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Harare Bureau—
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has told of his “deep anguish and grief” over the death of Zanele Moyo, the daughter of his Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo. Zanele, who was a first year Political Science, International Relations and Gender Studies student at the University of Cape Town, was found dead in her apartment last Saturday morning. An investigation into the cause of her death is in progress.
“In this hour of deep anguish and grief following the tragic passing on of your beloved daughter Zanele, may I, on behalf of the Party, Zanu-PF, the government, my family, and on my own behalf, express my heartfelt condolences to you, Professor, and to your dear wife and the entire Moyo family, on this saddest loss,” he said in a statement.
“I’m sure your decision to send Zanele to university stemmed from your parental desire and hope to see her bud into a young and conscious professional who would be fully kitted for a long life ahead.
“Alas, that was not to be! Today that vivacious life has been abruptly cut short, cut in its prime tenderness. The heavy grief that afflicts you and your family is not hard for a parent to fathom, feel and share.”
President Mugabe said the party and the government were with the Moyo family during the trying time. “You’re in our thoughts as you go through the heart-rending motions of this whole tragedy. “All the same we urge you, your lovely wife and the family to keep strong and hopeful, always praying for Zanele as she transits to a new life in another realm, a life beyond what we mortals can ever comprehend.
“May her dear soul rest in eternal peace,” he said. Family spokesperson Simiso Mlevu said Zanele’s body will arrive at the Harare International Airport today at midday and will be taken to Nyaradzo Funeral Parlour. The body would then be taken to Prof Moyo’s home in Borrowdale before being laid to rest at Glen Forest in Harare at 2PM on Friday.
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