A 32-year-old woman, Adelight Ndlovu, from E70 Mine in Shangani, has avoided a custodial sentence after engaging in sexual activities with multiple men in front of her 12-year-old daughter.
Instead, a Bulawayo magistrate fined Ndlovu US$300 and sentenced her to 210 hours of community service at Shangani Police Station, starting on February 28.
As reported by <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/woman-who-romped-with-several-men-in-front-of-daughter-12-spared-jail/">ZimLive</a>, the court heard that on unspecified dates in 2024, Ndlovu engaged in sexual activities with multiple partners in the presence of her daughter.
During her initial appearance on February 25, Ndlovu pleaded guilty, claiming she was unaware that her daughter had witnessed the encounters.
However, during her second appearance on February 26, she denied the charges, asserting that any such incidents may have occurred in 2023, as she claimed her children were residing at a different location in 2024.
After further questioning, Ndlovu, who was not represented during her trial, eventually reaffirmed her guilty plea.
The National Prosecuting Authority requested a custodial sentence, arguing that the offence was serious and constituted a grave breach of parental responsibility.

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A 32-year-old woman named Adelight Ndlovu from E70 Mine in Shangani did bad things in front of her 12-year-old daughter and got in trouble. She did things with men in front of her daughter. She was fined US$300 and has to do community service for 210 hours at a police station. The woman first said she didn't know her daughter saw it, but then later admitted she was wrong. The court wanted her to go to jail, but she was given community service instead.

Woman (32) Sentenced To Community Service For Engaging In Sexual Activities In Front of Daughter (12)

A 26-year-old man from Matsheumhlophe suburb in Bulawayo was ordered by a court to perform 420 hours of unpaid work after he was found guilty of engaging in sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl he claimed was his lover.
Tyson Maseko appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian Ndlovu and pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a young person.
Ndlovu sentenced Maseko to 24 months imprisonment and suspended 12 months for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The magistrate also suspended the remaining 12 months on condition that Maseko performs 420 hours of community service at ZRP Hillside.
In passing the sentence, the magistrate said she had considered that the accused was a first offender who didn’t waste the court’s time when he pleaded guilty to the charge. Ndlovu said:
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The accused apologised to the court and he claimed that he was in love with the victim and wanted to marry her.
However, cases like these make children vulnerable and expose them to diseases and teenage pregnancies.
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Allegations were that on 18 March and at around 6 PM, Maseko went with the victim to his house in Matsheumhlope suburb where they had sexual intercourse with her consent during the night.
The following day, at around 5 AM, Maseko and the juvenile had sexual intercourse again.
The court heard that Maseko only stopped after the minor girl complained that it was now painful.
When the girl returned home, she was questioned by her parents where she had been and that is when she revealed that she had slept at Maseko’s place.
The matter was reported to the police and the victim was referred to the hospital for medical examination.
A medical report was produced in court as evidence.
According to the  Marriages Act which came into operation in September 2022, the minimum age of marriage is 18 years for both girls and boys.
It is, therefore, a crime to marry off a child and anyone involved in that will be prosecuted. It is a substantial crime if the parents or guardians are involved.
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