Month: April 2022

Africa Moyo 19 April 2021 Civil registration documents such as national identity cards, birth certificates, death certificates and cattle brands will now all be free of charge during the ongoing national mobile registration blitz after President Mnangagwa’s intervention following requests by people. Registration requirements also has been eased to ensure that people can register easily. …

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Tendai Gukutikwa A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been slapped with an eight-year jail term for raping his cousin who was five years old at the time he started abusing her. Mutare regional magistrate, Ms Phathekile Msipa suspended three years of the sentence on condition of good behaviour. The court heard that sometime between 2015 and 2018, …

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15 April 2022 Lovemore Kadzura SIX Nyazura villagers, including two minors, allegedly took the law into their own hands and fatally assaulted a fellow villager they accused of stealing their property. The six — Ardlife Musariri (21), Morris Bvopfo (19), Brian Nyamana (19), Ernest Mapfunde (48) and the two minors aged 17 and 11 respectively, …

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Moffat Mungazi With Zimbabwe turning 42 on April 18, it is prudent to celebrate the major milestones the country has scored to date and this year’s theme for the Uhuru Day commemorations — “Leaving no one and no place behind” — resonates well with the direction our education sector continues to take. It is therefore …

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12 April 2022 SYDNEY NCUBE ZVISHAVANE – The rate of school pregnancies during the just ended Covid 19 lockdown period is shocking with at least five schools getting an average of 20 pregnant girls each. The report is for 2021 and 2022 lockdown periods. Zvishavane District AIDS Coordinator, Dennis Jaravani told a stakeholders meeting held …

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11 April 2022 ELIA NTALI The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is set to conduct a multi-sectoral stakeholders’ inquiry on sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls including those in marriages. Speaking during a press briefing in Harare, Friday morning, ZGC chairperson Commissioner Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe said the inquiry was informed by the death of 15-year-old Anna …

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07 April 2022 Zvikomborero Parafini A MUFAKOSE man has been slapped with a 12-year jail term after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter. Noah Tsomu (62), who initially pleaded not guilty, was convicted after a full trial. Harare regional magistrate, Gloria Takundwa, sentenced him to 16 years, four of which …

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01 APR, 2022 Tendai Gukutikwa Post Correspondent Violet Chipupuro (not real name) a 14 years girl, because of circumstances she had pushed to child labour. After her mother died and his father marries another wife, she left with no option that to look for job as maid to support her siblings and grandparents.  She is …

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04 April 2022 Zvikomborero Parafini A MBARE man allegedly raped his teenage niece at gunpoint and started living with her as his ‘wife,’ a Harare court heard over the weekend. Petros Kwaramba, 48, of Mbare National, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, who remanded him in custody. The …

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