{"id":1203,"date":"2025-10-12T13:59:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2025-10-12T13:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T13:59:41","slug":"chaos-erupts-at-castle-braai-fest-as-security-shuts-out-ticket-holders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/chaos-erupts-at-castle-braai-fest-as-security-shuts-out-ticket-holders\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Erupts at Castle Braai Fest as Security Shuts Out Ticket Holders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUTARE<\/strong> \u2013 What was meant to be a night of fun and music at the Castle Braai Fest turned chaotic on Saturday after security personnel, including the police, military police, and private guards, shut the gates on hundreds of paying fans outside Madziro Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred while Urban Grooves star ExQ was performing, leaving many frustrated ticket holders stranded outside the venue. Some fans expressed anger after being denied entry despite having valid tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI asked one of the security officers why they were closing the gates when people still had tickets,\u201d said one fan. \u201cHe told me they would only reopen once people outside became orderly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the situation quickly deteriorated, with some attendees pushing against the gates and others engaging in scuffles. The heavy-handed response by the security team, which included officers with dogs, did little to calm the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople started fighting for different reasons \u2014 some over entry, others over girls,\u201d said another witness. \u201cIt was total chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disorder overshadowed the performances by top artists ExQ, Killer T, and DJ Tamuka. While ExQ was confirmed to have performed, confusion reigned among those outside, with some fans claiming Killer T never took the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which had earlier drawn massive attendance from across Manicaland Province, ended in disarray as police and military police struggled to control the restless crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many fans later took to social media to vent their anger, calling for better crowd management and organization at future events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE \u2013 What was meant to be a night of fun and music at the Castle Braai Fest turned chaotic on Saturday after security personnel, including the police, military police, and private guards, shut the gates on hundreds of paying fans outside Madziro Leisure Centre. The incident occurred while Urban Grooves star&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/1205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}