Online Reporter
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Mr Sampson Mlaudzi who died in Botswana last week, will be buried at his rural home in Beitbridge tomorrow morning.
Mr Mlaudzi was 79.
Family spokesperson and elder brother Mr Elton Sinyosi said burial will take place at Whunga village this morning.
“He wrote in his will that he wants to be buried at exactly 8am . We are leaving now for Beitbridge,” said Mr Sinyosi, speaking after a church service held at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe Queenspark West branch
“Council of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, members and Secretariat extend their deepest condolences. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time. May his dear soul rest in eternal piece,” said the society in their condolence message.
Mr Mlaudzi left behind a widow and five children from his first marriage but did not have any children from his second marriage, according to Mr Sinyosi.
Mr Mlaudzi initially worked as a teacher from 1965 to 1973. He then moved to the justice sector, where he was employed as a court interpreter from 1974 to 1980, before deciding to pursue legal studies. He was awarded an LLB (Hons) degree by the University of the North in South Africa and registered as a legal practitioner in 1986 under Lazarus & Sarif. In 1988 Mr Mlaudzi was a founding partner at Samp Mlaudzi and Partners, where he remained until his untimely death on August 5 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana.
Bongani Ndlovu