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Chitungwiza woman jailed 9 years for killing husband

July 1, 2015 in National, News

                 

       

A 23-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza woman who fatally stabbed her husband in a domestic dispute over infidelity was yesterday slapped with a nine-year prison term for culpable homicide.

By Sofia Mapuranga

Florence Shariwa, of Unit P in Seke, was convicted of causing the death of her 32-year-old husband Darlington Fereti after she stabbed him sometime in October last year accusing him of infidelity.

Presiding magistrate Estere Chivasa suspended two years of her sentence on condition of good behaviour.

It was the State’s case that on October 9 last year, Shariwa, who was customarily married to Fereti, had a heated argument with her husband over text messages appearing on his phone.
The messages, the court heard, had been sent by an unidentified woman who purported to be his girlfriend.

Prosecutor Lovet Muringwa told the court that in the ensuing melee, Fereti locked up the door and put the keys into his trouser pocket which provoked a fist-fight with his wife.

Since there was no light in the room where the two were fighting, Shariwa allegedly drew a kitchen knife and stabbed Fereti once in the chest as he tried to follow her when the door was eventually opened from outside by Justice Mutsikambesa. Fereti died on the spot and his body was taken to Chitungwiza General Hospital for a postmortem.

In her defence, Shariwa said she had acted in self-defence after her husband physically attacked her.

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Zimbabwean woman gets 17 years for killing 'cheating' husband

2016-05-03 13:02

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Bulawayo – A Zimbabwean woman has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars for fatally stabbing her husband after overhearing him telling his mother that he had a child out of wedlock, the state-owned Chronicle newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Elizabeth Mbulayi, 28, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. However, she pleaded guilty on a lesser charge of culpable homicide.
Mbulayi fatally stabbed her husband, Simbarashe Denhere, on December 26, 2013.
Passing down judgment, Judge Maxwell Takuva disputed the accused’s statements, saying that her argument was full of inconsistencies.
Takuva further added that no one deserved to die because they were being unfaithful to their partner.
"You actually used a lethal weapon and applied excessive force to push into your husband’s chest and subsequently killing him in a senseless murder. No one deserves to die for having an extra-marital affair and we’re saying its unlawfully to enforce sexual morality through violence," Takuva was quoted as saying.
This came a week after News 24 reported that a Zimbabwean man had been jailed after beating his girlfriend with a cooking stick for refusing to have unprotected sex with him.
Witness Chibuwe, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to two months behind bars, or a fine of $100.

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I refused to die - HIV+ woman who killed cheating husband

2016-07-19 07:25

Amanda Khoza, News24

Thandi Shabangu, 43, shot and killed her husband in 2012 after he threatened to leave her after infecting her with HIV/AIDS. Shabangu, who is serving 20 years for murder and attempted murder at the Westville Correctional Services Centre, says it was her fear of death that made preserver to live and finally accept her status. She has made a quilt detailing her tragic story and her quilt is being exhibited at the 2016 AIDS Conference currently underway in Durban. (Amanda Khoza, News24)
 

