Ms Talent Sandako was left distraught after losing Blessmore
Sandako (nine) and Wayne Tashaya (seven) in a swimming mishap. The drowning
incident happened around 2pm in Magamba suburb of Rusape.
Ms Sandako had relocated to Rusape, allegedly running away
from her abusive husband, Mr Webster Tashaya.
She allegedly sold her two cattle to raise money for a new
beginning away from her husband, but little did she know that an overwhelming
eventuality — premature death of her two children — awaited her.
Blessmore and Wayne, who were not too familiar with their
new environs, allegedly slipped away from their mother’s attention, and
embarked on a swimming expedition that led to their premature death.
The two siblings drowned in a deep pool of water dug along
a seasonal stream by water harvesters, who sell the precious liquid in push
carts to clients constructing houses to mitigate acute water shortages in
Rusape.
Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant
Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka confirmed the drowning, adding that investigations
are in progress. Wayne drowned and when Blessmore tried to save his brother, he
also drowned.
Blessmore and Wayne were buried next to each other in Odzi
on Wednesday.
Mr Tashaya, who is Wayne’s father, said the loss of his
son, barely two weeks after divorcing his mother, was wrenching and presents a
challenge to his family. Publicly acknowledging the collapse of the marriage,
Mr Tashaya said he had pleaded with Ms Sandako to leave behind the children.
“Technically, we are divorced after I caught her with
another man in our bedroom on November 5. I wrestled with the man until she
assisted him to escape. He left behind a jacket, one shoe, cap and cellphone.
We had two kids together, Wayne and Blessed. She had Blessmore, who died
together with Wayne, with another man. She is my ex-wife and mother of my
children,” he said, adding that the funeral was full of tension, the biggest
challenge being how his family viewed his estranged ex-wife. Manica Post
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