{"id":65335,"date":"2022-08-31T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape"},"modified":"2022-08-31T19:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:14:42","slug":"former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape","title":{"rendered":"Former VP Mphoko\u2019s Son Arrested Over Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The son of Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been arrested by police in Bulawayo on rape charges.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko is expected to appear in court this afternoon to face the rape allegations, according to national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi. He told the Chronicle:<\/p>\n<p>Siqokoqela Mphoko was this morning arrested by police in Bulawayo and will appear in court today. He was arrested over rape charges and that is all we can release as information.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, Mr Mphoko was posted online through a video on Ezra Tshisa Sibanda\u2019s Facebook page saying he was handing himself over to police after running away yesterday. He said<\/p>\n<p>Good morning to everybody, my name is Siqokoqela Mphoko. A praying man, a God-fearing man and a family man. Today\u2026 Yesterday actually, I was called to the Hillside Police Station and a rape charge laid against me. No investigations were done, but that\u2019s still fine. Yesterday, I ran away from the police station because I felt that there was no fairness in my case. I felt that things were not done properly and I felt that there was a hand behind it that is not Government.<\/p>\n<p>I believe in the judiciary system, so now I\u2019m on my way to Hillside Police Station to hand myself in as we speak. I\u2019m asking for your prayers and I\u2019m asking for your support. I thank you for your love and your understanding. Thank you, God bless, you.<\/p>\n<p>Mphoko indicated that he was being accused of raping his 12-year-old niece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The son of Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been arrested by police in Bulawayo on rape charges. Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko is expected to appear in court this afternoon to face the rape allegations, according to national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi. He told the Chronicle: Siqokoqela Mphoko was this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,7475,10608,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-65335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-phelekezela-mphoko","14":"tag-siqokoqela-mphoko","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former VP Mphoko\u2019s Son Arrested Over Rape - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The son of Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been arrested by police in Bulawayo on rape charges. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former VP Mphoko\u2019s Son Arrested Over Rape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The son of Zimbabwe\u2019s former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been arrested by police in Bulawayo on rape charges. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T14:54:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T17:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_10-630f96c7750d4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"531\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-vp-mphokos-son-arrested-over-rape\",\"name\":\"Former VP Mphoko\u2019s Son Arrested Over Rape - 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