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with HIV.
Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena confirmed the arrest last night.
“He has been arrested in connection with the case (infecting a female journalist with HIV) and he is still in custody,” he said.
Snr Asst Comm Bvudzijena could not shed more light on the issue, fearing to jeopardise investigations.
Ncube will appear in court once investigations have been completed.
By late last night, the legislator was in custody at Bulawayo Central Police Station where the matter was reported.
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Last Friday, the journalist reported the legislator for allegedly infecting her with HIV during a two-year love stint.
The case was recorded under I/R Number 4944/11.
The journalist said she was shocked when she tested HIV-positive.
She confirmed having made a police report to the effect that the legislator deliberately infected her with the virus.
The journalist said she also reported that the politician insulted her over the phone after she disclosed to him that she had tested positive.
She was certain Ncube infected her with HIV since she tested negative in October 2009 after dating him in August the same year.
The two had been having an intimate relationship before splitting up on July 31 last year after she discovered that he was cheating on her with a nurse at Ingutsheni Hospital.
The victim also alleged that the MP has been accu-sing her of being an agent of the Central Intelligence Organisation, saying she was working with them to fix him and drag him into the mud so that he loses his seat come election time.
Ncube confirmed recently to our Bulawayo Bureau that he had an affair with the journalist concerned, but said they parted ways two years ago.
“I know there are about 10 people who are out there to fix me. It’s a planned issue and I know where it was planned.
“They have an agenda to fix me and she is being used as an agent of the CIO.
“I do not think she is normal. She is mad and I will sue to the last cent.
“She did not even tell me that she has tested positive and I am getting it from the people she told,” the legislator was quoted as saying.
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has condemned the alleged sexual harassment of the journalist.
In a statement yesterday, ZUJ secretary-general Foster Dongozi said the union was concerned with the “increasing reports of sexual abuse targeting female journalists.”
He said the biggest culprits were politicians such as MPs, ministers and businesspeople.
“The story is one example reflecting the levels of extreme vulnerability of female journalists.
“Sexual harassment of female or male journalists will not be tolerated and the union will do all in its power to protect its members,” he said.
Dongozi said ZUJ was in discussion with partners to implement projects to fight sexual abuse targeting female journalists at the workplace and in the course of their normal duties.
“We would like to warn perpetrators and would-be perpetrators to desist from this despicable behaviour of preying on female journalists.
“The union will not hesitate to name and shame the perpetrators of such heinous atrocities. We therefore urge our members going through the trauma of sexual attacks not to suffer silently, but to speak out,” he said.
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