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A furious 20-year-old mother strangled her 18-month-old baby to death after she failed to stop him from crying.
The incident happened last Wednesday, 14 August 2024, at Zimdabule Village 4, Deli in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province. The woman, Siphethebuhle Nkomo, has since been nabbed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
On the fateful day, Siphethebuhle’s baby boy started crying uncontrollably. The young mother failed to figure out what made her baby cry intensely. Siphethebuhle lost her patience and, in an agitated fit of enraged fury, held her baby’s neck and choked him until he froze still and died.
The ZRP confirmed the heartless incident:
“On 14/08/24, police in Nyamandlovu, Lupane, arrested Siphethebuhle Nkomo (20) in connection with a case of murder in which she strangled to death her son (18 months) after failing to silence him while crying on 14/08/24 at Zimdabule Village 4, Deli, Nyamandlovu.”
There have been several cases of mothers killing their babies in Zimbabwe. In January 2023, a 24-year-old woman gave birth to twins and then buried them alive in a shallow grave behind a neighbour’s house. She was scared of people judging her for having children out of wedlock.
In her doctoral thesis, Janita Corina Mesu found that most women who kill their children suffer from mental health disorders and economic stress. (iharare.com)
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter