Allegation Of Laziness Costs Teenager His Life

Allegation of laziness has cost a teenager his life. He was felled by 28 year old, man identified as Talent Moyo, who worked at the same farm with him.

Moyo who hails from Riverton Farm in Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South province, Zimbabwe allegedly murdered the teenager, Mncedisi Sibanda whom he accused of being lazy.

Talent Moyo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube on Thursday, reports Zimbabwe Newsday.

He was remanded in custody to January 4 for further trial.

The now-deceased was identified as Mncedisi Sibanda from the same farm.

According to court papers, the incident happened on November 9 at the farm.

The account was that on the said day, Moyo approached Sibanda and accused him of being lazy.

There were no reports of Sibanda responding, but Moyo reportedly became confrontational, forcing Sibanda to flee, but not too far.Moyo caught up with him and attacked him.

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The prosecution said that Moyo kicked Sibanda several times all over his body and strangled him, leaving him nursing injuries.

Sibanda’s health condition deteriorated and he was ferried to Filabusi District Hospital on November 27.

He passed away on November 29.

Moyo was arrested on December 11, the newspaper added.

The latest violence over allegations of laziness has again thrown a light on cases of violence involving young people in the country.

The Eagle reports that a United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) baseline study recently found that physical violence is the most common type of violence experienced during childhood among respondents in Zimbabwe aged 18-24.

About two thirds of females and three quarters of males had experienced physical violence by a parent or adult relative before the age of 18 (63.9 per cent and 76  per cent, respectively).

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Respondents also reported experiencing different forms of emotional violence as children.

A total of 12.6 per cent of females and 26.4 per cent of males had been humiliated in front of others before the age of 18, and 17.3 per cent of females and 17.5 per cent of males had been made to feel unwanted.