By A Correspondent

Talent Priveledge Sibanda, a 27-year-old woman from Madhuve Village in Mberengwa, has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for killing her newborn baby.

Sibanda, who had previously separated from her husband in June 2023 and reunited in February 2024 while pregnant with another man’s child, gave birth to a baby girl on October 27, 2024, at around 7 PM while alone.

Tragically, she strangled the infant and buried the body in a nearby field, just meters from her home.

The heinous crime was uncovered when Sibanda’s niece noticed that she was no longer pregnant and reported the incident to the police, leading to Sibanda’s arrest and subsequent arraignment before the Zvishavane Magistrates’ Court on infanticide charges, as prosecuted by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).