastfeed her two-month-old baby.Maidei missed Form One at a nearby secondary school in ward 10 under Chief Hozhele in Sanyati...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:40hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo has highest number of never married households heads
BULAWAYO has the highest number of heads of households who have never been married and the lowest percentage of couples living together.The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee ZimVAC (...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 16:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Padare advocates for female vice-president
Female participation in politics has remained a contentious issue with various women organisations and pressure groups pushing for adherence to the Zimbabwean constitution that stipulates equal repres...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZBC evicts former employees
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) evicted its former employees from company accommodation at flats in the Avenues area of Harare on Christmas Day.At least four families, including tw...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe divorce law spurs women's fight for property
When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband in southwestern Zimbabwe and took the three donkeys ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | | by Reuters
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
Hooligans hijack Mighty Warriors solidarity walk
A solidarity march organised in support of Zimbabwe senior women's soccer team, the Might Warriors degenerated into chaos when thugs suspected to be sympathetic to Zifa gate-crashed and disrupte...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
89 CSOs rap parly for passing Amendment bill on Chief Justice appointment
About 89 Civil Society Organisaions have rapped parliament of Zimbabwe for passing the Amendment Bill No 1 of the constitution in which it gives powers to the President to appoint the Chief Justice....Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Infidelity fuels murders'
POLICE have said infidelity and jealousy among couples has led to the increase in murder cases countrywide, most of them fuelled by abuse of social media.National police chief spokesperson Sen...Published: 25 May 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men 'desperately need protection from abusive wives'
ABOUT 72 percent of Bulawayo men who have gone through counselling at Enkundleni/Padare Men's Forum have reported that their wives beat them up.Most of the victims report that police offic...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief evicts villager for not greeting him
Chief Banga of Shurugwi has evicted a villager whom he accuses of not greeting him whenever they meet.Jasinto Chihlangu has been given four months' notice to vacate Mashingaidze Village fo...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother-in-law backs Kereke
Zanu-PF Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke's mother-in-law whose grandchildren were allegedly sexually abused by the legislator, yesterday stood by her son-in-law and exonerated him from the charges....Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mbuya Nehanda's chilling Six Commandments
COMRADE Julian Maodza Murenga Mukomawashe, last week said things that have divided many Zimbabweans, regarding Mbuya Nehanda. That debate is still raging.This week, Murenga continues this "str...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The boy who fed Mbuya Nehanda
LET us from the onset warn you dear readers. The narration below, by Julian Maodza Murenga Mukomawashe, belongs to the spiritual world. Born on August 22 1960, in Mbire; Murenga is that muzukuru waMbu...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kereke wife breaks down during trial
Zanu-PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke's wife broke down in court yesterday while defending her husband who is accused of raping her 11-year-old niece. Instead she accused the young ...Published: 21 May 2016 at 21:55hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Kereke woes mount
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe top official and Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke's legal woes continued to mount as he appeared at the High Court yesterday on a $2 million defamation laws...Published: 10 May 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kereke demands apology
ZANU-PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke yesterday concluded his defence in his rape trial by demanding an apology from his in-laws for wrongful conduct.Kereke also raised a red flag a...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Grace Mugabe unpopular in Zanu-PF
Some Zimbabweans in Manicaland province say despite First Lady Grace Mugabe's well-attended rallies around the country, she does not command enough support to take over the reigns from her husband, if...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 20:42hrs | | by Loirdham Moyo
A Nation off the radar: #ZanuPFMustFall
The nauseating and stomach-churning duplicity is that when it comes to Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF what is good for the goose is not high-quality for the gander - is always tellingly displayed by the tw...Published: 05 Nov 2015 at 10:15hrs | | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Zanu PF blamed over 'mini-skirts' attacks
HARARE - The MDC Member of Parliament for Harare Central, Murisi Zwizwai has weighed into the ongoing mini-skirt saga, blaming Zanu PF for placing thugs at bus termini.Zwizwai said Zanu PF mu...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai to address UK star rally next week
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai will next week address a star rally that is open to all Zimbabweans in the UK, a senior party official said on Tuesday.Elliot Pfebve, the MDC-T's EU chief rep...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 17:43hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Rape a v*rgin sangomas denounced
SOME traditional healers have been accused of fuelling rape crimes by lying to people that sleeping with v*rgins cures diseases and brings riches.Padare/Enkundleni Men's Forum chairman for Bul...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 08:26hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Protest against Zanu-PF government planned for UK
