ZIMBABWE - A man has been abusing his paternal rights to pay his ex-wife and new lover surprise night visits and cause chaos by breaking the gate, smashing wind
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
Binga: A 72-year-old fisherman drowned in Lake Kariba in Binga after a wave hit a makeshift boat he was using in the river while casting some fishing nets.
Robby James’ body was retrieved two days later in an advanced state of decomposition.
Other fishermen Faroo Makawu of Sengwa fishing camp and Joshua Mutale retrieved the body and were helped by villagers from the area to carry it home.
The deceased’s son, aged 21 and identified as Friday, said his father was buried last Tuesday at the family homestead in a nearby village.
“He left in the afternoon last week Saturday going to fish along Zambezi River using an ordinary boat and did not return.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
BINGA: A local man here who allegedly pounced on a 13-year-old girl who was herding cattle with her younger siblings and raped her has been arrested.
Freejoy Mhlanga (23) of Bboloboza 17, Kabula village under Chief Sinamagonde in Lusulu grabbed the girl whose identity has been concealed, and dragged her into a nearby bush where he threatened to stab her with a knife.
Mhlanga slapped the screaming repeatedly as he threatened to stab her before forcibly having sexual intercourse with her.
He allegedly fled from the scene after he saw a passerby approaching but was arrested the same day charged with rape.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
A BINGA gold panner is battling for life in hospital with a deep cut on the neck following a failed suicide attempt in which he tried to cut his own throat after beheading his wife who had ended their relationship.
Lastmore Ngwenya (24) and Muchite Munkuli (23) both of Chamateme village under Chief Siachilaba had been married for an undisclosed period before Munkuli fell sick in October last year.
She consulted a self-proclaimed prophet who told her she had been bewitched by her husband’s father.
Munkuli left her matrimonial home to live with her parents.
The case involving the couple’s separation was heard by Chief Siachilaba on Christmas Eve.