Avenging spirits: no better lesson for political zealots

The Gokwe murder and subsequent quarrels, bizarre mourtuary happenings, alleged mysterious psychiatric cases, eventual trial, conviction and sentence, the heavy penalty to appease avenging spirits must all have sent a chilling message to would-be perpetrators of political violence.

The case in point is that, like many have warned before, including Vice-President Joice Mujuru who spoke about party zealots standing alone and paying the ultimate price for their actions, chickens may have come to roost.

Perpetrators of the ghastly June 2008 violence have begun to reap the fruits of their actions.

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