Tonga - A court case against a man accused of raping his neighbour's 12-year-old child could not be heard on Thursday because a power cut damaged the recorder in the Tonga Regional Court.
Zakhele Mavuso, 35, from Sibayeni village near the Swaziland and Mozambican borders, has pleaded not guilty, a Sapa correspondent reported.
Magistrate Edgar Moletsane told the court that he could not proceed with the case, however, because a power cut had damaged the recording machine in the morning.