Zimbabwe: Fear of imminent execution / death penalty: Mrs Sukoluhle Kachipare

Index Number: AFR 46/009/1999
Date Published: 12 August 1999
Categories: Africa, Zimbabwe

Amnesty International is concerned that mother of two, Sukoluhle Kachipare, could face imminent execution by hanging. She was sentenced to death after being convicted in March 1997 of inciting her maid to murder her (the maid's) new-born baby. She was convicted primarily on the maid's testimony.