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Farai Dauramanzi Arts Reporter
The Government has granted a state-assisted funeral to the late mbira music queen Mbuya Stella Rambisai Chiweshe who died yesterday at the age of 77.
Mbuya Chiweshe succumbed to cancer of the brain at her home in Harare.
In a statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda said that the Acting President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, after consultation with President Mnangagwa, has announced that Government has granted the late music icon and Mbira Dzavadzimu player a state-assisted funeral.
“This means all costs related to her interment will be assumed by the state.
“His Excellency the President, who is on leave, and the Acting President extend their deepest, heartfelt condolences to the entire Chiweshe and Reich families on this, their saddest loss,” read the statement.
“The late musical icon epitomised Zimbabwe’s cultural excellence through the Mbira Dzavadzimu genre which she successfully took to the international stage.”
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