A nurse at Nyamazira Clinic in Makoni North has admitted slapping a woman who was nine months pregnant but denies allegations that he kicked her in the abdomen during an altercation over buckets at the clinic.

Lainah Twakali appeared before Chief Makoni's community court demanding either three cattle or US$1,000 from her former partner, George Chipunda, 37, whom she accused of wasting her time and abandoning their relationship despite allegedly promising marriage. The couple reportedly met while working on a farm in Headlands in 2013 and lived together for more than a decade. They did not have any children together.