Boss demands sex from maid

A BULAWAYO man from Matsheumhlope suburb has been hauled to the court for allegedly demanding to be intimate with his maid and threatened not to pay her if she did not accept his sexual advances.

Sikhulumani Mangena, 63, appeared before Bulawayo agistrate Charity Maphosa on Friday facing charges of sexually harassing his maid, a 39-year-old woman who cannot be named to protect her identity.

The woman alleges that she worked for Mangena as a maid and on January 8 this year, Mangena told her that he was in love with her. The woman told Mangena that she was married and her religion did not allow her to have extramarital affairs.

The woman alleges that Mangena refused to pay her he monthly salary saying he would not pay her until she went to bed with him. On January 27 at 7pm when she was serving the accused his supper, he started touching her buttocks and breasts.

The woman said after her husband got to know about the problem they went together to Mangena's house to talk over the issue, but he allegedly produced a gun from his vehicle and told them that he could not be told what to do in his house.

She said they left Mangena's house and reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest.