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Bulawayo Mother Jailed Two Years For Spanking Neighbour's Child Who Was Bunking School

5 months agoFri, 15 Nov 2024 12:36:49 GMT

Bulawayo Mother Jailed Two Years For Spanking Neighbour's Child Who Was Bunking School

Panashe Mpofu, a 33-year-old woman from Bulawayo, has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a neighbour’s child after discovering that her son and three other children were bunking school.

As reported by ZimLive, Mpofu became enraged when informed by the neighborhood watch in Old Luveve that her son, two girls, and another boy were skipping school and hanging out at a house whose owners are said to be living in the United Kingdom. The second boy resides at the house.

On November 8, Mpofu confronted the group and used a switch to beat her son and the two girls after the other boy fled.

The family of one of the girls involved filed a police report, leading to Mpofu’s arrest.

Mpofu, who appeared in court without legal representation, pleaded guilty to assault.

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At the West Commonage Magistrates Court, Magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe sentenced Mpofu to two years in prison, with six months conditionally suspended, meaning she will serve an effective 18-month sentence. Speaking before sentencing, Chikwekwe said:

Cases of assault are rampant in Bulawayo, not a day goes by without at least five cases being reported and some of these victims end up suffering from disability.”

The magistrate said that in determining the sentence, he considered that the victim was a child who had sustained injuries that prevented her from attending school.

He also took into account the financial burden the victim’s family faced in covering her medical expenses.

The victim is the niece of prominent Matopo gold miner Mkhululi Ncube and controversial lawyer Mlweliwenkululeko Ncube.

Mpofu’s family has engaged a Bulawayo lawyer to file an urgent appeal against the sentence. A family spokesperson said:

This is a parent who was disciplining children who were engaging in wayward behaviour. The parents of this girl should actually be thanking her, not persecuting her.

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29 Comments

Z · 5 months ago

UNFAIR JUDGEMENT , A CHILD BELONGS TO ALL IN OUR CULTURE THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DON'T JUDGE CRIMES COMMITED BUT LOOK AT THE STATUS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CASES THEY HANDLE.

MC · 5 months ago

that sentence was unfair it take the whole community to raise a child

👁️ · 5 months ago

Very harsh sentence for a constructive intent. A caution would have sufficed. Maybe the injuries inflicted were very severe (GBH). These days it's not advisable to discipline someone else's child. Value systems have changed . Some parents encourage wayward behaviour of their children.

Chimurenga Rebel · 5 months ago

so the Magistrate's judgement was biased because the victim is a niece to a prominent gold miner and a controversial lawyer coz that sentencing was too harsh

hwakwata · 5 months ago

It takes a village to raise a child

gumlaz · 5 months ago

kurova hakuna kumboipa sekuti kuranga vana asi chandirikuona ndechekuti akarova neakarohwega mwana vanenge vane clash chete ndozvakasvka pakudaro naiyewo mutongi uyu ngaite zvebasa kwete zvaakaita izvi zvitori pachena kuti akapiwa mari

anonymous · 5 months ago

ndivo vakadzi vanorova vakadzi mudzimba

Nherera · 5 months ago

vana ngava rayiwe isu pachivanu mwana. ndewemubereki wese

Zozo · 5 months ago

Hanzi vaiswera vachiita zvepabonde nhai. Chokwadi pane akavaona

Vic Venom · 5 months ago

This is a landmark ruling and should be hanged in the Louvre.....For too long people with a skewed mindset have been abusing children all in the name of "African culture"....There is nothing sacred about child abuse and I hope this serves as a warning to any would be assailant....Rant over sanity restored

Corruptmore Looto · 5 months ago

Yes Yes Yes, I too hate that so much, you hear them defending barbaric tendencies saying it's our culture, our culture my foot. Other peoples don't beat their children but those children grew up fine. How long have people been assaulting children huh, what positives have come from that, what has changed? Children will always be mischievous nothing new there, if we properly talk to them like really talk and listen to them they won't be a need for this. Of course, some will always be rebels you can't change them by beating them. It's not African culture, it's a relic of colonialism, we should arrest any one who assaults children including the parents and teachers.

😁 · 5 months ago

l don't blame your thinking capabilities by your bareness..

Elprof · 5 months ago

This is not just an African way of raising our children. God also expects us to use the same way to rein in those kids of ours who have a wayward behavior.

wiwi · 5 months ago

apa mutongi akoniwa basa uum ndokusaka vana vave mombe dzemashanga ndomajudfe enyu ayaxhla

june · 5 months ago

ini ndakashinga kutarisa nemaziso iye zvino twava nevana aaa tuma**** tusiyei tunongoita vana kanenge kakukumbira sipo nemafuta ekuzora iwe woti handina usatika ingoti handina zvako

Voltaire · 5 months ago

That's an unfair sentence. In Africa a child is raised by the community, she did a right thing by giving those kids a disciplinary beating, however among those kids was a spoiled relative of a gold dealer who influenced her uncle to escalate the case using dollar power.

Tintin · 5 months ago

chisi chako masimba mashoma🥴

Antman · 5 months ago

Ndakambotukwa neka 5 year old I just laughed and continued my journey. These days doing good is a crime. Someone kills and gets community service then someone doing good is imprisoned

anonymous · 5 months ago

wakadyira majiggies ako ka,tuvanhu itwoto very friendly as long usina kubata jiggies ratwo nebhombi ratwo

Jah D · 5 months ago

That will teach her to mind her own business

Ndambakuudzwa · 5 months ago

akariva Mwana akachekereswa kumine kuti aite rombe nechipfambi ivo vachiita mari. aito rova business ipapo ndosaka vakaita hasha kudaro

jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 5 months ago

The sentence is awkward.

bounty hunter · 5 months ago

nowadays usarova mwana wemunhu .. chero ukaona vachis vi rwa siya zvakadaro

dambudzo · 5 months ago

mwana ngarohwe, spare the rod spoil the child