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Mnangagwa aide hunts for Mambo's owner, after Masarira diss
IRKED by a joke on opposition leader, Linda Masarira, by fast food outlet Mambo's Chicken's marketing team, chief director for strategic communication in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2745 | by Staff reporter
Churches speak against early child marriages
Churches in Mashonaland Central have castigated early child marriage which is rampant in the province.According to Zimbabwe Gender Comm...Published: 15 May 2022 at 15:36hrs | 483 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 361 | by Staff reporter
NPRC urges political parties to be tolerant
The National Peace and Reconciliation Council of Zimbabwe (NPRC) has started to engage all stakeholders to encourage peace and tolerance among all citizens as the nation gears up for the March 26 by e...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:10hrs | 330 | by Stephen Jakes
Police raise concern over landlords rape cases
POLICE have raised concern over an increase of rape cases countrywide where women and girls are being sexually abused by known relatives, friends and landlords.Police also urged members of the...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Polad donates cement to Matabeleland North school
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) launched its historic outreach programme at Mbembeswana 1 Primary School in Bubi District, Matabeleland North on Saturday where it donated more than 50 bags of ce...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:20hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Man offers daughter (15) to appease avenging spirits
A man from Zhombe area in Kwekwe district allegedly married off his minor daughter to appease an avenging spirit while another one from the same area is reportedly forcing his under-age daughter to en...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:40hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to accelerate Marriages Bill
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has urged the government and parliament to speedily conclude crafting of the Marriages Bill to aid the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV).Speaki...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:15hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Gender Commission pushes for criminalisation of sexual harassment in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission is pushing for the enactment of legislation that criminalises sexual harassment and gender-based violence at the workplace.The criminalisation of sexual harassme...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:41hrs | 29 | by Staff Reporter
$11bn set aside for elections
TREASURY has allocated $11 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to carry out its activities that include conducting by-elections next year.The by-elections, which will be held du...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:58hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane varsity probed over sex scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has engaged the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry over allegations that female staffers at Lupane State University are being sexually harassed by some top exe...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Gender Commission probes LSU harassment scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it has begun investigations on a case where Lupane State University (LSU) vice-chancellor (VC) Pardon Kuipa is being accused of sexually abusing females at th...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt adamant on child marriages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is adamant that it has accomplished a lot in stopping child marriages in Zimbabwe despite some reported rising cases of the pervasive practice.In resp...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 16:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Blow for Magaya as rape charges resurface
The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Walter Magaya is facing a fresh headache as rape charges takes new twist. T...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 96 | by Desmond Nleya and Tarisai Mudahondo
'Remove Zimbabwe from money-laundering blacklist'
Zimbabwe strongly disputes the European Union's (EU) listing of the country among nations with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism, saying the citing by ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt must enact child protection law to outlaw child marriage
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has urged the government to enact child protection laws to outlaw child marriage, child pledging and places burden on all sectors of the soci...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF moves to put structures in place
Zanu-PF wants its provincial structures to work tirelessly with the lower structures to ensure a resounding victory in the 2023 harmonised elections through putting in place proper structures from cel...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad members demand equal access to media
ZIMBABWE'S fringe political parties have bemoaned unequal media coverage during elections, saying this had dented the country's democracy records and must not happen during the forthcoming 2023 electi...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa under probe over Parly brawl
ZIMBABWE Gender Commission (ZGC) said it was investigating Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) for physically assaulting MDC Alliance Proportional Representation MP Memory Mbondiah in Parliament last...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC aligned women groups demand release of Mamombe
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has called for the immediate release of MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe from prison, while bemoaning increasing cases of incarceration and torture of women at the h...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff writer
Govt has no money to fund commissions
GOVERNMENT has blamed budgetary constraints for its failure to fund independent commissions to carry out their constitutional obligations since they were established eight years ago.The Consti...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Khupe attack slammed by Gender Commission
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has lambasted the recent attack on ousted MDC interim president Thokozani Khupe during an emotive extraordinary congress.Khupe was allegedly beaten and had...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Sitabile Dewa
Does ZRP take orders from Zanu-PF HQ?
