UPDATE: Hundreds gather as funeral service for Nothabo, daughters begins

HUNDREDS of mourners have packed Brethren in Christ Church in New Lobengula, Bulawayo, where the funeral service for Zandile Nothabo Khumalo and her daughters, Natalie and Nala, is about to begin.

The three hearses arrived at the church shortly after leaving the Khumalo family home in Gwabalanda, where mourners had gathered to bid them a final farewell.

Zandile’s hearse arrived first, followed by those carrying Natalie and Nala.

An emotional scene unfolded as the children’s grandmother was given a brief moment to receive the bodies before they were taken into the church. Overcome with grief, she was comforted by relatives and church members as mourners looked on.

The church is filled to capacity, with hundreds of family members, friends, neighbours and members of the community gathered to pay their last respects.

Following the service, Nothabo and her daughters will be laid to rest side by side at Old Luveve Cemetery.