COVER Supermarkets
owner, Mr Bulisani Tshuma, has denied allegations that it is because he uses
juju, which has resulted in people who looted from his shops dotted around
Bulawayo during the recent violent protests returning the goods.
The violent stayaway held two weeks ago saw many retailers
in the high density suburbs emptied and vandalised.
Word has been rounds in the city that some of those who
looted from Mr Tshuma’s shops were either dumping the goods in the bush,
returning them to the shops or handing themselves in and the goods to the
police fearing threats of juju on them.
Bulawayo police deputy provincial spokesperson Inspector
Abednico Ncube said the police have recovered a lot of loot dumped in the bush.
“We have recovered many items discarded in the bush
especially in areas such as Entumbane, Ngozi Mine, Nketa and Nkulumane,” said
Insp Ncube.
Speaking on condition of anonymity one of the women who
confessed looting at Cover Supermarket in Pumula said she decided to return the
goods in fear of attracting bad luck.
“Most of the people looted, I looted too but I decided to
give police all the goods I took during the protest. I did not know that the
owner of Cover Supermarket was one of the congregants at church (name
withheld). I handed the goods fearing that something bad might happen to me,”
she told Sunday News.
Contacted for a comment, Mr Tshuma confirmed that people
where returning the goods but denied ever threatening them with the use of juju
or anything even consulting a prophet.
“Yes, people are returning the goods not directly to me or
the shops but rather to the police. As a Christian like anyone if anything
happens I pray and cry to God. What is so special about my prayer that they may
return the goods? They are returning the goods because of guilty consciences,
also as the police are doing door-to-door searches, it does not mean that I
prayed for them to have bad luck or used any muthi. I do not know what is
pushing them to return the goods probably because the police are intensifying
their recovery efforts.
“As for my faith I worship the Almighty God and Jesus
Christ himself. It is fortunate or unfortunate that when a black person succeed
in life they are given all forms of labels. They are also accused of having a
certain force behind their success because our minds have been colonised to
think that a black person cannot prosper without using some supernatural
forces,” said Mr Tshuma. Sunday News
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