Nephew Pays $1 to Sleep with Aunt
A 30 year old man and his 17 year old aunt from Chimanimani appeared before the Mutare Magistrates' Court charged with sexual intercourse within the prohibited degrees of relationship.
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On an unknown date during the month of January 2024, the first accused person got home and found the second accused person in the kitchen hut. He offered her USD1 to have s.e.xual intercourse with him and she accepted. The accused persons agreed not to disclose the matter to anyone.
The two engaged in consensual s.e.xual intercourse twice that evening, while the rest of the family was inside the main house which is separate from the hut. The matter only came to light when the second accused person discovered that she was pregnant.
The accused persons were sentenced to 12 months imprisonment of which 6 months were suspended for 5 years. A further 6 months were suspended on condition that the accused persons complete 210 hours of community service.
Nephew Pays $1 to Sleep with Aunt
Meanwhile, an under-age girl in Mutoko has been impregnated after her father gave her to a polygamous man.
Ruvarashe Samanyanga, was impregnated by Sheckmore Mafuta and had to abandon her education. Mafuta decided to marry Ruvarashe to avoid any legal issues that could arise from impregnating the student.
She is now Mafuta’s second wife. Mafuta paid US$700, as part of the lobola. The daughter’s father, Tizivayi Samanyanga used part of the lobola to buy a motorbike.
Mafuta told said he was not aware of Ruvarashe’s age when he impregnated her and Tizivayi took the case to the traditional chief.
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“As we speak I am on my way to attend a traditional court to pay part of the lobola. My father in-law took the matter to Chief Mutoko, demanding part of the lobola, I paid some of the money last year. I didn’t know her age when I impregnated the girl but I am now living with her. Varikuda mombe saka ndakaiwana ndirikutonobvisa nhasi (yesterday) kwaMambo Mutoko.”
