Four-year succession vacuum revives battle over Mashayamombe’s ancestral authority

By Victor Fanuel CHEGUTU — A vacancy of more than four years in the Mashayamombe chieftaincy has reignited a long-running struggle over traditional authority, sacred shrines, and ancestral land in Mhondoro and Chegutu. Members of the Mashayamombe royal family accuse senior traditional leaders of undermining efforts to install an acting chief while encroaching on territory they […]