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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Tapiwa Makore\u2019s head was reportedly boiled in an attempt to contain the smell from its decomposing state before it was taken to a traditional healer in Mozambique.<\/p>\n

Tapiwa was murdered by Tafadzwa Shamba and his uncle and namesake Tapiwa Makore in 2020 in a ritual to boost the latter\u2019s cabbage business.<\/p>\n

Gaylord Shamba (59), who is the uncle of Tafadzwa, told the weekly publication Kwayedza that his nephew confessed that the boy\u2019s head was taken to a Mozambican \u201cn\u2019anga\u201d for ritual purposes. He said:<\/p>\n

I once visited him when he was in the cells to find out what really transpired.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

He confessed there were others involved, including Tapiwa Senior, who took the head and left with it for Mozambique after it was cooked.<\/p>\n

Tafadzwa made it clear that he doesn\u2019t know where the head is.<\/p>\n

He insists that the sangoma did not accept the head they took to Mozambique as the n\u2019anga wanted a fresh and uncooked head, similar to a chicken head.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Tapiwa Jr was buried several months after his death with his head still missing.<\/p>\n

Shamba and Tapiwa Sr were recently sentenced to death by High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Tapiwa Makore\u2019s head was reportedly boiled in an attempt to contain the smell from its decomposing state before it was taken to a traditional healer in Mozambique. Tapiwa was murdered by Tafadzwa Shamba and his uncle and namesake Tapiwa Makore in 2020 in a ritual to boost the latter\u2019s cabbage business. 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