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‘Arrest those who marry child brides,’ says Mnangagwa

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

VICE-PRESIDENT and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Government will channel more resources to protect children’s rights. At commemorations of the Day of the African Child and official opening of the 23rd Session of the Junior Parliament, VP Mnangagwa said Government was committed to educating every child. “Government will continue to support children to go to school and become educated. An educated person will not give preference to marriage,” he said….

Zhombe Man axes neighbour, slices body and sets his dogs to feast on corpse

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A 25-year-old man from Zhombe – Shingirirai Makonza brutally murdered his neighbour by striking him with an axe and slicing him with a machete before setting his dogs to feast on his butchered remains. That was sparked by a grudge over a woman and happened last week. Makonza allegedly killed his neighbour Keith Nyambira with whom he had a long-standing dispute over a woman. According to Sunday News, in December 2013 the now deceased Nyambira…

Magistrate blacks’ out before sentencing man to 40 yrs’:- Zimbabwean juju superstition??

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

There was drama at Chinhoyi regional court last week when magistrate Never Katiyo got stuck to his crown chair and suffered a temporary blackout in a suspected case of juju (muti use) as he delivered judgement against a 38-year-old man accused of raping his teenage maid three times. The rapist, Willard Chimanikire, according to the NewsDay, was eventually slapped with a 40-year prison term after being convicted of raping his 15-year-old housemaid sometime in February…

Mugabe, says African leaders snub his invites to visit Harare, and blames the West.

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, a much-criticised frequent flier, has revealed that some African leaders have snubbed his invites to visit Harare. And, as with everything else that goes wrong in Zimbabwe, Mugabe blamed western countries for the rebuffs. Mugabe made the revelation while seeing off Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who made a three-day stopover in Harare after attending the African Union summit in South Africa. Speaking at Harare international airport, the veteran leader said leaders…

Tapiwa Chikanga, (32) who ripped 83 yr old’s stomach open, is sentenced to death

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MASVINGO: A High Court judge has sent a man to the gallows for ripping open an 83 year old man’s stomach and stealing his $5,000 which the elderly villager had just received as compensation for relocation from Tokwe Mukosi. Justice Francis Bere sentenced Tapiwa Chikanga, 32, from Chivi to death with an additional 20 years in jail for two other robbery crimes he committed to other flood victims. The judge said Chikanga deserved the death…

‘Mugabe must fire Prosecutor General Tomana now!’ -say Child Rights groups

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHILD and women’s rights activists have demanded that Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana immediately resigns or, failing that, be fired after he appeared to suggest that 12-year-old girls could consent to sex and that they should be listened to if they wanted to get married. Tomana made the remarks in an interview with the Bulawayo Chronicle but he was beating a hasty retreat Friday after widespread outrage over the comments. Audio recordings of the interview also…

More Zanu PF damage control as Mugabe castigates ‘Tomana’s girl child marriage ideas’

Posted on June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe has commended the child parliamentarians for exhibiting maturity in the debates they carried out during the official opening of the 23rd Session of the Children’s Parliament in Harare today. Mugabe, who was addressing the same gathering, castigated early child marriages saying girls should not be seen as ripe for marriage judging by their physical appearance. He said child marriages cause irreparable damage to girls and denies them the right to personal development…

Zanu PF Damage control: as ‘Highlander’s No 9’ contradicts Tomana on girl child saga

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE government disapproves of early child marriages and teenage pregnancies as they are detrimental to the country’s socio-economic growth, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (Highlander’s No 9) said yesterday. VP Mnangagwa said the “business of any child was in the classroom” and young girls and boys should not be deprived of their right to education by being forced into early marriages. Addressing teachers, educationists and parents at the launch of the 2015 Global Action Week which focuses…

Tomana refused to prosecute ‘ Zanu PF Kereke for raping an 11 year old at gunpoint’

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor General, Tomana is not new to controversy as he stands accused of failing or rather refusing to prosecute a Zanu PF Stalwart, MP Munyaradzi Kereke who was facing allegations of raping a minor. This blatant disregard for court orders compelling him him to do so proved beyond doubt that Zanu PF and Mugabe are a law unto themselves and all else depends on them, not the other way round. The case against Dr Munyardzi Kereke…

‘Im not easy to get rid of, because I serve at Mugabe’s pleasure’-Tomana

Posted on June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PROSECUTOR GENERAL Johannes Tomana says he is not an “easy” man to get rid of adding he “serves at the President’s pleasure” and those seeking to tarnish his image should not expect to succeed in their agenda.Tomana said this as he came under fire for reportedly saying girls as young as 12 can give consent to sex and should be heard by the courts if they wish to start families with older men. Leading the…

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