A Nyanga man brought in his orphaned 15-year-old niece and forcefully married her, resulting in the birth of four children.
Tendai Chitsatse (44) reportedly assaulted his late brother’s 25-year-old daughter, Chenai Chitsatse.
The offspring of the unholy coupling are nine, five, two, and three months old.
Chitsatse and his niece-cum-wife are both accused of engaging in sexual intercourse within a forbidden degree of connection, as defined in Section 75(2)(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act), Chapter 9:23.
The community was incensed by the incestuous relationship when The Manica Post visited Nyanga last week and demanded Chitsatse’s arrest and expulsion from the region.
Incest is a sexual connection between people who are too close to marry each other.
It is both illegal and illegal in Zimbabwe.