Durban – A frustrated KwaZulu-Natal woman who shot and killed her philandering husband for infecting her with HIV/Aids has created a quilt in which she tells her story.
Her quilt is one of about 400 which Westville and Kgosi Mampuru prison inmates made. They are currently on display at the International Aids Conference currently under way at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre.
Thandi Shabangu, 43, from Stanger, is serving a 20-year jail sentence at Durban’s Westville prison for murdering her husband and six years for the attempted murder of his colleague in 2012. The sentences are running concurrently. 
She told her story during an event at the prison on Monday, at which the quilts were handed to the premier’s office. The quilts will be donated to 16 KwaZulu-Natal orphanages. The gesture was intended as an apology to children orphaned by crime.
The mother of two children, aged 25 and 6, said life with her husband, who she married in 2004, was perfect until she was diagnosed with HIV/Aids.
“I was pregnant when I found out that I was HIV positive. I had gone to see the gynaecologist and my husband was working in Pongolo at the time. You know when your husband is away from you, many things happen,” said the former traffic officer, who discovered that her husband had been unfaithful.
Despite the infidelity, Shabangu decided to stay with him because, she said, he was her pillar of strength.
Miscarriage
"Every time we went to the gynae, I would ask him, what was going to happen to the baby. He said I should relax because people were living long lives with HIV. I did not believe him, my CD4 count was 55 and the viral load was more than 3000."
Shabangu said she was overwhelmed by everything and she lost the baby.
When Shabangu eventually started antiretroviral treatment she suffered another setback when the side-effects of the medication prevented her from driving. 
"I was admitted into hospital and I told the doctors that I did not want to die from Aids. I refused to die."
She said it was her family's support that helped her come to terms with her diagnosis, although she sometimes thinks about the people that shunned her.
In 2009, Shabangu suffered another setback.
Fear of death
"One of my colleagues had tuberculosis, but he kept saying he was bewitched. He said someone put muti in his tea, but I could see that these were the symptoms for HIV. I tried to tell him to get tested, but he just would not accept it and one day he died in my arms. He infected me with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. I lost so much weight. I could not even carry the firearm."
She admitted herself to Stanger Hospital, where she stayed for 24 months.
"I told the doctors I was HIV positive, have MDR-TB and I need to be admitted into hospital. I told them I did not want to die."
Her fear of death kept her alive.
She was discharged from hospital after she was informed that her CD4 count had increased to 450 and the viral load had fallen to 2500.
When she returned to work her colleagues did not want to work with her.
No protection
"But I told myself that I must not worry about them because they were dying like ants and I was the one who refused to die because there was treatment available."
Her problems started in 2012, when she became jealous of all her husband's girlfriends and he refused to use protection during sex.
On April 13, 2012, Shabangu's husband asked her to bring their car to his workplace. In his office she saw a framed photograph of him and one of his girlfriends. He denied the relationship when confronted about it.
On her way out of her husband's office, she bumped into one of his colleagues.
"The woman was so rude, she tried to slap me and I moved. Then she went for my gun and we both fought for it. Shots were fired and she ran away."
One bullet
In a fit of rage, Shabangu followed the colleague and fired several shots in her office. The woman was unhurt.
While Shabangu was walking out of the building, she saw her husband running towards her.
"I shot him with one bullet and he died instantly," she said.
She could not imagine her husband leaving her for someone else after everything they had been through.
"I am not angry at myself for what I did. No one else could take him away from me, even though he was having affairs with other women. He never ever apologised for giving me HIV/Aids."

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Kenilworth woman accused of plotting husband's murder out on bail

Petina Coetzee reportedly approached an employee to arrange her husband's murder for R200,000.

Petina and Austin Coetzee. Picture: Facebook.com                                                                                                                    

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Natalie Malgas | 21 days ago

CAPE TOWN - A wife and mother accused of plotting to have her husband killed has been granted bail under strict conditions.
The 44-year-old from Kenilworth was released on R30,000 bail at the Wynberg Magistrates court today.
Petina Coetzee reportedly approached an employee to arrange her husband's murder for R200,000.
The mother of three has been ordered to surrender her passport and report to the Elsies River police station daily.
She also cannot make contact with state witnesses.
Coetzee was arrested during a sting operation during which she reportedly told undercover police officers, posing as hitmen, how she wanted her husband's murder to be carried out.
She's expected back in court on 2 December.

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'MANTULI REMAINS SUSPECT IN ZUMA POISON PLOT'

By  News24Sunday, November 13, 2016 13:51

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NPA head Shaun Abrahams this week confirmed that President Jacob Zuma's second wife, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, remains a suspect in a case involving an alleged plot to poison her husband, her lawyer said on Sunday.
Lashing out at the 18-month delay since the attempted murder case was opened, Ntuli-Zuma's lawyer Ulrich Roux, said that this week's confirmation that Ntuli-Zuma, nevertheless remained a suspect "smacks of some kind of agenda".

