Mnangagwa’s henchman behind KweKwe’s Alshabab group

Posted by on Thursday, September 20, 2012 in Mnangagwa, Violence, Zimbabwe politics | 14 comments

Alshabab graffiti in KweKwe

By Tichaona Sibanda
20 September 2012

Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s henchman, Owen ‘Mudha’ Ncube, is reportedly behind a new militant group based in KweKwe that calls itself ‘AlShabab’.

SW Radio Africa is reliably informed that members of the group usually wear ZANU PF regalia emblazoned with Mudha’s face. The group has in the last three weeks gone on the rampage in Mbizvo, harassing and beating up residents.

The group has also been forcibly evicting shop owners from their business premises, taking them over under the guise of youth empowerment. Alshabab, named after the notoriously bloodthirsty Somalian based Islamic terror group, claims to promote ZANU PF’s controversial indigenization drive.

The MDC-T MP for Mbizvo, Settlement Chikwinya, told us market stall holders in his constituency have not been spared. He said many market stall holders, some of them from ZANU PF, were forced out by the group. He said the group’s actions have heightened tensions in the normally tranquil Mbizvo suburb.

More Alshabab graffiti in KweKwe

‘They are resorting to their natural DNA of violence and intimidation and since this is election season, we expect them to up the tempo as the polls draw near.

‘I don’t normally speak for ZANU PF but there are several members from that party who have been deliberately targeted for belonging to the (Joice) Mujuru faction. We cannot discount the theory that the group is systematically targeting its opponents from the party,’ Chikwinya said.

Asked who he thought was behind the group, the legislator said the militants are led by Tapiwa Muto but the ‘big fish’ was none other than Mudha, Mnangagwa’s right hand man.

‘We cannot ignore the fingerprints and footprints of Owen Ncube in this group. The other night they came and harassed people who were standing near me having a drink in a bar. They wore party regalia that had Mudha’s mugshot, so you don’t need a rocket scientist to tell you who their master is,’ Chikwinya said.
The group has also been moving around the town inscribing graffiti with the words ‘Alshabab youth power – return back our land.’

Meanwhile, there are reports in Harare that rowdy soldiers and riot police are abusing revelers and other civilians around Harare’s high-density suburbs, indiscriminately assaulting the public for unknown reasons.

The daily Newsday newspaper said the unruly members of the uniformed forces this week descended on Highfield, Glen View and Budiriro high-density areas indiscriminately beating up unsuspecting revelers and the public, before confiscating wares and foodstuffs sold by vendors.

  • war vet

    Owen Mudha Ncube remember your father died a painful death at the time of his prime , he was an informer from Rhodesia and he payed bitterly , you started as an informer as well in the days of the late Charles Saudi in the Shamwari hotel and Sabkwe Hotel and today you are given a job by Muangagwe and think you are a free man going around doing a very dirty job by killing your own fellow Zimbabweans in the name of Zanu pf , beware Mudha your days are numbered beware ucha mama chete one day beware .

    • Chimbwido Warvet

      Duzi ramayi rinonhuwa sechidembo War Vet. You can never be a war vet but a rhodie masquarading as one. How foolish and idiotic that you insult a man destined to be your next Head of State and Government of Zimbabwe. Muchamama chete vanhu vanepfungwa dzakaita sedzako. Regera uwone nguva irikutevera. Akuruma nzeve ndewako.

      • HUNGORIGIN

        RUBBUSH, PFUTSEKI!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Common Sense

        He has every right to insult him…. who wants another Mugabe… who uses militants to beat up his own people… by supporting Mudha you clearly show that you have a sick view on democracy and freedom…

        And this rhodie crap again…. you can’t use that on a black man… or a white African for that matter… tiring and irrelevant as usual

        • Chimbwido Warvet

          Common Sense, I think you are getting too big for your boots. I used to give you a semblence of respect but now you are clearly my enemy. You can not tell a seasoned man like Chimbwido Warvet not to use the term rhodie when for all I observe in the above article is the behaviour which is typical of rhodies. Get this in your head, there is no such thing as white African. These guys you refer as white africans only become Africans when it suits them although some of them may have lived on the African continent for donkey years . We live and dine with most of them in the European Union and we know they may have lived in Zimbabwe or South Africa but the majority of them never want to be identified or associated with Zimbabwe, South Africa or any other African country for that matter. I know their mentality better than you, so stop lecturing to Chimbwido Warvet.
          The guys you are accusing of gross human rights abuses are governing the country and can not just fold their hands when there is lawlessness in the country. They have a responsibility of keeping law and order in the country. If you can not understand this, they you will be the next to be sorted out. Make no mistake about it, these guys mean business and will deal with all sorts of hooliganism to bring about peace and tranquility in the country, end of story.

          • Common Sense

            Mr Warvet….
            What you observed above was the writing of a black African, even I can tell that.

