A 20-year-old Zimbabwean man found dead in a wardrobe at Monash University in Johannesburg was the nephew of President Robert Mugabe,it emerged on Sunday.
Information technology student Takudzwa Wesley Goronga was reported missing around two weeks ago.
He was later found dead inside his wardrobe at the campus.
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said Mugabe had addressed mourners at Goronga’s funeral on Saturday and called the student’s death “a mystery,” a Sapa correspondent reported.
The Zimbabwean president, who has two sons and a daughter, said: “Some children sent to study outside the country return home with some negative habits such as doing drugs.”
Police were still investigating the cause of Goronga’s death.
The student was reportedly raised by an aunt and an uncle in Marondera, central Zimbabwe, following the death of his mother 10 years ago.
A blog post believed to be written by Goronga reveals that the 20-year-old’s death could have been an act of suicide.
In what appears to be an online suicide note, Goronga apologises to his loved ones for taking his own life.
The post entitled ‘Goodbye, I quit, I’m killing myself’ was published on 5 November around the same time he was reported to have gone missing.
In the note, the student reveals deep feelings of melancholy saying he is “tired of this life” and is “ready to move over to the other side”.
Eyewitness News was able to verify the account by positively matching him to a profile that appears on Monash University’s Facebook page.
Police say while they have been unaware of the note, it will be looked at as part of their ongoing investigation. Sapa/EyeWitnessNews
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