Army Called to Exterminate Witches in Gokwe
19 January 2015
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Gokwe’s entire community has at this moment resolved to summon the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to exterminate witches, who are as said wreaking havoc in the agro district causing unnecessary suffering to the villagers.
According to Nemangwe, Njelele, Nembudziya, and Jiri inhabitants, witches in their areas are showing off their evil acts scoffing  the authority and control of Chiefs.
The indaba which was set down and discussed by more than 13 village heads from around Gokwe’s chiefdoms, is said to be the only solution to destroy witchcraft empires, that have seen the deaths of several residents, village heads and traditional leaders.
“We have resolved to petition our chiefs as village heads, to request the Zimbabwe National Army to rescue us from this harsh situation. In 2010 a village head was bewitched after a village court passed a sentence to a witch and he died after he was flattered by a butterfly,” said headman Mombo of Nemangwe.
According to Headman Kunguva of Gokwe, witches in Gokwe use butterflies, owls, cats, lightning bolts, snakes and cockroaches, as their tools of trade.
Last week, villagers in Dzvoritsvo under Chief Njelele, were sent scampering for cover after two witches allegedly exchanged lightning bolts during a traditional ritual ceremony to sniff out evil doers[READ MORE – Gokwe Lightning Strike Witches on the Prowl, Mystery Man Resurfaces in Bulawayo.
“The spark from the bumping lightning bolts, as eye witnesses said, scared away the traditional healer, who fled from the scene, and never returned. The two old men who had agreed to surrender their tools of evil trade, started quarreling before the official ceremony started, and their dispute spilled into the exorcizing time, thereby causing the exchange of lightning bolts (as claimed) in a bid to exhibit their strength against one another.
The traditional healer who resurfaced in Bulawayo told ZimEye.com that the two are involved in the 26 panties saga and the owl that grabbed a matured male dog during a village indaba in headman Pauro’s area, under Chief Njelele.
Another village head, from Nembudziya, Tongoona Mavoyo told ZimEye.com that their quest to have the army involved is the only remedy to what he described as a continuing and rising plague of witchcraft.
“I think the army will do justice. In the early 60 here in Gokwe, we used to deal with these kinds of issues at our place called Gandavaroyi. The Gandavaroyi as its name speaks was for drowning all witches in this deep river pool and that way we cleansed our community. Now the evil is back again, certainly this time we need the army and nothing else.
Last year, Chief Njelele and his counterpart Chief Jiri were quoted by ZimEye.com, planning an indaba to deal with all witchcraft issues and also to expel from their jurisdictions anyone found practicing Satanism and witchcraft.
ZimEye.com contacted Gokwe Police to get their comment on the situation that has rocked the district and they said they deal with criminal issues not traditional issues.
“We are Zimbabwe Republic Police not Zimbabwe Traditional Healers Association and so I think you need the traditional chief for comment not a Police one,” said a police spokesperson in Gokwe.
However, an ex-soldier and veteran of the armed struggle, who identified himself as retired Lieutenant Dudzai Mambira said they used to eliminate witches during the war. “We used to kill these witches in the war, because they are an evil society, who will even poison fighters. I think it’s a noble idea to consult their chiefs and maybe revisit the Gandavaroyi as the army cannot do that unless under orders,” he said.

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