Tafadzwa Shamba and Tapiwa Makore Senior, have been
sentenced to death for the murder. Tapiwa was buried without his head. The pair
have never revealed what they did with it.
Gaylord Shamba (59), who is the uncle of Tafadzwa, told
Kwayedza that he was convinced Tapiwa Jr’s head was taken to a Mozambican
sangoma for ritual purposes. The sangoma is said to have turned down the head
after Tafadzwa and Tapiwa Sr failed to take the sangoma’s instructions.
“I once visited him when he was in the cells to find out
what really transpired. He confessed that he killed Tapiwa after slicing him
into pieces and stashing the body parts into plastic papers, including the
head, as per instructions. He confessed there were others involved, including
Tapiwa Senior, who took the head and left with it for Mozambique after it was
cooked.
“Tafadzwa made it clear that he doesn’t know where the head
is. He insists that the sangoma did not accept the head they took to Mozambique
as the n’anga wanted a fresh and uncooked head, similar to a chicken head. It
is said the entourage dumped the head along the way, but he was not sure
whether it was dumped on the Mozambican or Zimbabwean side.”
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