Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
By Dickson Bandera
A nine-year-old Shamva girl child has died after her biological mother, Sinalence Kufandirori, fatally assaulted her for wasting the family’s mealie-meal and cooking oil, which she used to play mahumbwe with her friends.
Young children usually play the game in which they simulate a family house, usually using sand and green plants, tins and sticks to cook “meals”. The child however used mealie meal and cooking oil, which irated her mother leading to the gravious assault.
In a press statement, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the ZRP mouthpiece confirmed the incident which occurred Friday.
“Police in Shamva have arrested Sinalence Kufandirori (35) in connection with a case of murder in which she hit her daughter, Ropafadzo Meki (9) with a switch, all over the body, for allegedly using mealie-meal and cooking oil to play mahumbwe (playing house) on October 3, 2023 at Maxton Farm.
“The child died on the way to a local self-proclaimed prophetic healer in the area,” said the police spokesperson.
Cases of assaults leading to murder seem to be on the increase and the police is urging people to opt for peaceful resolution to avoid loss of life.
