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Family in soup for marrying off underage girl
A family in Mapanzure, under Headman Matavire in Chief Murinye's jurisdiction, is facing investigation after reportedly marrying off their 16-year-old daughter following her return home late.T...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:27hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mum kills baby with rat poison mixed with milk
A 21-year-old woman from Mberengwa has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Gweru High Court after she admitted to killing her seven-month-old baby by poisoning her milk in 2023.Feli...Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:17hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Gata pushes for anti-bullying laws in schools
Mutema-Musikavanhu legislator Angeline Gata has raised serious concerns over the rising incidents of bullying in schools within her constituency. This follows ongoing research being conducted in colla...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:20hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Poor Grade 7 results are no basis for denying Form 1 places, says Court
In a landmark decision, High Court Judge Justice Fatima Maxwell has declared the refusal by Harare High School to enroll students for Form 1 based on their Grade 7 examination results as unlawful....Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:26hrs | 3181 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for stronger regional collaboration to safeguard children's future
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the current Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has called for enhanced regional collaboration and a renewed commitment to children's rights...Published: 17 Nov 2024 at 11:57hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
Sex with persons under 18 outlawed in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially signed the Criminal Laws Amendment (Protection of Children and Young Persons) Act, 2024, making sexual relations with individuals below the age of 18 a crim...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 10:53hrs | 1770 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for sex predators
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has evoked the presidential powers to protect children against rape after amending some sections of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act on rape and indecent ass...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe raises age of consent to 18 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa utilized the Presidential Powers Act to modify the Criminal Law Code and restore the age of consent to eighteen (18) years.The age of consent denotes the age at wh...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 18:40hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife conferred an Honourary Doctor of Laws, capped by hubby
President Mnangagwa, who is Chancellor of State universities, has today capped his wife Auxilia Mnangagwa who was on Friday conferred an Honourary Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the University of Z...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Commute death sentence to prison terms'
A RECENT High Court ruling condemning Tapiwa Makore Senior and accomplice Tafadzwa Shamba to death for the brutal murder of then seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore Junior has once again revived debate on th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 14 | 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
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
Govt to pay school fees for 1,5 million children
School fees for 859 000 children has so far this year been paid through the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) and the Government is targeting 1,5 million for next year. This year the bu...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 10 | 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
'Lift ban on private transport operators'
HUMAN rights groups and the clergy have urged Local Government minister July Moyo to lift the ban on private transport operators and end the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) monopoly because ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Short holidays under new school calender
While the school calendar for this year is still being finalised it is likely that there will be three normal-length terms each of 60 teaching days, meaning exceptionally short school holidays once we...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born doctor appointed Save the Children UK chair
ZIMBABWEAN-BORN doctor, Tsitsi Chawatama (42) is the new Save the Children United Kingdom chairperson. Chawatama, a consultant paediatrician who grew up in Zimbabwe, has a wealth of clinical a...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! Below I present to you the Draft Constitution (Part 1 and Part 2 consisting of 47 Articles) of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. The Full Draft Constitutio...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Chamisa ally listed amongst 100 'Most Influential Young Africans' of 2020
PR & Rating firm, Avance Media and Africa Youth Awards have announced the 5th annual publication of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans list for 2020. The list is curated to recognise young Af...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 20:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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
Jittery over small house saga
SECTIONS of the Draft Marriages Bill 2017, which seeks to provide for civil partnerships - better known as cohabitation - will legitimise 'small houses' if passed into law, a legal expert has said....Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Fatima Bulla
Chamisa's MPs walk out on Mnangagwa
THE government has secured $500 million in foreign credit facilities to ease a cash crisis that has crippled local industry, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday at the official opening of the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA to deport more smuggled children
THE government has said that six Zimbabwean children who were smuggled into South Africa without adequate documentation, are expected back in the country on April 19, in a move meant to clampdown on t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Damning human rights report on Mugabe
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has released a damning report exposing Zanu PF's abuse of school children during its political activities.ZHRC called on Parliament and the Justice ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Staf reporter
Fighting child marriages in Zimbabwe: From Theory to Practice
The Sunday Mail 2 July 2017 screamed with the headline, "Child brides: From frying pan to the fire." The heading itself is loaded and portray a society that has failed the girl child. But the question...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 10:04hrs | 2 | by Johanne Mhlanga
Heal Zimbabwe celebrates the Day of the African Child
Heal Zimbabwe has said it is joining the nation and the rest of Africa in commemorating the Day of the African Child.The day is commemorated every year on the 16th of June."It was set ...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
International Children's Day statement - ZWIPA
Today is International Children Day. Children's rights in most third world countries are still just but a piece of paper. The International Day for Protection of Children is observed in many c...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Linda T. Masarira
Man gets 8 years in jail for killing four-year-old stepson
A MAN from Umguza who indiscriminately assaulted his ailing four-year-old stepson to death for visiting his uncle at night, has been sentenced to eight years in jail.Khumbulani Sibanda (30) of...Published: 01 Apr 2017 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Comrade Bekezele Madumo Fuzwayo: a Man above ordinariness! I'm proud of you!
