The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has condemned
the recent detention of Zimdancehall chanter Shinsoman by a machete-wielding
gang in Chegutu, calling on enforcement agents to increase security at public
gatherings.
The musician last week relived his horrific experience at
the hands of the gang. He said he was performing at a show in Chegutu,
Mashonaland West province, when armed men forced him to sing a song for hours
on end.
“The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) would like to
condemn the detention of musician ‘Shinsoman’ by armed men in Chegutu who are
alleged to have forced him to sing one song for many hours for their enjoyment.
The council would like to encourage enforcement agents in the country to
increase their presence in public gatherings to avert such cases of abuse,”
read the statement.
Chegutu is the same place where last week a group of men
armed with machetes gang-raped and brutally killed an 80-year-old granny and
her granddaughter (16).
In 2018, Zimdancehall musician Winky D could not finish a
show at Solomon’s Hotel in Kwekwe after machete-wielding thugs threatened to
besiege his show. He escaped through an emergency exit. Machete-wielding gangs
have been making headlines over the past few weeks mostly for terrorising
people, killing, robbing and fighting with law enforcement agents.
Last week in Fort Rixon, a gang brandishing an AK47
besieged a village there. Late last month a police officer was bludgeoned to
death, while his colleague was injured in an attack by machete-wielding
artisanal miners who had invaded Good Hope Mine in Kadoma. Chronicle
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