Tag: Linda Masarira

Zimbabwe Legislator to Move Motion in Parliament to Make DNA Testing Mandatory at Birth

Michael Gwarisa
Honourable Bridget Nyandoro addressing a GBV symposium in Harare where she announced plans to push for mandatory DNA testing at birth in Parliament

By Michael Gwarisa As calls for mandatory DNA testing grow louder, Southerton Constituency Legislator Honourable Bridget Nyandoro has indicated she will soon move a motion in Parliament to make DNA testing compulsory for all children at birth. Her proposal comes amid rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide linked to paternity disputes, as more cases of negative paternity results continue to surface. Speaking during an Action Indaba on GBV symposium in Harare, Hon. Nyandoro said, “I am going to move a motion in Parliament to have mandatory DNA testing…

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Linda Masarira Leads Petition Urging Mnangagwa to Declare State of Emergency for Zimbabwe’s Public Healthcare

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In a bid to rescue Zimbabwe’s public healthcare system from imminent collapse and prevent unnecessary deaths caused by a failing infrastructure, opposition leader Linda Masarira has launched a global petition urging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the healthcare crisis a National Disaster. The petition calls for urgent allocation of resources to equip healthcare facilities and improve the working and living conditions of healthcare workers. To Sign The Petition, Click Here The petition, titled “Fix Zimbabwe’s Healthcare Crisis — Save Lives Now!”, has already been signed by more…

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Amnesty For Rapists Saga: Linda Masarira to petition President Mnangagwa to return rapists to prison

Michael Gwarisa

FIREBRAND politician and president of LEAD, Linda Masarira, is the process of drafting a petition to have all rape offenders who were released on Presidential Amnesty returned to prison and locked up until their sentence lapses. By Michael Gwrisa The development comes following the release of 4270 inmates during a Presidential amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangwga, where amnesty was granted to various categories of prisoners including those who are terminally ill, those who have served at least three-quarters of their sentence, or one tenth if over the age of 60.…

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Quarantine Everyone Coming In From China-Masarira

Michael Gwarisa

POLITICAL activist and president of opposition party LEAD, Linda Masarira has called on government to immediately quarantine every person arriving into the country from China, the epicenter of the novelCoronavirus so as to contain it before its too late. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, Masarira said Zimbabwe was too reluctant and its approach towards the virus could expose millions of innocent Zimbabweans to the epidemic. We need to urgently push for a quarantine Centre for everyone coming from that China region. Zimbabwe is not equipped to deal with an…

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