I am indeed responding to the article Cd Fuzwayo wrote on Bulawayo24.com January 19th regarding the cruelty done to a minor by some rouge desperate wife from Gwanda who paraded an innocent victim of s...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 18:01hrs | | by Nomazulu thata
Outrage over little boy chanting Zanu PF slogans video
HARARE - In a case bordering on abuse of minors, a video of a boy - aged about two years - chanting Zanu PF slogans has sparked outrage on social media.In the clip - which has gone viral - the...Published: 26 Dec 2016 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The case for Internet regulation
The Internet is not only a conduit of nefarious activities but a domain of sophisticated crime which any nation would need to regulate. Other countries have already addressed this by putting in place ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Protestors slammed for using kids as human shields
THE Government has castigated political activists and opposition parties for using children as human shields in their illegal demonstrations, saying the move was a gross violation of regional and inte...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Felex Share
A girl-child's domestic chores; child labour? or acquiring a traditional woman's apprenticeship
Who has ever seen the agony of a woman in a maternity ward, having just delivered a girl-child instead of a boy-child she had hoped to get to solidify the marriage? She breaks down and cries, sh...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 23:12hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
PSAf promoting the media's role in ending child marriages
As the international 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign roars into life this week, Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) is calling on the media to lead from the front and rai...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Call for urgent protection of children online
Stakeholders in the information communication technology have been called upon to come together in mitigating problems associated with technology among children.Technological advancement...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim laws protect cattle than people - Analyst
Political analyst Alex Magaisa has said Zimbabwean laws seem to be much into protecting cattle than they should for human beings."The irony is that Zimbabwean laws protect cattle against t...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
New Zim gospel choir is born
BACKGROUNDZIMWORSHIP is a gospel ensemble that was formed in September 2013. The project is a brainchild of two childhood friends, Edward Mushuna and Sonny Mashambanhaka who grow up together i...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 20:13hrs | 4 | by Entertainment Reporter
UNICEF urges protection of Zimbabwe children during votes
The United Nations' Children and Educational Fund (Unicef) Executive Director, Mr Anthony Lake has urged Zimbabweans to protect children at the time of the constitutional referendum set for next week ...Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
84% of Zimbabwe marriages unregistered
ABOUT 84 percent of marriages in Zimbabwe are unregistered customary unions, a development that has fuelled a surge in inheritance and divorce cases before the courts. Speaking at a workshop on marria...Published: 07 Feb 2013 at 04:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Marriages laws need attention,' says RG
The Registrar General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede says the current legislation on marriage has loopholes that require urgent attention to protect the family and cultural values.In an interview on marria...Published: 06 Feb 2013 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Take toddlers out of prison and devolve the justice system
The shocking revelations by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs that some 30 toddlers are incarcerated with their mothers in Zimbabwe's squalid prisons calls for urgent remedial intervent...Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:07hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr
Zimbabwe defends human rights record
Geneva - Zimbabwe defended its human rights record at a UN hearing Monday while slamming sanctions against the country which it said brought hardship and violated human rights."Zimbabwe is a m...Published: 11 Oct 2011 at 04:58hrs | | by -
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