Online Reporter
Bongani Ndlovu, [email protected]
Hundreds of mourners and a convoy of hundreds of vehicles gathered at Old Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo on Tuesday to bid a final farewell to Nothabo Zandile Tshuma (née Khumalo) and her two daughters, Natalie and Nala, who were laid to rest following their deaths in the United Kingdom last month.
As the three coffins were lowered into their graves, mourners sang hymns in an emotional farewell, with many struggling to hold back tears as family members and friends paid their last respects.
The burial followed a packed funeral service at Brethren in Christ Church in New Lobengula, where mourners were urged to seek comfort and strength in God. There was no body viewing before the burial.
A post-mortem conducted in the United Kingdom established that Nothabo and her daughters died from blunt force trauma, according to the coroner’s findings.
The burial brought to an end weeks of grief for the Khumalo and Tshuma families, as well as Zimbabweans at home and abroad who had followed the tragic case.
