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 ...
(/sarcasm) Which of course makes it much better...(/sarcasm off)
Call me Lola.
How about a "Shimbabwe".
You Sir are a punning genious!
Did you come up with that yourself? If so you are very quick on the draw!
Yeah, but does she/he know Jose Canseco??
Why is it that limericks lend themselves to off color humor so well?
"There is no mention of female organs in the story."
"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."
That's very good...
or a cigar cutter!
Anyone know the origin of the phrase "cock and bull story?"
So a rooster and steer walk into a bar...
The name varies between Sithole and Standhole, depending upon whether the traditional healer's fees have been paid.
I stand in awe of the remarkable and utter ignorance of some people.
It's a long story, no bull, just ask the Cock-he knows why hens cackle after laying an egg.
Take this as a lesson: Don't be late in paying your bills!
If it was a steer, then it wasn't a bull! Unless, of course, the steer's owner forgot to pay the farmhand that castrated it.
IN one of the biggest scandals to rock Zimbabwean sport, a male athlete, Samukeliso Sithole, masqueraded as a female and represented the country in international events raking in millions of dollars. The discovery of the deception has left authorities baffled.
Sithole’s female friend has since filed crimen injuria charges against the top Zimbabwe and Lancashire Steel Athletics Club runner after she undressed in his full view being under the impression that he was a woman like her. ... rest of story
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And in related news: Witchcraft blamed as man grows genital organ on face.
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