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Zimbabwe 'Sperm Hunters' Acquitted Of Raping 17 Men

Huffington Post UK  |  By Posted: 08/05/2012 11:42 Updated: 08/05/2012 11:42

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A trio of Zimbabwean women who were accused of raping male hitch-hikers in order to harvest their sperm have been cleared.

According to local media reports, a handful of hitch-hikers claimed they had been drugged, threatened with knives and even live snakes before they were forced into sex and then dumped by the roadside. The sperm was apparently being collected for use in “ju-ju” rituals.

The women, sisters Sophie Nhokwara (26), Netsai Nhokwara (24) and Rosemary Chakwizira (28), were exonerated by DNA evidence, AFP reported.

Their lawyer Dumisani Mthombeni said: “The state has withdrawn the charges. The police arrested the wrong people.”

In November, the sisters and one of their boyfriends were charged with attacking male hitchhikers and harvesting their sperm for rituals, Today Online reported.

The Nhokwara sisters were arrested after they were involved in a car accident and police found 30 used condoms in their car boot.

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They faced 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault in a country where a woman raping a man is not considered a criminal offence.

The trio apparently told a Harare court they are merely hard-working prostitutes.

Mthombeni said the state was prosecuting Netsai Nhokwara and Rosemary Chakwizira on lesser charges of “loitering for the purposes of prostitution.”

He added that his clients were planning to sue the police for their “unlawful” arrests and for parading them on national TV as “female rapists”.

In March, one female motorist told AFP how she had recently pulled over to pick up a group of male hitchhikers who refused to get into her car for fear of being raped.

Susan Dhliwayo, 19, said: “Now men fear women. They said: ‘We can’t go with you because we don’t trust you’.”

National police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told Zimbabwe Times Live there was not yet an exact number of confirmed cases, but warned male travellers to be vigilant.

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A trio of Zimbabwean women who were accused of raping male hitch-hikers in order to harvest their sperm have been cleared. According to local media reports, a handful of hitch-hikers claimed they ...
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Blink101
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22:31 on 11/10/2012
I wonder how many other countries don't have laws about men being raped by women... I dunno, guys. I'll admit I've gotten some chuckles from the jokes in this comment section, but in reality it makes me nervous that there isn't more concern about men being raped. I've known some pretty messed up, sadistic ladies in my day who I wouldn't doubt could do some horrible things to men. Even if they orgasm it might not necessarily be a pleasant nor "happy" ending...
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23:59 on 11/05/2012
Hitch-hiking in Zimbabwe? How dumb are these people?
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Aubrey Kapree
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23:52 on 10/05/2012
What are these guys bitching about? They all wind up with an orgasm in the end... why complain? If anything they were doing a service! Haha
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standto
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05:00 on 09/05/2012
is this where the saying "take that to the bank" comes from?
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songster
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23:20 on 03/10/2012
The bank was shut,so the poor hitch hiker had to make a deposit
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grghrd8
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23:15 on 08/05/2012
You don't have to go to Africa to find sperm hunters, we've got them here. They're called chavs. They hunt sperm with a view to getting council houses and benefits.
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Dombeyandson
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01:41 on 09/05/2012
Oh cum now a bit hackneyed
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slam-bam
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22:28 on 08/05/2012
Where was I when these hot babes were wanting to milk a male or two??
Do you have their contact numbers? :-)
You know what they say....' once you've had black, you'll never go back'.
Well, in this case that may be true, coz you'll be as dry as a bone!! Ouch! :-)
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wincanton man
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00:31 on 09/05/2012
Anyone who would screw these "babes" has to be too idle to masturbate.
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gumpo
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22:21 on 08/05/2012
We all like to carry a spare bit of rubber in the boot but this is ridiculous !
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arisole
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21:41 on 08/05/2012
O ah surly, it’s no odds about woman raping men, not that I’d mind; mind you, nevertheless it goes to show, how men can be done for raping woman while woman isn’t done for raping men. This is just like the ordinary people in society, there is a one law for them, then another for government the police and law makers like judges barristers solicitors ect, ect.
By the way how did they use the sperm? I understood there was some sort of spermicide on the condom, which means once the sperm entered the condom it was rendered it useless?
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OldJock12
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21:32 on 08/05/2012
Now this will start a stampede of 'sex tourists'!
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Whyalwaysme
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21:02 on 08/05/2012
What is wrong with the black race, I've been reading some perverted news this week all mostly black people linked with rape and neglect and abusing children, what the hells wrong with them.
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slam-bam
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22:25 on 08/05/2012
Yes... coz it'd never happen in the white / asian races, would it?!?
Oh, let me think.... ooh yeah, the 9 asian guys convicted this week for grooming and rape (rife with Pakistani males... see many docu's about it!)... errm, and oh yeah, many white, eastern-european gangs doing the women trafficking (rape, slavery, etc).. a lot worse than the 'black race', as you so eloquently put it?!
Consider yourself educated!
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Awura Adjoa
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23:31 on 18/05/2012
Well said slam-bam
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songster
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23:23 on 03/10/2012
Well said Slam, and yeah im white
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exilemick
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18:51 on 08/05/2012
They were acquitted because nothing wouldn't stand up in court?
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Whyalwaysme
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18:40 on 08/05/2012
It gets worse, just when you think there's nothing else we can think a human can do and now this, dogs next maybe,
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MontyVC
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18:31 on 08/05/2012
@ Shushfreak. A woman cannot rape a man under UK law. No penis, no rape is the simple way to remember. If a woman was to insert something into a male that would be assault by penetration. So far from being backward as I think the article seems to imply Zimbabwe is very much in line with our own laws in this area.
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Flinglebunt
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18:07 on 08/05/2012
Yuk, to even be near a woman that has probably been round the block a million times ........
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17:15 on 08/05/2012
If a woman rapes me, I will sing, "Hallejulah".
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18:30 on 08/05/2012
Not is Africa you wont mate you will be looking for the nearest hospital and waiting for your aids test. But whatever floats your boat.
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Whyalwaysme
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21:04 on 08/05/2012
Then a trip to the clinic to get your meds for AIDS, BUT I DONT SUPOSE YOU CARE DO YOU,
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songster
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23:24 on 03/10/2012
He said he never wants that again?
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