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Rutendo Nyeve
A LOCAL nurse aide has been slapped with a US$200 fine after a jealous rage over a phone call to an ex-husband spiralled into a vicious cyberbullying attack.
Moreblessing Moyo (33), the new girlfriend of the ex-husband, took to WhatsApp to unleash a torrent of abuse on Sabelo Joice Dube (26) after Ms Dube phoned her former spouse to inform him their daughter was unwell and vomiting.
Moyo appeared before Victoria Falls Magistrates Court charged with cyberbullying and harassment as defined in the Cyber and Data Protection Act following an insult-filled message.
The message, in language that is so crude, it cannot be published for public consumption — suggested Dube was of loose morals and slept with any man.
Prosecutor Portia Moyo outlined the State case at the Victoria Falls Magistrates Court. “On 13 July 2025, at around 1130am and house number (withheld) Aerodrome, Victoria Falls, the complainant made a phone call to her ex-husband, Masiye Kalondawanga, informing him that his daughter, Natalie Kalondawanga, was not feeling well and was vomiting.
“This did not go down well with the accused person who went on to send a message to the complainant through WhatsApp platform. The accused person acted unlawfully,” she said.
The matter was reported to the police leading to Moreblessing’s arrest and subsequent court appearance.
Meanwhile, in a separate but equally disturbing case of domestic violence, the court also handed down a US$200 fine to Mpikisano Ncube (39) for assaulting his girlfriend, Solani Ndlovu.
The court heard that the attack was triggered when Ms Ndlovu refused to have unprotected sex, insisting that Ncube uses a condom.
Prosecuting, Moyo outlined the case before the court. “Accused person intended to have sexual intercourse with the complainant and the complainant informed him that he must use a condom. This did not go down well with the accused person who denied using a condom and then assaulted the complainant with open hands several times on the face,” she said.
The two cases, heard at the same court, highlight a troubling pattern of gender-based violence and toxic relationships in the community. While the medium of abuse differed — one physical, the other digital — both actions were deemed serious offences by the judiciary.
The fines serve as a warning from the courts that whether violence is inflicted with hands or with words through a phone, perpetrators will be held accountable for their actions.
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