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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
Former policeman arrested for brutal assault on son
A former police officer has been arrested and lost custody of his four children after a video showing him brutally assaulting his 10-year-old son with an electric cable and bricks went viral on social...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Bad parenting fuels juvenile delinquency
WHAT happened to good parenting?Many people are curious about this issue in the wake of incidents where young people are found in violation of the law.Recently, minors, some as young a...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 16 | by Veronica Gwaze
Unicef praises Zimbabwe child protection laws
ZIMBABWE is one of the few countries in the sub-Saharan region with an excellent grip on child protection issues, a top United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) official has said.Unicef country...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parental negligence fuelling teen pregnancies
COMMUNITY leaders say the prevailing economic hardships have forced parents to abandon their children, making them vulnerable to sexual abuse.This came out during engagements on gender-based v...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
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
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
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 | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's arrogance detriment to the poor
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrogant defence of the discredited Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill Number 1 in Parliament last week epitomised Zanu-PF's penchant to major on power retenti...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe's govt, police, drivers liable for the horror accidents
A fortnight ago, Zimbabweans woke up to the tragic news that 43 people had perished and 23 others seriously injured when a Zambia-bound King Lion bus veered off the road and hit a tree along the Harar...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's misplaced priorities hurt the poor
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrogant defence of the discredited Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill Number 1 in Parliament last week epitomised Zanu-PF's penchant to major on power retenti...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Sex offenders to be chemically castrated
Jakarta - Child rights activists on Wednesday welcomed the Indonesian government's plans to use chemical castration as additional punishment for child sex offenders.President Joko Widodo on Tu...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 20:13hrs | | by dpa
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