 

"We have been trying to determine what has been going on for the last 18 months. It's just a blank hole."
Roux said that after a docket investigating allegations of attempted murder was opened by Nkandla police in April 2015, Ntuli-Zuma complied with a request to answer certain questions. She sent her response to the KwaZulu-Natal Hawks in June last year.
After receiving no further feedback, Roux said that, in September this year, he sent a request directly to Abrahams asking him to provide an update on the investigation as well as indicate the status of Ntuli-Zuma in the matter.
A letter from Abrahams, dated 17 October this year confirms, "I have been advised that your client has been identified as one of the suspects in the above matter".
Roux subsequently sent a letter to Abrahams on October 19, requesting further information, including "what charges [have] been preferred" against Ntuli-Zuma, who the "so-called co-accused" were, as well whether the investigation into the matter had been completed.
"I have to date not received any further correspondence from him,"Roux told News24 on Sunday.
"If there are allegations to answer, why not bring her to court and test [them] in court?," he said. The delay was "completely irregular,” said Roux.
"It is unprecedented and unheard of… The NPA are dragging their feet."On the fourth of January 2015, Ntuli-Zuma was apparently asked by State Security Minister David Mahlobo to leave the Nkandla homestead "under the guise that she was being implicated in a sensitive matter that was being investigated," said Roux.Media reports subsequently emerged of a poison plot allegedly involving Ntuli-Zuma after Zuma fell ill in June 2014.During a trip to the US two months later he learnt he had been poisoned. In August last year, City Press and News24 reported that Ntuli-Zuma and various accomplices were on the radar of authorities/ Ntuli-Zuma has consistently denied any knowledge of the plot.On Sunday, Roux said that Ntuli-Zuma's main priority remained to have her named cleared."She has been co-operating from day one… her reputation has suffered terribly," he said.This weekend, the Sunday Times reported on the latest letter from Abrahams. The newspaper also said that it had spoken to family members who suggested that there were possible talks to be held about reconciling Ntuli-Zuma with her husband.An unnamed source was also referred to as saying that Ntuli-Zuma was training as a pastor and also wanted to reconcile.However, Roux dismissed these claims, saying his client denied all the information supplied by the "so-called source".
"My client is not returning to Nkandla and has not become a pastor… She has made alternative arrangements pertaining to her and the minor children's permanent residence."
Meanwhile, NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku, on Sunday, declined to comment on the matter saying the organisation did not investigate crimes, and referred News24 back to Roux.

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‘ONE NIGHT STAND SUGAR MAMA RUINED MY LIFE’

By  Lehlohonolo MbathaMonday, November 14, 2016 07:30

Sizwe Mlaba says his good reputation took a knock. Photo by Sifiso Jimta  ~ 

SIZWE Mlaba says a one night stand with an older woman ruined his life.
The 32-year-old from Katlehong in Ekurhuleni told Daily Sun he was enjoying drinks at a local tavern last month when he was approached by a 49-year-old woman.
“I could see she was interested in me and she was making moves towards me the whole night, which I didn’t mind.

“When I went home, she insisted on coming with me,” said Sizwe.
“When we got to my room, we began to have sex. We had two rounds but during the third round, she suddenly ran naked into the street and started shouting that I was raping her.”
Residents heard the woman screaming and ran to the scene.
Before he knew what was going on, Sizwe was being beaten with steel pipes and sjamboks.
He was then forced on a naked walk of shame through the streets.
He was rescued by his neighbours, who had seen him enter his yard with the woman.
He went to the police station and opened cases against the woman and the people who had attacked him.
When the police questioned the woman, she allegedly admitted she had been lying.
The police also found condoms in Sizwe’s room, which proved she had given him permission to have sex with her.
“This woman ruined my life and my reputation.
“I can’t even walk in the street in peace any more because everyone thinks I’m a rapist,” said Sizwe.
Katlehong spokesman Captain Mega Ndobe confirmed the incident and said a case of assault was opened against four residents and the woman. They are due to appear in court soon.