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Nqobile Tshili, [email protected]
THE widow of the late national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, Mrs Zodwa Khumalo Dabengwa will be buried on July 8, in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North.
Mrs Khumalo Dabengwa died on June 15 in the United Kingdom where she had been resident for some time.
She succumbed to Covid-19 related complications.
The Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation spokesperson Mr Brighton Ncube said Mrs Dabengwa’s burial is expected to be held in Ntabazinduna on July 8.
Dr Dabengwa was also buried at the family’s homestead in Ntabazinduna.
“The Dabengwa Foundation would like to give the following update with regards to Mrs Zodwa Dabengwa’s funeral arrangements; July 1, memorial service to be held in London, July 4, burial service to be held in Bulawayo followed by burial in Ntabazinduna,” said Mr Ncube.
He said in due course the foundation will provide an update on where the funeral service will be held in Bulawayo.
Cde Dabengwa died in 2019 at the age of (79) in Kenya en route to Zimbabwe from India where he had gone for medical treatment.
He was declared a national hero and was buried at his rural home in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North.
-@nqotshil
Bongani Ndlovu
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