The ManicaPost
Liberty Dube
Weekender Correspondent
IN a script extracted from Harry Potter’s series which chronicles the lives of young wizards, Harry Potter, and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom were students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardly, a Nyanga woman is in the eye of a storm after being caught stark naked at a neighbour’s homestead.
The creepy looking suspected witch was caught in ‘action’ in Sedze Village in Nyanga trying to ‘deal’ with a local family during last Saturday’s ungodly hours.
Mavis Nyambuya, who was accompanied by her two-year-old nephew who was also in her birthday suit, reportedly ran out of luck after her would-be victim, Memory Mahowa woke up in the middle of the night to come face-to-face with the unexpected visitor wandering around her homestead.
Nyambuya and Mahowa are neighbours.
The Weekender learnt that Mahowa sought the assistance of self-confessed Mutare-based spiritual healer, Madzibaba Stephen Nzira to protect her homestead from merchants of the underworld, in a practice loosely known as ‘kuisa munamato’.
Madzibaba Nzira confirmed the incident and told The Weekender that Mahowa sought his services after her children began experiencing weird happenings such as waking up with strange markings on their hands.
“They visited my shrine sometime this year seeking my assistance after they had encountered some spiritual problems. It was a clear case of witchcraft. I did not disclose to them that their neighbour was behind these strange happenings.
“I gave her some water to sprinkle around her house among other instructions. This was to act as a ‘fireguard’ from unwelcomed visitors like Nyambuya.
“When Nyambuya was trapped, she was in the company of her two-year-old nephew whom I believe was being initiated into the practice. The child also had some marks on her hand,” said Madzibaba Nzira.
Perplexed neighbours and villagers rushed to the homestead after the terrified and cornered Nyambuya screamed for help.
The neighbours demanded instant justice and police’s swift reaction saved her.
A recorded video of Nyambuya begging for forgiveness and crying while seated on the ground with the young girl has gone viral on social media platforms.
“People are praying.
“This place is holy. I am feeling hot. I am sorry about this. Please forgive me. My other colleagues have escaped,” Nyambuya is heard pleading in the recorded video.
Villagers expressed shock on Nyambuya’s move to recruit young child into the diabolical witchcraft world.
“We are still coming to terms with this scary occurrence. Yes, it is common for witches to operate this way, but we are wondering why would these witches recruit such a young and innocent child in their shenanigans,” said a villager, Tendai Mandiranga.
Acting Chief Saunyama, said although he was yet to get finer details of the matter, he would summon Nyambuya to his court.
“I am gathering details about what transpired during that fateful night. There are a lot of issues to be addressed here. This is an abomination.
“As soon as I get full details, I will summon this woman to my court. If found guilty, she is expected to pay a fine of not less than three beasts.
“She also faces banishment from my area. We have heard several cases of this nature before, but no kids were involved. What makes her case more complicated is that when she was trapped, she was in the company of a naked child.
“This is unacceptable,” said Acting Chief Saunyama.
Popular Nyanga exorcist and traditional healer, Shingirai Mukotsanjera on Tuesday said: “That is pure witchcraft and this child was being initiated into witchcraft. It is very unfortunate and unacceptable that Nyambuya was determined to torment her neighbour.”
