Moderate Tichavavamwe (27), who had challenges of
conceiving, raped a 15-year-old boy twice in an effort to conceive.
She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges when she
appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga on Friday.
The magistrate, however, convicted and sentenced her to 12
years in prison at the close of the State case. But two years were suspended
for five years on condition of good behaviour.
Prosecutor Naison Chivayo said sometime in 2020,
Tichavavamwe visited the 15-year-old boy’s mother in Kingsdale seeking
assistance on ways to help her conceive and was charged US$25 for the services.
During the same month, Tichavavamwe summoned the 15-year-old
boy to her home to repair the solar light and promised to pay him.
The boy repaired the solar light and was given eggs as
payment for his services.
The court heard that sometime in March, the minor was again
called by Tichavavamwe to her house where she invited him to her room and
sexually abused him.
On another count during the same month while at Woodville,
Bulawayo, the boy was sent by his father to Tichavavamwe’s home to collect his
US$4 for the electric cable she had bought from him.
The woman invited the boy into her room and abused him
again.
After the act, the woman gave the boy eggs, dried
caterpillars and the US$4 he was sent to collect by his father.
The matter came to light after the boy was caught stealing
sugarcane in Mahatshula garden and stated that he had been sent by Tichavavamwe.
The teenager later opened up and told his father about the
abuse.
The matter was reported at Queens Park Police Station,
leading to her arrest. Newsday
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