A Bulawayo magistrate has acquitted a 52-year-old woman for
allegedly stabbing her sister-in-law saying she did so in self -defence.
Charges against Thandiwe Siziba were that she swept the
house and left some rubbish where Ms Senzeni Ncube had already cleaned and a
misunderstanding arose, leading to a fight.
Siziba appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr
Urgent Vundla and pleaded not guilty to physical abuse.
The magistrate acquitted her and stated that she was not
guilty as she had acted in self-defence. “Due to the nature of this case, I
find you not guilty and considering your age and health you could not have been
able to fight your sister-in-law,” he said.
The state of her health was not mentioned.
Prosecuting, Mr Tapiwa Solani told the court that sometime
in September, Siziba while cleaning the house, left some rubbish where Ms Ncube
had already cleaned and that did not go down well with her.
“In anger, Ms Ncube asked her sister-in-law why she had left
her rubbish where she had cleaned,” he said.
The court heard that the two had a heated argument which
resulted in a fight.
Ms Ncube said she bled following the attack. “When I asked
her why she had swept the rubbish to where l had already cleaned she insulted
me holding me by the neck. I tried to restrain myself by pushing her and she
fell down on the floor. Later on l realised that l was bleeding on the left
thigh and on the foot,” said Ms Ncube.
In her defence, Siziba stated that when she fell down she
grabbed a kitchen knife that was on a table.
“When we were insulting each other, we started fighting and
she pushed me onto the floor. I thought she would stab me with a knife that was
on the table so l grabbed the knife. While trying to recover so I could stand
up, I mistakenly stabbed her in the thigh and on the right foot. That’s when we
stopped fighting,” said Siziba. Chronicle
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