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SCORES of people, family, friends and journalists have gathered at the Salvation Army Mpopoma branch in Bulawayo for the final church service of the late Zvikomborero Sibanda.
The late broadcaster died on Wednesday last week after battling an illness for years.
A prayer vigil was held last night.
Born on April 5, 1978, Kombo grew up in Mpopoma and attended Nkulumane Primary School in Bulawayo. She later completed her high school education at Usher High and Hermann Gmeiner High School before pursuing a qualification in Mass Communication and Journalism at Harare Polytechnic.
Her media career began at Chronicle, where she completed her attachment before moving on to ZBC TV.
She later worked with the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe before relocating to South Africa after marrying a South African national.
She returned to Zimbabwe in November last year, struggling with long-term health issues related to fibroids, a condition for which she had previously undergone surgery.
She will be buried at Athlone Cemetery in Bulawayo.
Bulawayo Zanu PF provincial chairman, Cde Jabulani Sibanda is in attendance.
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution minister Judith Ncube and several Zanu PF leadership is part of the church service.
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