Fruit vendor 'caught sprinkling urine on her fruits'

In a suspected case of witchcraft, a Bulawayo fruits vendor at Renkini Bus terminus courted the ire of fellow vendors when she was allegedly caught red-handed sprinkling her fruits with urine.

The incident, which is the talk of Renkini terminus, happened on Saturday afternoon.

The vendor was reportedly spotted by other vendors squatting and urinating in a container.

Thereafter it is said that she sprinkled fruits mainly apples and bananas with the urine.

It is suspected that she is using her urine to draw customers to her stall.

When reached for comment, she could neither confirm nor deny the allegations but said she heard people talking about the incident.

"I don't want to discuss this matter with you. I heard people talking about it and I don't want issues bothering me since I am still mourning my relative who recently died.

"Please don't write the story because I am not feeling well and two of my relatives are also not feeling well," she said.

However, a fellow vendor confirmed the incident saying she was called by other vendors to see her in the despicable act.

"The rumour has been going on for some time that she is in the habit of sprinkling fruits with her urine but I have never seen her.

"I asked her what she was doing and why she was doing it but she could not give me a satisfactory response.

"She later admitted when we engaged our committee members to reprimand her,"said the source.

A male vendor said he had been buying fruits from the woman since he started selling at Renkini and is disappointed that his family has probably been eating contaminated fruits all along.

"I buy fruits for my family from her everyday. This is disheartening," he said.