The mystery man who caused a scene when he fled as claimed “a lightning strike” sparked by two Gokwe witches in full view of the public last week, has resurfaced from hiding.
Salimo Kwangware secretly crept out of the thick bushes of Gokwe South, travelled via an unknown private car and safely landed in Bulawayo on Monday, after being chased by the witches who are to date still baying for his blood.

ZimEye.com caught up with the Tsikamutanda on Tuesday morning who narrated his dramatic escape.
The traditional healer who was last year hired by villagers to help them sniff out witches from the troubled village of Dzvoritsvo which is about seven kilometres from the newly conferred Gokwe town, resurfaced in Ntabazintuna about 35 km east of Zimbabwe’s second largest capital before heading to Bulawayo.
Kwangware had successfully exposed the witches, who were now brought before a gathering during the final exorcising process. The witches allegedly sensing danger from the traditional man, began arguing and swearing at each other and in the heat of the argument, witnesses say flashes of bright lightning went forth from the palm of their hands towards the Tsikamutanda causing the man who was the villagers’ ‘only hope’ to flee for his life with the crowd equally shocked dispersing in almost-instant terror.
“These two have been in my radar and I was keeping a spiritual eye on them that they were after my head. I kept telling the village head to be careful when dealing with the two as they own powerful lightning bolts, thousands of hyenas and owls,” said Kwangware.
He also told ZimEye.com that the two are involved in the infamous 26 panties saga three years before and the owl that grabbed a matured male dog during a village indaba in headman Pauro’s area, under Chief Njelele in 2012.
According to Danmore Kunguva, who was standing in for the village head at the ceremony, trouble started when the two accused witches, were pointing fingers at each other, for having caused the death of three people, whose spirits were said to be seen roaming at night several months after their burials.
“We started having strange situations here, of seeing people we buried long time ago, and sometimes running away from them when they try to talk to us. That is when we asked for the help from the Tsikamutanda,” said Kunguva
The two old men who had agreed to surrender their tools of evil trade, started quarrelling before the official ceremony started, and their dispute spilled into the exorcizing time, thereby causing the exchange of lightning bolts in a bid to expose their strength to one another.
According to village head Kunguva, the spark from the two lightning bolts that collided in front of the gathering villagers left everyone speechless, and scampering for cover, causing the Tsikamutanda to run for dear life.
“The spark from the bumping lightning bolts scared away the traditional healer, who fled from the scene, and never returned. We are now in a very difficult situation that needs to be solved without delay. We are now waiting for another consultation process with Chief Njelele so that we can chart the way forward on the fate of the two warring families, and their future in our village, since villagers are now unsettled,” said Kunguva.
After the resurfacing of Kwangware in the outskirts of Bulawayo, ZimEye.com caught up with the village head Kunguva, who said he is still to meet Chief Njelele for dialogue on the matter.
“I am still to meet the Chief to discuss the way forward, because if a traditional healer is afraid, then that means we have to find other methods,” he said.
Efforts to get a comment from Chief Njelele hit a brick wall as his cellphone was not reachable at the time of going to press.