MaShurugwi

Machete gangs, otherwise known as MaShurugwi, have reportedly gone underground following a nationwide police blitz which has seen nearly 2 000 illegal gold miners caged for terrorising communities in gold-rich parts of the country.
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By Luke Tamborinyoka The Zanu PF-sponsored vigilante groups popularly as MaShurugwi have wreaked havoc in the countryside with top MDC leadership losing their close relatives to the politically-connected militia which is certainly…
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By Simukai Tinhu With Mnangagwa and his vice president’s tussling for power as we hurtle towards 2023, the Mashurugwis, who are directly controlled by the state security minister, Owen ‘’Mudha’’ Ncube and Local government minister, July…
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By Stephen Sarkozy Chuma As if that is not enough, the same police force acting on unfounded allegations by one Linda Masarira that MDC harbour machetes gangs, today (17 January 2019) besieged our headquarters at the instigation of ZANU…
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A member of the notorious “MaShurugwi” gang from Redcliff has been jailed for five years for stabbing a man twice with a knife after he refused to buy him beer on Christmas Day.
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The level of crime in the country especially around mining areas is threatening to get out of control after a gang of nine robbers armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol besieged five homesteads in Fort Rixon area in Insiza District where…
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As armed detachments of the Police Support Unit are flung into the battle to crush machete gangs, Parliament has launched an investigation to unearth the origins of the gangs, how they operate, their impact and how they can be tamed by…
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As 2019 came to a close, Shadreck Matiyenga thought the new decade was about to start on a good note but his life took a sudden turn. He trembles as he narrates his ordeal.
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By Farai Gwenhure The Ogygia is a notorious Yemen prison in Season 5 of an American television series Prison Break. In this facility former structural engineer and fictional main character Michael Scofield is incarcerated in a period…
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Traditional leaders from Shurugwi are concerned with the labelling of their people as being behind the spate of killings and robberies in gold mining areas countrywide.
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