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‘200 Zimbabweans, Mostly Women On Death Row In China For Drug Trafficking’

Posted on May 20, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

ABOUT 200 Zimbabweans, mostly women, are on death row in China after they were arrested for drug trafficking, an MP has said. Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development parliamentary portfolio committee chairperson Cde Beatrice Nyamupinga moved a motion on human trafficking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, where she made the revelations. The Zanu-PF MP for Goromonzi said most of the women on death row were duped by their Nigerian boyfriends that they were going…

Zimbabwe Government To Launch Africa-Wide Campaign To End Child Marriages

Posted on August 2, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Government will this week launch an Africa-wide campaign to end child marriages, Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development Minister Nyasha Chikwinya said yesterday. The campaign will be launched in Harare. Minister Chikwinya said her ministry was fast-tracking the implementation ofresults-oriented actions against child marriages and rape. “This is to strengthen a zero tolerance attitude towards child marriages and push for the drafting of legislation particularly on this issue,” she said. “To raise more awareness on this menace…

Grace Mugabe Says ‘Castrate Child Sex Offenders’

Posted on August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has called for the castration of perpetrators of child sexual abuse as a way of deterring would-be offenders. Officially launching the African Union campaign to end child marriages Zimbabwe chapter in Harare yesterday, Amai Mugabe expressed concern over some judges who were lenient with offenders of child sexual abuse by passing light sentences such as community service or a wholly-suspended sentence.She said stiffer penalties such as castration of the offenders…