FIVE farm workers from Insiza in Matabeleland South allegedly kidnapped and brutally assaulted a Fort Rixon villager accusing him of supplying a stock thief with juju to help him evade arrest.
BY SILAS NKALA
Bosman Sibindi (27), Godwill Mdimba (23), Hloniphani Sikhosana (20) Brain Sibanda (19) and William Dube (20) yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Isheunesu Matova at the Mbembesi Circuit court facing kidnapping charges.
Prosecutors said the five from Plot 04 Parkings Farms in Fort Rixon, on April 2 at 5.30pm went to 40-year-old Zinhle Nkomo ’s home.
They were armed with knobkerries, knives and machetes. The five accused Nkomo of supplying thieves with juju to evade arrest.
They allegedly tied his hands using wire and force-marched him to a nearby bush where they kept him hostage for two hours, heavily assaulting him.
Nkomo reported the matter to the police, leading to the arrest of the five. Matova did not ask the five to plead to charges of unlawful detention and kidnapping.
He remanded them in custody to today for trial.
