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Sangoma dupes couple $45 000, as goblin killing fee

MASVINGO - A sangoma allegedly swindled a business man's  wife of cash and property with a combined value of about $45,000 under the guise that he was freeing her husband from goblins haunting him.

 Teedzerai Ndige, a bussiness man, is suffering from mental problems and his wife, Mamboininga's bid to get help from a sangoma, Soshangane Nzumakase, 32, saw her losing $30,000 cash and a Mercedez Benz worth about $15,0000.

Nzumakase told Mamboininga that he had found some human flesh in another Mercedes Benz belonging to her and demanded the car's registration book so that he could go and burn the goblin in Bulawayo.

After handing over the second vehicle, Mamboininga suspected Nzumakase had duped her and reported the case to the police.

The police arrested Nzumakase along the Masvingo-Mbalabala road on his way to Bulawayo and recovered the Mercedez Benz and $15,000 cash.

Nzumakase yesterday appeared before Masvingo provincial magistrate Langton Ndokera charged with extortion. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded out of custody to February 15.

The sangoma said he rendered the services that were paid for and as such did not extort anyone.

He also said he lost some household property when a mysterious snake he wanted to burn instead torched all his clothes back home to punish him for assisting the businessman.

"In January 2013 Nzumakase demanded payment claiming he had saved Ndige from death and was given a Mercedes Benz and $30,000 cash," said Musina.

Early this month, Nzumakase told Mamboininga that he had found some human flesh in her Mercedes Benz and demanded the car’s registration book so that he could go and burn the goblin in Bulawayo.

After handing over the vehicle, Mamboininga became suspicious and made a report to the police leading to Nzumakase’s arrest along the Masvingo-Mbalabala road while driving the vehicle.

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