Zimbabwe: Parliament Gets Tough On Child Sex Offenders

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter — THE National Assembly has approved additional amendments to the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, meant to punish child molesters that include criminalising brothel owners, complicity in aiding child sexual abuse, and rationalising the discretionary powers of the Prosecutor General on juvenile sexual offenders.

The amendments also seek to criminalise those that infect children with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HIV/AIDS, while…