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Zimbabwe female athlete 'was man'
BBC NEWS ^ | 2-9-05

Posted on 02/09/2005 12:21:15 PM PST by Taylor814

One of Zimbabwe's leading junior athletes, who has won several gold medals in women's events, is really a man, police say. Samukeliso Sithole, 17, has been charged with impersonation.

At her court appearance, she insisted that she was a woman, despite a doctor's report to the contrary.

Ms Sithole said she was born with both male and female sexual organs and a traditional healer had made the penis disappear but it had since regrown.

She told the court that the penis had returned because the healer had not been fully paid for his services.

She said that she had already arranged to pay the healer on 3 March, the day her trial is set to start, and so she expected her penis to disappear once more, according to the state-run Herald newspaper.

Multi-talented

The state prosecutor said he wasn't sure whether to keep Ms Sithole in men's or women's remand cells.

The BBC's Steve Vickers in Harare says that there has been a great deal of interest in the case with radio phone-ins full of speculation.

One caller said that Ms Sithole had won gold medals for Zimbabwe and so should not be punished.

The case came to light when somebody told one of Ms Sithole's friends and fellow athletes, Melita Mudondiro, that she was really a man.

Ms Mudondiro had undressed in front of Ms Sithole in the belief that she was a woman and lodged a formal complaint to the police.

The multi-talented athlete has competed in regional tournaments in triple jump, javelin and shot-putt, winning several gold medals.

The National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe is yet to comment on the matter.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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She's a man baby- YEAH!
1 posted on 02/09/2005 12:21:15 PM PST by Taylor814
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To: Taylor814

Hmmm,,reminds me of sHillary......


2 posted on 02/09/2005 12:22:36 PM PST by austinaero
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To: Taylor814

The name is actually Sit Hole?


3 posted on 02/09/2005 12:23:06 PM PST by Williams
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Sithole ?...did anyone else see the irony here ?


4 posted on 02/09/2005 12:23:21 PM PST by kingattax
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She told the court that the penis had returned because the healer had not been fully paid for his services.

This should be a lesson to everyone: PAY THOSE BILLS!

5 posted on 02/09/2005 12:23:59 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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"Ms Sithole said she was born with both male and female sexual organs and a traditional healer had made the penis disappear but it had since regrown"

Damn, I just hate that when it happens....

NeverGore :^)

6 posted on 02/09/2005 12:24:11 PM PST by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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'Samukeliso Sithole'

Oh brother! I'm not EVEN going there...


7 posted on 02/09/2005 12:24:16 PM PST by Lee Heggy (For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. H.L. Mencken)
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To: Taylor814

S*ithole's penis "went away" and then "grew back" for non-payment to the "healer?" Ya gotta be kidding me! Beyond that one statement, the rest of this story is mere fluff.

I think I'll "stiff" my doctor on my next bill just to see what results I get.


8 posted on 02/09/2005 12:25:42 PM PST by henkster
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Why am I not surprised that the guys name is Sithole.


9 posted on 02/09/2005 12:25:46 PM PST by joshhiggins
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She told the court that the penis had returned because the healer had not been fully paid for his services.

Oh, yeah, reminds me of the time my check to the hospital bounced and made my tonsils grow back. Such an inconvenience.

10 posted on 02/09/2005 12:26:57 PM PST by wizardoz
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To: Taylor814

11 posted on 02/09/2005 12:27:20 PM PST by GulliverSwift (Just say no to McCain and Giulliani)
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The defense was priceless. Either "she" is a devout believer and will pay the medicine man and take her chances, or there is some very quick snipping planned. Ouch!

There is no mention of female organs in the story. IF she truly has both I'd be somewhat more sympathetic. To self: "Now who's being Naive, Kay?"

12 posted on 02/09/2005 12:27:56 PM PST by Williams
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Ms Sithole said she was born with both male and female sexual organs and a traditional healer had made the penis disappear but it had since regrown"

Tell David Copperfield to use a machete next time.

13 posted on 02/09/2005 12:28:29 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Taylor814

The problem can be corrected with surgery.


14 posted on 02/09/2005 12:29:36 PM PST by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
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To: Taylor814

It's Juwanna man!


15 posted on 02/09/2005 12:30:21 PM PST by Betaille (Harry Potter is a Right-Winger)
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That's a man, baby.
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16 posted on 02/09/2005 12:30:54 PM PST by anonymous_user (Not everything's a conspiracy.)
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he was born with both male and female sexual organs
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Multi-talented

Uhhhh yeah. ;-)

17 posted on 02/09/2005 12:31:56 PM PST by adaven
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To: Taylor814

Brings new meaning to the phrase go f*#@ yourself LOL


18 posted on 02/09/2005 12:36:27 PM PST by CIDKauf (Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.)
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Here's her pic:
19 posted on 02/09/2005 12:36:44 PM PST by pissant
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Who's that? She's hot!

/I keed!


20 posted on 02/09/2005 12:40:48 PM PST by anonymous_user (Not everything's a conspiracy.)
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