220 minors raped inside 9 months

AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women’s Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse cases.

Nyoni released the chilling statistics at the national commemorations of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV) at Maramba Primary School in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe district, Mashonaland East province.

“Statistics from the police show that during the period of January to September 2022 a total of 435 rape cases were reported and of these, 58% involved minors.

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