By Terrence Mawawa| There was an attempt to blow up the Njelele shrine at the weekend.

Sources in the area say that there was an attack on the Shrine the first of it’s kind since independence 1980.

The shrine, located just outside Matobo Park, has been host to many local spirtualists seeking pilgrimage here.

The motive for the attack was not clear at the time of writing.

Journalist and CITES founder, Zenzele Ndebele also added saying, “some unknown assailant tried to blow up the Njelele shrine over the weekend using dynamite.

Ndebele added saying “they also went into the cave and blew up all the cultural relics.

“What kind of a person would want to destroy such a place.I thought it was only ISIS which has such kind of thinking,” he said.