Police probe witch-hunters

POLICE in the Midlands have launched investigations on reports that self-styled witch-hunters commonly known as tsikamutandas had returned to Zvishavane nearly seven months after they were banished from the district, following a clampdown by the police and members of the Traditional Medical Practitioners’ Council (TMPC).

REPORT BY SILAS NKALA STAFF REPORTER

The witch-hunters reportedly swindle villagers of their cattle on the pretext of cleansing homesteads.

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