[1][3] In March 2010, he was arrested "less than 24 hours after his new exhibition opened" at the National Gallery in Bulawayo.
His works referred to the massacres of Ndebele civilians during the Gukurahundi in the 1980s, carried out by forces loyal to Robert Mugabe.
The exhibition, called "Sibathontisele" ("Let's Drip On Them"), consisted in "three installations and twelve paintings".
Maseko was charged, under the Public Order and Security Act, with "undermining the authority" of President Robert Mugabe.
[3] Maseko was second runner up for the Freedom to Create Prize in 2010, for his exhibition on the Gukurahundi killings.