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Cases reported to Chief Mazano between March 2010 and September 2010.
Type of
Cases
Land
disputes
No. of
cases
Chief’s decision Outcomes
17 Four cases
Resolved amicably
Bestiality 1 Asked to pay four
cattle to the chief
Divorce
cases
Nonpayment
of lobola
Wife
beating
for defiling the
area.
8 One marriage
dissolved; two
disputes resolved
peacefully.
6 He said people
would be forced
to pay lobola
because in
Zimbabwe wives
are not for free;
gave them until
after harvests.
3 Dismissed the
three cases with
warning
Rape 1 The offender was
asked to pay 4
cattle, one to the
chief and three to
the offended
family.
Murder 1 Family members
to pay 6 herds of
cattle to the
bereaved family.
To pay 2 more
cattle to the chief.
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Six reported their disputes
to another chief. The
remainder did not attend
the courts.
He negotiated for lenience
and finally paid 3.
5 cases were referred to
the formal courts.
One man refused to pay
alleging the wife eloped to
him when she was
pregnant; he wanted to do
DNA test when the child
was born. Another man
asked his wife to go to her
parents and remarry.
Disputes were resolved
successfully.
The offender paid because
rape attracts stiffer
penalty at the formal
court.
The offender was handed
to the police for custodial
sentence, 2 cattle were
paid to the chief 3
cattle were paid to the
offended family.