Man up for sex attacks on street kids

Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter
A 38-YEAR-OLD man allegedly sodomised four street kids after promising to accommodate and take them away from the streets. Elton Ngwenya allegedly forced the four boys to have anal sex with him and threatened to harm them if they reported the abuse. Ngwenya appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa yesterday facing aggravated indecent assault charges and was remanded in custody to October 6.

One of Ngwenya’s alleged victims, now living with a guardian, lifted the lid on the abuse during a chance encounter with the alleged paedophile in the city centre. While out shopping, he pointed Ngwenya out to his guardian, who in turn called in the police.

In his statement, the 10-year-old from Mzilikazi suburb, said Ngwenya had taken the boys from Chicken Inn before leading them to his home at 8 Lyndhurst House on 8th Avenue and Samuel Parirenyatwa Street.

“Ngwenya started sodomising the four of us and threatened to assault us if we revealed the matter to anyone. This continued for days,” he said.
Dennmore Kasenza, for the State, said sometime this year Ngwenya took the boy with his three friends from the Chicken Inn fast food outlet on Robert Mugabe Way and 9th Avenue where they were staying as street kids and went with them to his flat in the city centre.

He offered the boys accommodation and during their stay, Ngwenya started having anal sexual intercourse with the boys.
Ngwenya would threaten to assault them if they told anyone.
The 10-year-old lad’s fortunes changed when he was adopted.