The Constitutional Court ruling of 24 May 2022, will, in effect, raise the age of legal sexual consent in Zimbabwe from 16 to 18 years. However one views the judgement, it will have a significant impact on adolescents in this country. As SAT, we understand the good intentions of those who brought the case, and we recognize the parameters of the case within which the Court found itself dispensing the judgement it gave. We all rely on the primacy of our nation’s constitution, and on the Justices that interpret it,…
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