An 18-year-old woman from Harare has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting her husband’s suspected mistress.
Tinotenda Majangara used a cooking stick to sexually violate her husband’s suspected lover. The complainant, a 17-year-old, sustained serious injuries, with the presiding magistrate noting that the crime can be equated to rape.
In passing sentence, the magistrate said the offence was serious and premeditated, hence a lengthy jail term would serve the interest of justice.
She went on to highlight that despite the offender being a mother to 10-month-old twins, the gravity of her offence could not be taken lightly as her actions not only physically injured the complainant, but also humiliated her.
Majangara teamed up with her sister and friend and went to the complainant’s house, where they assaulted her before the offender inserted a cooking stick into the 17-year-old, who bled profusely.
Meanwhile, in another case, a 33-year-old woman from Harare who allegedly sexually abused a 16-year-old boy appeared in court this Monday.
The woman, who stays at the same house with the teenager, was remanded in custody pending trial. Allegations are that the 33-year-old took advantage of the boy when they were home alone.
It is alleged that the woman tied up the boy before forcing him to have sexual intercourse with her. The boy told his sister, who then informed their mother, leading to the arrest of the suspect.
In other news, the Second Republic’s push for universal access to education has received a major boost after the construction of a new school in Shamva. Zitokwe Primary School, which is nearing completion, is earmarked for commissioning this September.
For the local community, the development marks the end of a long struggle as children walked over 11 kilometres to access education, a situation residents describe as both disheartening and dangerous.
“We started this school because our children were walking more than 10 kilometres every day to get to the nearest school. We began by moulding bricks ourselves, but when our resources ran out, we reached out to Canterbury Mining for support. Today, we are overjoyed to see the dream taking shape,” a villager, Mr Innocent Mudapakati said.
“We are happy that the mining company has built a school for us, they are also planning to build a secondary school,” another villager, Mrs. Susan Rukoche added.
Canterbury Mining Company partnered with the local community last September, after Zitokwe residents moulded 150 000 bricks but ran out of funds.
“It is a project that came from the people. They had moulded bricks, but ran out of resources and approached us. Being a mining company that is working in Shamva, we began to put in money. For now, phase one is 95% complete and has engulfed US$836 000, there is phase two, which is staff accommodation, and the project will get to US$1.13 million,” the mining company’s secretary, Mr Samuel Rusike said.
