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Should Zimbabwe's Age of Consent Change?

The government is reportedly in the process of introducing a law that would see the statutory age of consent to sex raised from 16 to 18 years.

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Zimbabwe parliament session (file photo).

  • Zimbabwe:   Controversy Over Law of Consent

    Zimbabwe Independent, 17 July 2015

    IN April this year a 19-year-old Livard Philemon from Plumtree was sentenced to 315 hours of community service for impregnating his employers' 13-year-old daughter, who was in… Read more »

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