But does the law apply in the same manner to animal
rapists?
Well, although animal cruelty is a chargeable offence, a
20-year-old man from Godlwayo Village 3 in Esigodini District, Matabeleland
South province was lucky to escape a prison term after he was convicted for
raping a goat which reportedly died during the act, apparently of exhaustion.
The goat rapist Mthandazo Ndlovu appeared before Esigodini
resident magistrate Nomagugu Sibanda charged with two counts of bestiality as
defined in Section 74 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter
9:23.
He pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to 18
months imprisonment of which six months were suspended for three years on
condition he is not convicted of any offence of which bestiality is an element
committed within that period, for which upon conviction he is sentenced to
imprisonment without the option of a fine.
The remaining 12 months were suspended on condition that
Ndlovu completes 420 hours of community service at Godlwayo Primary School.
The court proved that Ndlovu performed an act that would
make “any right-thinking member of society sick to their stomach,” when he
raped Brighton Nkomo’s goat to death before he was also caught red-handed
romping with Luckson Mkandla’s goat.
Both Nkomo and Mkandla are from Ntabende Village in
Esigodini.
Circumstances are that on 28 October 2022 and at around
10pm Ndlovu who was employed at Phat-Ore Mine, went to Nkomo’s homestead and
upon arrival he entered his goat pen.
While inside the goat pen, he had sex with one of his
female goats. It is reported that the goat died during the act.
It is reported that the following morning Nkomo went to the
goat pen and found one of his female goats lying unconscious and upon checking
it, he found it dead with some semen on its rear.
Nkomo reportedly tracked a trail of footprints from the
goat pen and they led him to Ndlovu’s home.
It is reported that on 31 October 2022 and at around 3am,
Ndlovu who was apparently on a sex spree with goats, went to Mkandla’s
homestead and upon arrival he got into his goat pen.
While inside the pen, he took off all his clothes and
grabbed one of the female goats and forced it to lie on its back and raped it.
Apparently out of pain, the goat bleated continuously and
that prompted Mkandla to wake up and go to the pen to see what was happening.
Mkandla reportedly stealthily moved to the goat pen and
upon arrival he flashed his torch and was shocked when he saw Ndlovu busy like
a rabbit having sex with one of his female goats.
By that time Mkandla who had already recognised Ndlovu went
and reported the matter to the police leading to his arrest.
His clothes which he left in Mkandla’s goat pen were used
in court as an exhibit. B Metro
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