adminMpopoma murder: Family agrees to bury victim
By Thandeka Moyo
THE family of Miriam Nyoni (nee Takavingofa) who was allegedly brutally killed by her husband at their Mpopoma home in Bulawayo yesterday resolved to bury her but insisted the demands still stand.
The family is demanding 45 cattle and $3 000 from the family of Goodman Nyoni, Miriam’s husband.
In a telephone interview from Harare, the Takavingofa family spokesperson, Mr Simplicious Chikoko, said although the Nyoni family had not met their demands, they had resolved to bury Miriam.
“There is a deadlock between us and the Nyoni family as they have failed to communicate with us. We have resolved to bury Miriam either this week or next week since we have not received any feedback from them.
In as much as we want to be compensated for the brutal murder, we cannot let our daughter’s body decompose in the mortuary just because the Nyoni family is failing to meet our demand,” said Mr Chikoko.
He said the family’s demands still stand and they expect the Nyoni family to comply after the burial.
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In an interview yesterday, a villager from the area who preferred anonymity said teachers disappeared from the school on Thursday.
The school has an enrolment of about 240 pupils while there are seven teachers including the head.
“There is chaos there. Goblins have been terrorising the teachers in the past weeks. The teachers could not bear it any longer and last week the whole staff left the school,” said the villager.
“Female teachers were the most affected as they were sexually abused by the goblins. We have heard stories that the teachers would wake up in the morning only to discover that they were naked and their under garments would be hanging on the windows.”
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