A peaceful demonstration has been organized by the MDC-T in the UK in protest against the worsening economic and political situation in Zimbabwe.The demonstration, organised by the MDC-T Midla...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 10:06hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
'Baba Jukwa' suspect is a sacrificial lamb
The ruling Zanu-PF party is making a 'sacrificial lamb' out of the Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi while pursuing those allegedly linked to Information Minister Jonathan Moyo.Kudzayi, 28, wa...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 20:04hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zanu-PF Politburo panics over economy
Ten months after the Zanu-PF government claimed a 'resounding electoral victory' over its opponents, President Robert Mugabe appears to be struggling to prop up the struggling economy.Finance ...Published: 20 May 2014 at 20:25hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T 'rebels' downplays Tsvangirai's 'rallies to nowhere'
The MDC-T faction calling itself the renewal team has said it is not concerned with the huge attendances of people at rallies addresssed by Morgan Tsvangirai, dismissing them as 'rallies to nowhere.'...Published: 13 May 2014 at 21:33hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Top cop slaps, jails breastfeeding female officer, Rights group speaks
THE top cop who allegedly slapped and jailed a breastfeeding female officer has been blasted by human rights groups.Assistant Commissioner Musarashana Mabunda, the Acting Officer Commanding M...Published: 10 May 2014 at 07:13hrs | | by Khama Phiri
MP hits back at Zimra boss and brands him 'arrogant'
The MDC-T MP for Mbizo in Kwekwe, Settlement Chikwinya, has said he's astounded that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) boss Gershem Pasi is contemplating a constitutional challenge to stop p...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zim women demand stiffer rape sentences
Women's organisations have petitioned Government and the Judiciary to impose stiffer penalties for sex crimes, NewsDay reported.This follows an increase in rape cases with the latest statistic...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Muchinguri lauds serial rapist sentence
The Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Oppah Muchinguri, has hailed the landmark sentence of 230 years given to a serial rapist and robber Thomas Brighton Chirembwe saying it...Published: 22 Jan 2014 at 22:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Sexual starvation major cause of domestic violence'
SEXUAL frustration is the major cause of domestic violence, men told a gender-based violence forum in Bulawayo yesterday. There was fierce debate at a city hotel on the causes of gender-based...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 03:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prof Jonathan Moyo launches magazine for the blind
THE Constitution requires all citizens to treat people living with disabilities with dignity and respect, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has said....Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men have role in fighting Gender-based Violence
Advocacy groups says that as the nation launches this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, one key demand should be the involvement of men in the fight against women and the girl ...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 04:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Tsvangirai finally accepts defeat'
Have we not seen and read Tsvangirai's poetic post, that one where he urges his supporters to look beyond "defeat"? He uses the word "defeat" for the first time.It is such a wonderful addition...Published: 01 Sep 2013 at 12:53hrs | | by manheru
Out goes the bogey of Gukurahundi
Grant defeat its creative side. It has been quite transporting to read agony pieces from officials of the two MDCs as they go through the writhing motions of confounding defeat.July 31 was a real tsun...Published: 01 Sep 2013 at 12:36hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Tsvangirai offers Mugabe safe exit
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has offered President Robert Mugabe an olive branch, telling the 89-year-old that there will be no witch hunt if he delivers a free election and leaves peacefully....Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Domestic violence cases up by over 500%
Reported cases of domestic violence in Zimbabwe have drastically increased by over 500 percent to nearly 11 000 cases from 2008 to 2012, Vice President Joice Mujuru has said....Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Economic challenges major cause of divorces'
Economic challenges, changes in value systems and increasing access to the legal system have been labelled as the major drivers of an increase in divorce cases and civil law suits in Zimbabwe....Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents want schoolchildren to be given condoms
TRADITIONAL leaders and parents in Chiwundura District want schoolchildren to be given condoms to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.&nb...Published: 27 Jul 2012 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
12-member Domestic Violence Council appointed
Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Minister Dr Olivia Muchena has appointed a 12-member Domestic Violence Council to facilitate the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act.T...Published: 28 May 2012 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe observes World TB Day
A local men's advocacy group has yesterday urged Zimbabweans to fight TB by practicing strict hygiene.Padare Men's Forum, which rallies men to shun violence against women and anti-social behav...Published: 25 Mar 2012 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Local NGO seeks to empower women
A local non-governmental organisation, Padare has taken the initiative of partnering the government and other NGOs responsible for gender issues to map the way forward on issues concerning empowering ...Published: 08 Mar 2012 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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