Social media users in Matabeleland are unanimously celebrating the death of Agriculture Minister Perence Shiri who was the commander of the merciless Gukurahundi battalion in the mid eighties.

The battalion butchered way over 20 000 people in the region over a period of Four years to the 1987 unity agreement.

Prominent media personality and voice of the region Zenzele Ndebele is amongst the hundreds that have posted on social media expressing their relief on the death of the man who was known as Black Jesus during the dark days.