‘Anyone can be a rape victim’
W
OMEN have over the years been at the receiving end of all forms of abuse, but at the height of it all is sexual abuse and gender-based violence (GBV). The situation worsened with the inception of COVID-19 where justice for victims of rape and GBV was delayed and saw many perpetrators going scot-free.
Civic and women rights groups across the country ran a series of campaigns advocating for justice for rape and GBV victims, and an end to rape perpetrated on young girls and women.
NewsDay reporter Lorraine Muromo (ND) spoke to Adult Rape Clinic communications officer Florida Mapeto (FM) on the challenges that women face when confronted with the trauma caused by rape and what measures could be put in place by policy makers to deal with them.
A love triangle turned ugly for a man from Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo after his friend shot him once in the leg over a girlfriend.
Calvin Sibanda (25) was left nursing a bleeding leg after he was shot by his friend Mxolisi Siziba (37) after he accused him of having a sexual affair with his girlfriend.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube also confirmed the incident which happened on Monday last week around 8 pm saying;
âI can confirm that we arrested a man who shot his suspected love rival on the left leg once.â
According to reports from a local tabloid, on the day of the incident, Siziba who is a miner invited Sibanda for a beer binge at his home in Pumula South.
By Anna Chibamu
ATLEAST 900 young girls below the age of 18 are among 2 496 women who were raped during the last half of 2020, police statistics reveal.
Some 900 young girls below the age of 18 were raped in the last quarter of 2020 alone.
This was revealed Thursday by Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni during a presentation of a ministerial statement on the level of public service delivery related to sexual and gender based violence in the Covid-19 pandemic in Parliament.
According to Nyoni, the police Victim Friendly Unit received 1 222 cases of rape in the third quarter of 2020 and 1 274 cases countrywide in the fourth quarter.
The Zimbabwe Independent
Todayâs environment is growing inimical to children`s existence. The world is full of potential abusers and children prone to abuse coupled with a horde of individuals lacking knowledge on childrenâs rights. Society must come together and find ways to effectively implement and enforce childrenâs rights.
To understand fully the concept of childrenâs rights, one has to fully appreciate the definition of a child. In terms of the supreme law of the land, that is the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act.2013, a child is anyone below the age of 18. The Childrenâs Act (Chapter 05:06) provides that a child is anyone under 16 but the position has since been altered by the coming of the 2013 Constitution.