THE widow of the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, Gogo Agnes
Masuku-Ndiweni was last Thursday laid to rest at the family cemetery in
Ntabazinduna.
She was honoured with a State-assisted funeral. Gogo
Masuku-Ndiweni (96) died in her sleep on 18 March after a short illness.
A close family member said Gogo Masuku-Ndiweni was laid to
rest at the village, with all her children except the eldest son, Joram Thambo
Ndiweni in attendance. Joram who is based in the United Kingdom also failed to
attend his father’s burial in 2010.
“Yes, the burial took place yesterday in Ntabazinduna.
There is nothing much that we can say at the moment, serve for that it was a
State assisted burial and people came in their numbers to bid farewell to their
mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,” said the relative on Friday.
In passing his condolence after the passing on of Gogo
Masuku-Ndiweni, President Mnangagwa expressed deep grief and sadness noting
that the people of Ntabazinduna had been deprived of a matriarch whose wisdom,
fountain of knowledge and strong love her clan had grown to take for granted.
“It is with deep grief and sadness that I learnt of the
death of the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni’s widow, Indlovukazi Agnes Masuku
Ndiweni, following a short illness. With the passing on of Indlovukazi Agnes
Masuku, the Ndiweni family in particular, and the people of Ntabazinduna in
general, have been deprived of a matriarch whose wisdom, fountain of knowledge
and strong love her clan had grown to take for granted.
“On behalf of the Government and the people of Zimbabwe,
the ruling party Zanu-PF, my family and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to
convey deepest condolences to her children and the entire Ndiweni family on the
loss. May they be comforted to know that the nation stands with them during
this dark hour of bereavement. May her dear departed soul rest in eternal
peace,” said the President.
Gogo Masuku was married to the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni
who also died in his sleep in August 2010 at the age of 97.
She leaves behind nine daughters and three sons, Jorum
Thambo, Douglas and Nhlanhla Felix Ndiweni. Nhlanhla, who had succeeded his
father, was in December removed as chief, as his ascendancy to the throne is
being challenged in court by his brother, Jorum. Sunday News
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