adminDEATH is an unwelcome visitor who brings sorrow and misery into people’s lives.
Its impact is strongly felt since it snatches people away without any warning whatsoever.
It can strike at very short notice.
This leaves bereaved families under pressure as they prepare to bury one of their own.
Death shatters people’s plans and leaves a number of interested parties devastated.
Tears are shed while hopes are destroyed as a result of death.
The fear of death has made people heavily invest in good health.
There are, however, some people who enjoy playing around with death.
There are several cases of people who have been reported to have died when they are still alive.
Most of these cases are fuelled by daring con-artists, who are after making easy money, especially from close friends of those who will be said to have died.
Some of the people have been faking their own deaths for monetary gains.
This is a new low in Zimbabwe, where we are generally known to be a people who value Ubuntu and good morals.
Faking death is a sick joke and this should attract a penalty in the courts of law.
We can’t afford to be a nation of people who enjoy peddling such horrendous lies.
In Tuesday’s issue, we ran a sad story of a Glen View 1 man, who got a shock of his life over the weekend, after he met a long-time friend he was made to believe had died eight years ago.
Reports say he almost fainted when he met the “dead man walking” at Gazaland Shopping Centre in Highfield.
He could not stand the sight of the man he was made to believe had died.
Further reports say condolence money (chema) was even collected from close relatives and friends.
This makes the whole issue a serious case of scammers, who can do anything in life, to make money.
A bus conductor is said to have collected the condolence money, which he pocketed for his own use.
Following the scare, the man soiled himself as he struggled with dealing with the shock and fear of meeting the man he was made to believe had died a long time ago.
The love for easy money has eroded the moral fibre, which used to define us as Africans.
Such cases of people faking someone’s death, or others sending false reports of their deaths, are also common among celebrities, who will be seeking attention, when their fortunes take wane out.
Both celebrities, and ordinary people, should not play around with death.
Death is an unwelcome visitor which should never be taken as a joke.
We should all be responsible for our actions and avoid recklessness, especially when it comes to serious issues like the death of a person.
That is the lowest we can sink, as a people, when we choose something as horrible as death, to use to dupe other people.
Online Reporter