{"id":4939,"date":"2024-10-07T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:37:41","slug":"drama-erupts-in-zimbabwean-community-over-coffin-dumped-in-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4939","title":{"rendered":"Drama Erupts in Zimbabwean Community Over Coffin Dumped in Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Harare Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bizarre incident unfolded in Nzvimbe, Makoni South, when touts seized the coffin of their deceased colleague, Darlington Mukono, and dumped it in his uncle&#8217;s shop, accusing him of causing his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The touts, from Harare, alleged that Joshua Hweniwa Mukono was responsible for Darlington&#8217;s demise. They pasted the deceased&#8217;s pictures around the shop, bringing business to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family Feud and Accusations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longstanding Bad Blood: The family has a history of conflicts, mainly due to their father&#8217;s polygamous marriage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Witchcraft Allegations: Joshua&#8217;s family members accuse him of possessing wealth-enhancing charms, causing misfortunes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional Healer&#8217;s Involvement: A traditional healer in Nyanga allegedly claimed Joshua&#8217;s involvement in family misfortunes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua denied the allegations, attributing the drama to jealousy over his success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My brothers are jealous of my hard work and success. I have four wives and 20 children, whom I support through my sweat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incident Aftermath:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Theft and Vandalism: US$4,570 and foodstuffs were stolen from Joshua&#8217;s shop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Police Involvement: Joshua reported the theft, and police recorded statements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Reaction: Chief Chiduku condemned the incident, stating it was taboo and puzzling that the parties didn&#8217;t report it to him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident highlights the complexities of family conflicts and the role of traditional healers in perpetuating tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Correspondent A bizarre incident unfolded in Nzvimbe, Makoni South, when touts seized the coffin of their deceased colleague, Darlington Mukono, and dumped it in his uncle&#8217;s shop, accusing him&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}