Zimbabwe traditional healer burnt by goblins

Zimbabwe traditional healer burnt by goblins

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By Patrick Chitumba

A SELF-STYLED traditional healer popularly known as tsikamutanda, was on Monday seriously burnt by a suspected goblin, which he was allegedly trying to get rid of during a cleansing ceremony at one of his client’s homestead in Lalapanzi.

Tsikamutandas are dubious inyanga who are roaming most parts of the country claiming that they can get rid of witches and tikoloshis.

The police spokesman for the Midlands Province, Assistant Inspector Raphel Mukwiza, confirmed the incident and said the police assisted the alleged tsikamutanda to get to Gweru Provincial Hospital.

He said the alleged tsikamutanda, whom he identified as Alicias Musiiwa Denhere (34) of Jerusalem township in Lalapanzi, was invited by a Mr Mangisi Chikorobho to cleanse his homestead. “Mr Musiiwa Denhere and his crew proceeded to Mr Mangisi’s homestead to perform the rituals,” said Asst Insp Mukwiza.

He said Mr Mangisi’s family and other villagers were called and gathered in Mangisi’s kitchen and the tsikamutanda started beating drums and singing.

“In the process, Musiiwa stood up and ran out of the kitchen, shouting that he had been injured by a goblin,” Asst Insp Mukwiza said.

Mr Musiiwa Denhere is said to have come back and stood at the kitchen door and said that he had managed to get hold of the goblin and wanted to burn it.

“Musiiwa looked like he was struggling with something and then said he had thrown it into the fire. He then said he had been burnt himself,” said Asst Insp Mukwiza.

On checking the injuries on Mr Musiiwa, it was observed that he had been burnt on the right thigh, private parts and stomach and the police were called in and they ferried him to the hospital where his condition was said to be stable.

Asst Insp Mukwiza said the Mangisi family had called him because they suspected that there was a goblin at the homestead as they were losing a member of the family every year.

“Every year a child would die, and this has been like this for the past six years, prompting Mr Mangisi to consult a tsikamutanda,” said Asst Insp Mukwiza.
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