Zimbabwean woman on trial for her life in Botswana

Zimbabwean woman on trial for her life in Botswana

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By Lindie Whiz

A ZIMBABWEAN woman is on trial for her life in Botswana, accused of murdering her Indian employer before stealing from him.

Hluphekile Dube and alleged accomplices Nyasha Abel and Isaac Ngoma all face charges of first degree murder and a possible death sentence if convicted.

The three will go on trial on October 23 – joining TWELVE Zimbabwean men currently on trial for murder in Zimbabwe’s western neighbour.

Dube is the first Zimbabwean woman to be tried for murder in Botswana which has witnessed an influx of Zimbabwean migrants fleeing an unprecedented economic collapse at home.

Dube, Abel and Ngoma will go on trial at the Lobatse High Court with Justice Gabriel Rwelengera presiding.

The trio is charged with the murder of Rawjbhai Patel, an Indian citizen for whom Dube worked as a maid in Gaborone’s Extension 4.

The three will also face robbery charges after allegedly making off with Patel’s jewellery, bags, P2,000 cash, US$1,000 cash and a cheque of 151,050 Indian rupees following the crime.

Prosecutors say Patel was killed two days before he was due to return home to India.

Botswana authorities say there currently 12 Zimbabwean men facing murder charges.

Four men are due to stand trial for waylaying a woman as she walked to a funeral along the Orapa/Francistown Road, robbing her of her mobile phones and money before killing her.

Another quartet is also on trial for their lives for the murder of a South African businessman in Oodi Village, north of the capital, Gaberone.

Another Zimbabwean man is on trial for shooting and killing a security guard in Francistown.

Already sentenced to hang for murder is Gerald Dube, convicted of brutally killing four relatives – two children, their mother and a maid.

Fighting a rising crime wave which they say is fuelled by foreigners, Botswana police recently shot and killed four more Zimbabwean men who were allegedly on a mission to rob a service station.
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