Dynamos FC chairman Moses Maunganidze has refuted allegations that the club enlisted the services of a traditional healer (sangoma) ahead of their recent match against arch-rivals Highlanders.
Reports had surfaced suggesting that the Harare giants had paid $1,000 to a witchdoctor in an attempt to influence the outcome of the high-profile clash.
However, despite this alleged ritual, Dynamos ultimately lost the match 2-0 at Rufaro Stadium.
In an interview, Maunganidze said Dynamos does not engage the services of sangomas but rather works with Christian pastors.
At the same time, he asserted that the club respects the freedom of conscience of its players. Maunganidze:
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I am speaking as chairman of Dynamos, that Dynamos doesn’t subscribe to such practices.
Week in, week out we have allowed that we bring to the training session pastors from different denominations to come and pray with our boys, whilst aware of the rights of these players as enshrined in the Constitution of this country.
We as a club, we are saying no to such practices (of paying sangomas), it’s not part of us. This I’m saying on behalf of Dynamos Football Club.
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The reports of Dynamos FC allegedly paying a substantial sum of money to a sangoma ahead of their match against Highlanders have drawn significant public interest, particularly given the club’s widely publicised financial difficulties.
Dynamos players had boycotted training for several days before the match, protesting unpaid bonuses and signing-on fees.
This meant the team had only managed to hold two practice sessions before the highly anticipated “Battle of Zimbabwe” match.
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The chairman of Dynamos FC said they didn't use traditional healers for their match, but worked with Christian pastors. They lost 2-0 to Highlanders even though it was rumored they paid a witchdoctor. The club believes in freedom of religion for its players. The team had financial issues before the game, with players protesting unpaid money. They only had two practice sessions before the match. The story attracted a lot of attention from the public. Maunganidze insisted Dynamos does not believe in witchcraft and does not pay sangomas.

Dynamos Work With Church Pastors, Not Sangomas - DeMbare Chairman

Dynamos Football Club manager Richard Chihoro may face disciplinary action after he was filmed performing alleged juju rituals during a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match on Saturday, 19 March, reported <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/sport/article/200009091/dynamos-manager-in-juju-furore">NewsDay</a>.
Hwange were hosting DeMbare at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo and during the half-time break, Chihoro went onto the Mpilo end goalpost and sprinkled an unknown substance across the goal line.
The Glamour Boys had failed to score in the first half despite creating numerous scoring opportunities at the Soweto end.
Adding to the intrigue, the Hwange goalkeeper Nedrick Madeya had a big white towel in the goalmouth.
Dynamos players confronted Madeya with the intention of confiscating the cloth but were unsuccessful.
A DeMbare fan eventually managed to grab Madeya’s towel in the second half and set it alight on the perimeter fence.
A video of Chihoro performing the ritual was circulating on social media.
PSL spokesperson Kudzai Bare on Monday said they will not comment on the incident involving Chihoro before they go through the match reports from the match officials. She said:
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We cannot comment on the matter because we have not seen the match reports.
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Dynamos eventually scored a solitary goal through Tinashe Makanda from a Denver Mukamba assist, to grab maximum points.
During the 2022 season, the PSL fined Chihoro US$2 000 for protesting when retired referee Hardley Ndazi awarded Bulawayo Chiefs a penalty when they played Dynamos.
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Dynamos Manager Performs Bizarre Juju Rituals On Goal Line

A 25-year-old man from Harare’s Mufakose suburb confessed to bedding a traditional healer’s 14-year-old daughter before passing away in excruciating pain two days later.
The late Kudakwashe Chiguma reportedly went to his 14-year-old victim’s parents where he pleaded for forgiveness for bedding their daughter and also sought permission to get the victim’s urine to survive.
One of the neighbours told H-Metro that Kudakwashe claimed that his sexual intercourse with a traditional healer’s daughter last Friday made him sick. She said:
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Mwana akafa rufu runorwadza, aibuda ziya, achizvimba dumbu akabata sikarudzi yake achichema kusvikira afa. (The young man died a very painful death as he was sweating heavily, his stomach was swollen and he would groan with pain whenever he touched his manhood).
We took him to a medical doctor where he was examined and the doctor said he was suffering from ulcers.
Kudakwashe’s parents were in the village and we could not watch him struggling without help.
His friends took him to several traditional healers within Mufakose but to no avail.
Akazondiudza ini sambuya vechikuru akati ndakarara nemuzukuru wambuya vanorapa. (He eventually confesses to me, as an elderly woman, that he had sexual intercourse with a traditional healer’s granddaughter).
Akaenda kumba kwevabereki vake achikumbira weti yemwana waakarara naye sezvo vamwe vaiti ndiko kuti ararame asi vakaramba.
(He visited the girl’s parents and asked for the girl’s urine so that he could drink it and boost his chances for survival, as is claimed, but they refused).
He went to the house where he confessed but he could not get help.
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The victim’s father admitted that Kudakwashe indeed came to his home and confessed that he had slept with his daughter and pleaded for his forgiveness. Said the father:
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Kudakwashe aive muvakidzani wangu, aiuya pano apa achinditengera doro nekutandara kusvika usiku ndisingazive kuti airara nemwana wangu achimutadzisa kufunda.
(Kudakwashe was my neighbour and he would visit me often. He would buy beers for me and we used to spend a lot of time together, sometimes late into the night, little did I know that he was sleeping with my daughter and disrupting her studies).
Hanzi ndinokumbirawo ruregerero ndakarara nemwana wenyu saka ndabatwa nerunyoka. (He apologised for sleeping with my daughter, saying he was suffering from the effects of sleeping with a “locked” woman).
My wife got angry and rushed to the police to lodge a report against Kudakwashe.
She could not process the opening of the docket upon hearing that Kudakwashe had died at a police base seeking help.
He could have died at my house had it not been for my wife who chased him and his friends from here.
Hama dzake dzakazouya pano vakandibvunza ndikavaudza kuti handingaise runyoka pamwana wangu.
(His relatives came here but I told them there is no way I will “lock” my own daughter, a minor for that matter).
Yes, I am a traditional healer who can heal some ailments including locking cheating partners but I could not do this to my daughter.
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Kudakwashe, a Nyau dancer and car park guard, reportedly spent the whole night with the traditional leader’s daughter while his friend was also bedding the minor’s 19-year-old sister at the same place last Friday night.
The deceased’s body was taken to Sally Mugabe Central hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/man-dies-after-raping-sangomas-daughter-14/">H-Metro</a></h4>

Mufakose Man Dies In Agony After Bedding Witch Doctor's Daughter (14)

One of the most successful Zimdancehall artists, <a href="https://pindula.co.zw/Seh_Calaz">Seh Calaz,</a> has said that some colleagues in the industry use Juju (magic portions) in a bid to become successful. Said the musician in a radio interview recently:
<blockquote>Juju exists and to some it works while to others it doesn’t because after all juju doesn’t sing. “In some instances, some chanters bring their own microphones because they cannot use a mic that would have been used by others.
To some it is seen in their hairstyles. Their locks will be tied and that represents the juju lock they would have used on others. When they get on stage they untie the locks and everything starts to flow.
When Tocky said juju had been used on him, he knew what he was saying. These things exist.</blockquote>
Calaz also said that popular <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Sungura">Sungura</a> artists <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Alick_Macheso">Alick Macheso</a> had advised him to not use juju.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/08/02/juju-rife-in-zimdancehall-seh-calaz">Daily News</a>

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