Zimdancehall superstar Winky D, real name Wallace Chigumuro, was pelted by bottles by some hooligans before he could perform his controversial hit song, “Kasong KeJecha”.

The song has political undertones and has resonated well with some quarters as the economy continues to plummet.

However, Kwekwe also happens to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home ground.

Winky D was forced to abandon his show at Kwekwe’s Solomon Lifestyle Cafe after hoodlums started pelting the stage with missiles.

While the perpetrators are yet to be positively identified reports from Kwekwe indicate that it was a preplanned and coordinated assault by ZANU PF aligned Midlands gold pirates who are informally referred to as maShurugwi or al-Shabaab.

Winky D was getting ready to come on stage with his band already playing and, as he was still warming up the crowd, bottles and rocks just started flying.

It was very violent and everyone started running away. One of the workers here saw a group of men that came in a white Isuzu hiding machetes in the flowers and we suspect these could be maShurugwi or al-Shabaab (not affiliated with the East Africa jihadist fundamentalist group).

While everyone ran away, a small group of men remained looking for Winky D but he had somehow managed to slip away together with his band. Four of the men then went into the hotel looking for them.

The maShurugwi and al-Shabaab Midlands gold pirates are notorious for their use of violence, including murder, to solve disputes and to gain control of gold mining claims.

Speculation is rife that the attack was politically motivated after Winky D fell out with the authorities over his new hit song “Ka Song Kejecha” which speaks on the country’s economic problems.

Winky D’s official Social Media account later said that the band was safe and sound. Said Winky D,

To God be the Glory. Management hereby informs you that Winky D and the Vigilance Band are all safe and sound. Have a blessed Christmas