By Brighton “Dhambros” Mutebuka
“Shura Regore Riye Mukoma, Dewa Mavhinga Kwanzi Afa!” Warning – This Tribute Requires Huge Reserves Of Mental Stamina!
How fragile the gift of life is! How jarring bereavement is! Fie on it! A gentle giant, one of Hwirisha’s greatest sons ran out of time and was laid to rest last Saturday in the underbelly of Chikomba District to join his ancestors in answer to nature’s eerie, timeless, abiding and inescapable “tug” of death, culminating in the engulfment of his whole village and beyond in a melancholic festival of despair and mourning.
By Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo
It is 0115 hrs and I can’t sleep. More than 24 hours have passed since the tragic loss of one of Zimbabwe’s finest sons, a dear brother and Human Rights Defender par excellence - Dewa Mavhinga . At the time of this tragedy, he carried the lofty role of being the Southern Africa Director at Human Rights Watch.
I had hoped it would be a terrible dream and I would soon wake up from it. I attended a Twitter Space hosted by the young and brilliant Cde Treasure Basopo on the day we lost my brother Dewa, but the pain was so unbearable, I could not say anything. I was gutted and could not speak. The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained! It was just too sudden and he was just too young and so full of life to die!
By Dr Gideon Gono
It is with great sadness that my family and I mourn the untimely death of a fine, seasoned banker and patriotic son of the soil, Douglas Munatsi in tragic circumstances not yet explained to the Nation.
Charles Mabika: "They say dynamite comes in small packages. They could have scripted this for CAPS United legend, Joe “Kode Mugabe, who passed away in the UK, on Sunday morning. He succumbed to a stomach cancer ailment, a few weeks before his 53rd birthday."