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti was last week arrested and charged with assault for calling a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina an "idiot" after an altercation at the Harare Magistrates Cour...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:19hrs | | by Chaururra Gutu
Prophet Magaya investigated over women abuse
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni last week revealed that her ministry through the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) investigated Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walther...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda, MPs roast Executive for undermining Parly
SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and opposition legislators yesterday took turns to grill Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi for allowing members of the Executive to take legislative business lightly...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC fumes over independent commissions' silence
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has expressed concern over Zimbabwe's independent commissions' alleged silence on the ongoing State-sponsored abductions and torture of opposition and civic society members....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya breaks silence on rape allegations
Following a series of sexual harassment allegations levelled against Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission on the 23rd of this...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:25hrs | 3748 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya faces investigation over sexual abuse
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission has instituted investigations against Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder, Prophet Walter Magaya who has been facing several allegations of sexually abu...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 17:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube allocates additional $125,5m to State institutions
GOVERNMENT has allocated an additional $125,5 million to chapter 12 institutions pivotal in maintaining the rule of law, peace and good governance in the country.These include the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt committed to electoral reforms: Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is committed to implementing electoral reforms recommended by electoral observers ahead of the 2023 gen...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No freedom after expression in Africa'
A PRELIMINARY report on the implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), has revealed gaps in implementing the African Union charter on human rights such as fr...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woes mount for Prophet Magaya
Women's groups have called on the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Zimbabwe Gender Commission and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to launch an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse against Prop...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 09:04hrs | 8532 | by Staff Reporter
Knives out for Jah Prayzah
Zimbabwean women on Friday came out guns blazing following the release of Jah Prayzah's track titled Fambai Nebhora, a dedication to the senior national soccer team, which they feel is "offensive and ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's resolve politics first
THE economic crisis continues to deepen with rising inflationary pressures, worsening shortages of foreign currency, electricity and fuel, amid a widening gap between the official and unofficial excha...Published: 31 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Prosper Chitambara
Sex predators prey on women
An increasing number of Zimbabwean women say they have become victims of sexual abuse at their workplaces, a study has revealed.According to the Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) surve...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about the 'new dispensation'
Grace Mugabe is like a civet cat's stench. It's so strong it will burn your nostrils. And it doesn't go away in a hurry. Now, that disgraceful smell is hanging around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's se...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 395 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa pursues dialogue without Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, backed by his ruling Zanu-PF party and close to 18 opposition political parties, is pressing ahead with political parties' dialogue without the main opposition MDC and it...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:47hrs | 3478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mulls disbanding gukurahundi commissions
Government is mulling disbanding two Constitutional commissions - the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) - and subsume their core functions un...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti Zanu-PF figures targeted for Zimbabwe 'political dialogue'
Former Botswana President Ian Seretse Khama and South Africa's former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela are among some of the names being considered to mediate talks between President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:36hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe govt must compensate victims of army rape
Women rights activists have petitioned government to compensate women who were allegedly raped during a brutal crackdown by the military to crush protests against fuel prices.Dozens of women m...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape 'safe houses' props exposed
The establishment of so-called "safe houses" for alleged victims of rape following last month's violent protests was part of a political campaign to beam negative images of Zimbabwe to the world by ho...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sexual allegations rock Zimbabwe's National Aids Council
Government has launched an investigation into the operations of the National Aids Council (NAC) over allegations of sexual harassment, corporate sleaze and maladministration.The probe coincide...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1300 | by Staff rpeorter
Underfunding NPA, Zacc dangerous: MP
GWERU Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) has criticised the $8 million allocation to the National Prosecuting Authority, saying it was not enough since the body was responsible for prosecuting high le...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Female MPs overshadowed by men in Eighth Parliament'
WOMEN legislators only contributed to 37% of debates in the Eighth Parliament compared to 63% by their male counterparts, a report by the Women in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) has revealed.Pr...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
RG denies sexual allegations against him
Registrar-General Mr Clemence Masango yesterday denied allegations of sexual harassment raised against him while he was still principal director in the Immigration Department. Mr Masango was r...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Immigration Dept officials face sexual harassment probe
Zimbabwe Gender Commission acting chairperson Mr Paul Kadzima yesterday said they have set up a commission of inquiry to conduct hearings into allegations of sexual harassment being levelled against f...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call to end violence against women and girls in public transport
In pursuance of the creation, promotion of safe spaces for women and girls, and the provision of gender responsive public services, ActionAid Zimbabwe (AAZ) and the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 13:30hrs | | by Alfred Towo
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