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Arron Nyamayaro-Herald Reporter
THE Highfield community was plunged into mourning on Monday after Taurai Mukotsanjera, the 32-year-old treasurer and youth coordinator of the local Presbyterian Church and, was found hanging from a tree.
His body was discovered by residents and was conveyed to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
Mukotsanjera left behind a suicide note revealing his struggle with severe financial debt amounting to US$600.
The burden of this debt weighed heavily on him, as he felt unable to support his family after losing his primary source of income.
Mukotsanjera’s vehicle, which he used to transport children to school, had fallen into disrepair.
His 74-year-old mother, Petronella, expressed her heartache, and said; “Taurai andirwadzisa (Taurai has caused me pain).
“I do not believe that it was just the debt that troubled him. If he had shared his problems, I would have done anything to help him.”
A neighbour recounted, “He had taken a loan, and the pressure from the lender was overwhelming.”
Mukotsanjera was last seen at a local shebeen, where he bought a beer for a neighbour. He is survived by a wife and their seven-year-old daughter.
