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New marriages law decriminalises HIV transmission
Wilful transmission of HIV will be decriminalised once the Marriages Amendment Bill, which sailed through Parliament last week, is signed into law by the President as Government and Parliament move to...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Botswana decriminalises homosexuality
LGBTQI community scored a victory in Botswana after the Gaborone high court on Tuesday ruled that sections of the law that criminalises same-sex sexual conduct are unconstitutional.The court s...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 11:32hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt finally decriminalises Gukurahundi discussions
The government has with immediate effect approved measures to assist victims of the 1980 genocide popularly known as Gukurahundi, which include exhuming bodies that were buried in mainly unmarked mass...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:53hrs | 5 | by Methusi Ncube
SA court legalises private cannabis use
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence.Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the law banning marijuana use by adults was un...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Calls to decriminalise drug abuse
Zimbabwe has held a belated International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking commemorations amid calls for a paradigm shift to consider drug abuse as a health issue instead of a criminal o...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe rejects gay rights proposals
Zimbabwe has rejected embracing homosexuality that some European countries wanted the country to take up at the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group meeting, but accepted 142 other re...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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