THE 41-year-old Gwanda man suspected of stealing a herd of 11 cattle and was admitted to hospital suffering from a mysterious illness has died, police confirmed yesterday.
Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tafanana Dzirutwe said the suspect, Mlaki Ncube, died on Saturday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where he had been transferred to from Gwanda Provincial Hospital.
Ncube of Ngoma Village under Chief Marupi area in Gwanda made headlines after a beast bellowed in his stomach.
His stomach was also swelling.
Ncube was also suffering from abdominal pains, resulting in him failing to relieve himself.
When Zimgossip visited him on Friday at Gwanda Provincial Hospital, he admitted to stealing the beasts and continuously pleaded with the police to release him so that he could go to his rural home to seek herbal treatment.
Insp Dzirutwe said police officers who arrested Ncube and local community members actually heard a bellowing sound coming from his stomach.
“We actually heard a bellowing sound like that of a cow mooing while he was admitted to Manama Hospital, which is why hospital authorities decided to transfer him to Gwanda,” a witness told Zimgossip on Friday.
Narrating his ordeal from his hospital bed, Ncube admitted that he stole the beast, insisting that he had been bewitched by the owners of the cattle.
“I can’t go to the toilet to relieve myself and my stomach is continuously rumbling and I am in terrible pain and I believe these are acts of witchcraft for the offence that I committed,” he said on Friday.
Ncube was arrested with his village head, Madubeko Dube (63) and his son, Tsokolo Dube (43) during an anti-stock theft operation code-named operation Inkomo Wazithathangaphi.
Insp Dzirutwe said they managed to recover 29 head of cattle worth US$6 000 during the exercise.
The exercise followed an outcry from villagers in Shanyaugwe, Ngoma, Selonga, John Dip and Guyu over rampant cattle rustling activities in their areas.
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These things have happened before and the solution has always been there…but the problem if you take Dzirutwe to be the prov. spokesperson in MATABELELAND WHERE HE KNOWS NO CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE HE WILL ALWAYS SPECUlate…..these are the things that hurt most of us….any other post can be offered to any tribel as long as they speak the local language but to liase with people whom you dont understand their culture…is arrogant and its tribal domination at its worst…..
Comment by somhlaba mthunzi — March 16, 2010 @ 1:35 pm
akabira asingabirwe
Comment by waani — March 17, 2010 @ 7:32 am
he got more than he had bargained for. sorry hake. Its high time the government put in place people who understand and know kuti uroyi huriko. the guy should have gone kunoripa. So they ahve all lost mumwe lost mwana mumwe mombe
Comment by tryson — March 17, 2010 @ 8:49 am
Gutsikana nezvauri nezvaunazvo munhu. Usaita ruoko zvinokuwana.
Comment by mambokadzi — March 18, 2010 @ 11:26 am
Yisono kuThixo. Its a pity that he has died. But still he was going to fela ejele. He was going to be given no less than 65 years.
Comment by Yimi Lo — March 18, 2010 @ 11:40 am
Wena somhlaba mthunzi,- don’t be a tribalist, which world are you living in? A criminal is a criminal, where does culture fit in unless if stock theft is part of the culture? The problem with you Ndebeles is you except everyone to speak your language once they land in your province unlike when you visit other Shona speaking areas, noone even questions your language. Dzirutwe is a qualified employee who was assigned to work in that province and I dont see any problem as we do not have problems with Ndebele guys working in shona speaking areas. If you were a child of God you would know we are one. If God was a tribalist…
Comment by mambokadzi — March 18, 2010 @ 12:03 pm
Anogochemei nekuroyiwa kuwaakanga akabira
Comment by Charity Gwekerere — March 24, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
Strange things do happen indeed. Even stranger is the fact that the man had a 43yr old son while he was 41. Usadhere Muzimba
Comment by This Weird World — March 25, 2010 @ 9:42 am
Yu reap what you soar. Thats the ;wages of the sin. To Hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MaNdebele they are very cruel I hate them
Comment by Busi — April 1, 2010 @ 11:59 am
Jhb
Comment by @Busi u ar 2tribalistic bt hw cu yo name sounds like a ndebele!! — April 2, 2010 @ 11:01 am
haiwaao iye aimbobirei,yu gt wat hedeserved
Comment by rur — April 16, 2010 @ 2:50 am
@Busi u r a tribalist .we dont give a fuck weather u lyk Ndebeles or not.we dont need ur love.lowlife’scumbag.u deserve to rot in hellcoz thats where u belong.
Comment by Jackie — May 4, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
its jst the same he ws foing to die in jail anyway
Comment by damn — May 19, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Kuba kuriko uyezve huroyi hunowanikwa but ignorance of law yakaurayisa munhu. I doubt if the inspector had full knowledge of hz job bcz dis would nt hv happened. Shame to our LAWS of Zim .mamwe anozviti mapurisa ivo vari ma Boder Gezi zvawo.
Comment by Majatame — June 4, 2010 @ 12:39 am
how can you say that abt the ndebeles wena Busi wakhona?they are cruel entweni ezingezabo,abazisenzeleyo,hayi amashona afuna ukudla mahala njenge dlozi,.zingaki izindaba sizibala ngamashona athatha amaplazi,abantu abazisebenzeleyo,?nxalajayela ukuthi lithatha izinto lizonya,azalenza ke amandebele,lizowukhomba olotshwala,majaira kumamisa vamwe,nhasi ndinhi .i dont care wat you say but the fact is you always think that you are to be worshiped ol because amuti kuva mupower,muchamama zvataro manje.
Comment by t.s.n — July 28, 2010 @ 4:12 pm
and one more thing, mind your spellings too.,iwe Busi wacho.
Comment by t.s.n — July 28, 2010 @ 8:11 pm