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.
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Hmmm,,reminds me of sHillary......
The name is actually Sit Hole?
Sithole ?...did anyone else see the irony here ?
This should be a lesson to everyone: PAY THOSE BILLS!
Damn, I just hate that when it happens....
NeverGore :^)
'Samukeliso Sithole'
Oh brother! I'm not EVEN going there...
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.
Why am I not surprised that the guys name is Sithole.
Oh, yeah, reminds me of the time my check to the hospital bounced and made my tonsils grow back. Such an inconvenience.
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?"
Tell David Copperfield to use a machete next time.
The problem can be corrected with surgery.
It's Juwanna man!
Uhhhh yeah. ;-)
Brings new meaning to the phrase go f*#@ yourself LOL
Who's that? She's hot!
/I keed!
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