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@NationTimire
Insurance and risk expert. Safety, Health and Environmental Management acumen
Zimbabwe 加入时间 Ağustos 2014
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Back at the national team to prepare for the World Cup. 🦁
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If you know football, tell me who’s stadium this is…
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Breaking News🚨🇮🇷After Trump forced oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and claimed to have wiped out the entire Iranian naval fleet, the response came from an unexpected quarter—an Iranian strike on an American oil tanker attempting to cross the strait🔥It seems that the naval battles have begun‼️
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Who is a Billionaire?🤔
Correct answer deserve $500.
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ONLY 80 PILOTS ARE QUALIFIED TO FLY THIS B2 .
ITS A NIGHT MARE.
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@elonmuskFatZo 22 people , and 30 dead bodies , to be precise
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🗣️ Ruben Amorim: "Harry Amass is struggling in the Championship"
Harry Amass in the Championship:
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My weekend predictions
Newcastle vs Burnley
Home – 2UP
Olympiacos vs OFI Crete
Over 1.5
Feyenoord vs PEC Zwolle
Over 1.5
Real Madrid vs Celta
Home – 2UP
CD Tondela vs Porto
Away – 2UP
Buriram United vs Kanchanaburi Power FC
Over 1.5
WKW ETO FC Gyor vs Kazincbarcikai SC
Over 1.5
FK Spartak 1918 Varna vs PFC Levski Sofia
Over 1.5
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shonan Bellmare
Over 1.5
Ferencvarosi Budapest vs Kisvarda FC
Home – 1UP
AEK Athens vs Atromitos Athinon
Over 1.5
Barcelona vs Osasuna
Over 1.5
FK Zenit Saint Petersburg vs FK Akron Tolyatti
Over 1.5
Bayern Munich vs Mainz
Over 2.5
ADO Den Haag vs FC Emmen
Over 1.5
Man City vs Sunderland AFC
Over 1.5
FC CSKA 1948 vs PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich
Over 1.5
PSG vs Rennes
Home – 1UP
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🟣 STATEMENT ON THE 17-YEAR-OLD BOY & THE MEMORY MAKEDENGE CASE:
A LEGAL AND ETHICAL ANALYSIS
The story circulating about a 17-year-old boy and Memory Makedenge has triggered emotional, sensational, and sometimes uninformed reactions.
As a leader, feminist, and human-rights advocate, my position must be rooted in law, child-protection principles, and ethical clarity.
Below is the balanced, factual analysis Zimbabwe needs right now.
1️⃣ The first principle: A 17-year-old is STILL A CHILD under Zimbabwean law
Even if he is physically mature…
Even if he “appears to enjoy”…
Even if social media thinks he “participated”…
THE LAW IS NOT BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA INTERPRETATIONS OF A VIDEO.
Under Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act:
A 17-year-old is a minor.
A minor cannot legally give full, valid consent to sexual intercourse with an adult.
So what happened can not be classified as “consensual sex” in the eyes of the law no matter how it looks on video.
2️⃣ Is it “rape”?
People are shouting “rape,” but we must be accurate.
Under Section 65, rape is defined as penile–vaginal penetration of a female without consent.
The law is outdated and gender-specific.
Therefore:
❌ A woman can't be charged with “rape” under Section 65 for having intercourse with a male.
But this does NOT mean the act is legal.
3️⃣ So what crime is it?
Under Zimbabwean law, the appropriate charge for an adult woman engaging in sex with a 17-year-old boy is:
✅ Section 70: Sexual Intercourse with a Young Person
This offence applies even when:
the minor “agrees,”
the minor “participates,”
or the minor appears “willing.”
The law presumes power imbalance, immaturity, and vulnerability and therefore protects minors regardless of appearances.
This is the legal framework Parliament gave us.
4️⃣ How do we interpret the boy’s “cooperation” in the tape?
Some are saying:
“He enjoyed.”
“He was patting her back.”
“He was participating.”
These arguments are common, but they are both legally irrelevant and psychologically uninformed.
🔹 Minors frequently cooperate in situations they don’t fully understand.
🔹 Cooperation ≠ consent.
🔹 Enjoyment ≠ legality.
🔹 Physical reaction ≠ mental agreement.
Worldwide, MANY male victims of abuse:
Appear cooperative,
Appear aroused,
Appear physically responsive, even while being manipulated, groomed, or pressured.
This is a well-documented psychological phenomenon.
So Zimbabwe must be careful not to weaponise a boy’s behaviour against him, that is victim-blaming, and it discourages boys from reporting abuse.
5️⃣ The Real Debate Zimbabwe Must Have
What this case exposes is a deeper national truth:
🔥 Zimbabwe has never seriously confronted sexual abuse of boys by women.
🔥 Society wrongly assumes “a boy can not be abused if he is aroused.”
🔥 Our laws still treat sexual violence through a gendered, outdated lens.
🔥 Boys are shamed into silence because of toxic masculinity.
This case is forcing us to talk about what we have ignored for decades.
6️⃣ MY BALANCED CONCLUSION
✔️ Legally:
This is not rape under Section 65, but it IS a criminal offence under Section 70 (Sexual Intercourse with a Young Person).
✔️ Ethically:
Minors deserve protection, regardless of gender.
An adult woman should NEVER have sexual involvement with a 17-year-old boy.
✔️ Socially:
We must stop turning child-protection issues into jokes or memes simply because the victim is a boy.
✔️ Politically:
Zimbabwe needs legal reform, so rape is defined gender-neutrally, based on consent, not anatomy.
Both boys and girls must be equally protected.
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