Shangwa
Chikwavava dragged his mother, Margret Chikwavava by the neck whilst holding an
axe that he threatened to assault her with. Shangwa also vandalized his
mother’s property and threw her medication into a pit latrine.
The incident
happened at Farm 131, Mshawasha West, Masvingo on July 26, 2025, around 3 pm.
Magistrate
Hanzi suspended three months of the sentence on condition that Shangwa
restitutes US$430 to his mother by August 30, 2025, for vandalizing her kitchen
unit, a bed, three suit cases and a sewing machine. The remainder was suspended
for five years.
Shangwa and his
mother stay at the same homestead.
Circumstances
are that Chikwavava greeted Shangwa using his totem and the former scolded and
accused her of witchcraft. Shangwa began assaulting his mother whilst accusing
her of causing his misfortunes. He demanded to know where Chikwavava hid her
juju.
Chikwavava
remained calm and Shangwa went to his room, grabbed an axe, came back and
dragged his elderly mother by the neck to her bedroom where he threatened to
assault her.
Shangwa took
his mother’s blood pressure medication and threw it in the toilet. Chikwavava
managed to escape and filed a Police report. Masvingo Mirror
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