A Binga man has been jailed for four years after he attempted to kill a former cabinet minister, Joel Gabuza, in June after a confrontation over a lover.
The Regional Court sitting at Hwange has sentenced 46-year-old Samson Siazuza to 4 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder following a violent attack on a former Cabinet Minister.
The court convicted the offender of attempted murder and handed down a 6-year sentence, with two years suspended, leaving an effective 4 years behind bars.
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe proved it on June 5; at Siamwake Village, Chief Pashu, Binga, and Siazuza, together with an accomplice who is still at large, confronted Gabuza after suspecting him of being involved in a love relationship with a local woman, Rumbidzai Munsaika.
Former cabinet minister attacker jailed 4 years
Fuelled by anger and suspicion, Siazuza dragged the former minister from his vehicle, stabbing him in the right eye with a homemade knife before he and his accomplice repeatedly struck him with logs.
The victim sustained serious head injuries and deep cuts but survived after receiving urgent medical treatment at Mpilo Hospital.
Police later recovered the weapons used, while investigations are ongoing to apprehend the fugitive co-accused, Smart Sipu.
Gabbuza was left for dead and has been fighting for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after the knife attack by a love rival in Binga.
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Gabbuza suffered deep cuts on his head and hands from the attack at the home of his mistress.
Gabbuza, who is married, was in a long-term affair with the woman he was visiting, according to sources.
The woman’s ex-boyfriend, who saw Gabbuza as the cause of their split, never accepted rejection.
The ex-boyfriend and an accomplice, under the cover of darkness, first slashed the tyres of Gabbuza’s vehicle before forcing their way into the room where the couple were sleeping.
The former water resources minister was stabbed more than a dozen times, suffering nasty injuries to his head and hands in particular.
Bleeding profusely, he was driven more than 200 km to Hwange Colliery Hospital, where he was stabilised before being referred to Mpilo for specialist treatment.
The former Binga South MP and later Matabeleland North senator before his recall by Sengezo Tshabangu.