            - And I disagree 100% with your assertion that there can be no White African’s. You cannot tar everyone with the same brush. In the context of this discussion, a Rhodie is someone who still lives in the past and thinks it was better when it was Rhodesia. There are MANY who are proud to be associated with Africa and Zimbabwe and for all the right reasons (That said there are thousands who do not and want the old order, but War Vet above is clearly not that)

            - The commenter above was not alluding to that, he was specifically telling Mudha to behave and not have his militants attack his own people..

            And then you just lose the plot: “The guys you are accusing of gross human rights abuses are governing the
            country and can not just fold their hands when there is lawlessness in
            the country. They have a responsibility of keeping law and order in the
            country”. a) Mudha will not be the next leader, b) Are you saying these Alshabab idiots are the good guys and keeping the law and order in check?!?! and c) The government of today (ZANU-PF) are doing nothing to stop real lawlessness, they indeed are creating it.

            That’s the whole point of the War Vet argument…. he is saying the Alshabab bunch cannot get away with what they are doing, they are the ‘lawlessness’….

          • Chimbwido Warvet

            Many thanks for the explanation which was a bit civil. This is what I call communication. Thumbs up for a very constructive debate. I learnt one or two things from your contributions.
            It will be great to see more of this lively debate in future even where we may not always agree.

  • War Vet

    Did you know for your information check it up that there where more black Rhodesian solders during the 1964 to 1979 war of Rhodesia , so dont even come in on this and even in the police there where more blacks than whites the whites used to manage the blacks and they will do the job properly , today we have our own Independence from 1980 but we dont have a hospital running properly a school our roads and never mind this our own government and you think you can come and teach me all about how a useless boy like Mudha Owen whom i know personally and who father was an informer ,even him self drank beer with in the Shamwari Hotel and Sabakwe Hotel in kwe kwe who sold out people some time innocent to the police and CIO i watched this man make fun of innocent people durng the time of perm 1983 1984 1985 people being hammed for free proprieties being burnt and thing that you have order in zimbabwe hahaha you make me laugh my friend, you have another hand from the white you chased away the Chines the china man will make you see fire and i hope you will see it for you made people cry once during the time of gukurahudi you killed like you where killing dogs and rats but what goes around will surly come around,watch time is the most important factor in every bodies life you may not see it during mugabes time but it will surly come and all hell will burn on you watch , as for Mudha his time will come as well not to worry .

    • Chimbwido Warvet

      My friend, don’t be emotional when you put your thoughts on paper. Be calm and you will be fine. Infact, you can actually be a good novelist if you take your time in putting your thoughts together.
      I note you are a disgruntled rhodie but you see you had your time and it is now ours, you sausage. No matter how you incite violence, rhodies are now history and can never rule this country again. Not in a million years, rhodie.

  • Warvet

    Zanu pf do you know it properly do you know it in and out do you know how it was founded do you know how it operates, many came in and left dead young man many came in with ideas which where very good but left with they mouths closed and never to open it , many thought the where clever but today hold they mouths wide open and cant believe the things that are happening, many joint the party during the war and never thought the will be able to cut peoples ears , lips ,noses and make them cook them and make them eat them during the war so dont try teach me about Zaun pf i know it in and out for we saw them do this during the war and left many families broken hearted and some till today promising to revenge they family members one day , my friend beware and dont think things will always remain the same for even Ian Smith said not in a thousand years will a black man rule but he is today , but he has messed up every thing in a country that was better far better than some countries in Europe and even in Africa , i know Zimbabwe before it was born until my fathers of theft took over and not even one hospital ,schools ,roads,company is working well today in 1975 we had the best of education the best of roads the best hospitals and though the government was white they where only 15 ministers running the government , today we have 195 to 200 ministers that want to steal from poor people of Zimbabwe , i was born and and grew up in Kwe Kwe i was black and watched from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe Rhodesia to Zimbabwe i saw many people innocent die for no reason some ran away from the rural areas of Gokwe Zhombe and many places because of the war and i saw many as well run away fro the same areas because of gukurahudi and because of hunger , guys you should learn how to ask yourselves where are we going too ? than supporting people who have a habit of killing they own brothers and sister at will and for the fun of it ask your self Zimbabwe is this what we fought for is this the freedom that we wanted any way its all up to you and its time we as men and women of Zimbabwe rose up and fight this rubbish that has taken us away from one another get rid of Zaun pf once and for most .

  • Guyo

    do these fools really know what alshabab do?

  • War Vet

    Zimbabwe will be free one day and you will pay very hard for what you have done you will , you shall surly reap what you sowed one day you will look at those from the war of Rhodesia where are the whites and blacks that fought they own brothers and sisters so shall it be too you only you will now pay with more blood for you have taken the innocent , hahahahahahaha time will tell hahahaha .

  • tonytuff

    chatufa loshtoish Mudah