‘Impose stiffer penalties on rapists’: The Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development has called for the review of the penalties imposed on perpetrators of rape to about 30 years per count to help curb the increasing number of such cases. More than 10 years after the government promulgated the Domestic Violence Act, cases of rape are still increasing at an alarming rate. Read full story here: zbc.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49539:impose-stiffer-penalties-on-rapists&catid=48:crime-and-courts&Itemid=91
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:16:02 +0000