Online Reporter
Bongani Ndlovu, [email protected]
THE Khumalo family has expressed disappointment that relatives of Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma did not visit to offer an apology following the deaths of Zandile Nothabo Khumalo and her two daughters, Natalie and Nala.
Speaking during the funeral service at Brethren in Christ Church in New Lobengula in Tuesday, one of the relatives to the Khumalo family, Dr Ntsika Dakamela said the Tshuma family had not approached them to express remorse over the tragedy.
“The Tshuma family has not come to apologise to us,” he said.
Dr Dakamela said, according to custom, the family had expected Tshuma’s relatives to visit the Khumalo family home and express their condolences.
“They were supposed to come to the gate, kneel down and say they were sorry because what happened was not of their doing,” he said.
Dr Dakamela said the Khumalo family wanted to clarify the matter publicly to avoid speculation.
“We don’t want people to speculate. We expected them to come, but they did not. They took it lightly,” he said.
Zandile, 42, and her daughters, Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were laid to rest side by side at Old Luveve Cemetery following a funeral service at Brethren in Christ Church in New Lobengula.
The three died in Great Denham, Bedfordshire, in the United Kingdom last month.
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, the husband of Zandile and father of the two girls, remains in custody in South Africa. The United Kingdom has authorised three counts of murder against him and is seeking his extradition to stand trial.
