Caroline Ziyanga was convicted after a full trial by Harare
magistrate Stanford Mambanje who sentenced her to ten years for each count.
Initially, she was facing eleven counts but two were
withdrawn before plea.
Magistrate Mambanje, however, stated that counts three,
four and five, six, seven and eight as well as nine, ten and eleven will run
concurrently hence 30 years are effective.
The State represented
by Oscar Madhume proved that sometime in January 2022, Ziyanga acted
together with one Hamidah to traffic women to Oman for the purposes of
enslavement and sexual exploitation.
She advertised non-existent lucrative jobs in Dubai through
friends, relatives, associates and neighbours.
The complainants were referred to her as she was known to
be assisting people to get employment in Dubai where she claimed they would get
paid a salary of US$800 per month.
Acting on that misrepresentation, the complainants accepted
the offer.
Ziyanga and Hamidah then processed visas and secured the
air tickets for Oman instead of Dubai.
The complainants realised that they had been deceived on
arrival in Oman when their passports were confiscated.
They were then forced to start working as housemaids,
instead of nurse aides, and were subjected to inhumane treatment. H Metro
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