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Lafarge downbeat on volumes

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By Enacy Mapakame

Cement producer, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Limited is downbeat about its second quarter of 2020 performance with sales volumes expected to fall 30 percent due to the effects of the COVID 19 induced lockdown.
For the 2019 financial year, the group maintained sales volumes at prior year levels of 323 000 tons although the construction industry suffered a 14 percent decline during the same year, according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).

Indications from the cement maker are that the Covid-19 induced lockdown has had an inevitable impact on previously forecast 2020 volumes due to complete lockdown of the company’s distribution channels.

Government declared a national lockdown effective March 30, 2020 in response to the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration of the Covid-19 outbreak as a global pandemic.

The pandemic has caused damage to economies across the globe with production significantly reduced as businesses observed the lockdown regulations coupled with reduced demand and supply chain disruptions.

For Lafarge, the cement maker anticipated seeing the negative impact of the pandemic in the second quarter of 2020, effects that can spill over into the second half of the year.

“It is projected that Q2 2020 volumes will decline by 30 percent with the possibility of spill over risks impacting the second half of the year,” said Lafarge in a statement accompanying the group’s financials for the year to December 31, 2019.

“The ripple effects of the lockdown and border closures are still to be quantified but the company expects to continue to feel the effects of Covid- 19 outbreak well in the second half of the year.

“The net effect will be a slowdown in aggregate demand in the core individual home builder market with foreign funded projects becoming more and more essential in sustaining operations,” said Lafarge.

In 2019, Lafarge’s profit surged 2000 percent to $178 million although volumes remained flat.

The business achieved improved margins as gross profit rose 251 percent to $496 million from $141 million recorded in 2018.

Chairman, Kumbirai Katsande said the improved margins were realised as a result of focus on agile pricing and disciplined cost management across the business.

The company achieved a revenue growth of 104 percent to $919 million compared to $449 million achieved in the comparable year as Individual Home Builder (IHB) catalyst continued to contribute significantly to the business’ top line.

The business revalued it’s property, plant and equipment and this resulted in a net after tax revaluation gain of $310 million subsequently leading to a full year comprehensive income of $488 million. The Herald

Family of 3 perishes with students in crash

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Police released the names of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students and four other passengers who died on the spot, after their car rammed into a haulage truck near Banket.
Police released the names of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students and four other passengers who died on the spot, after their car rammed into a haulage truck near Banket.

By Conrad Mupesa

Police have released names of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students and four other passengers who died on the spot, after their car rammed into a haulage truck on Friday near Banket.

Police released the names of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students and four other passengers who died on the spot, after their car rammed into a haulage truck near Banket.
Police released the names of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students and four other passengers who died on the spot, after their car rammed into a haulage truck near Banket.

The students are Gerald Chonzi (24) of 13489 Kuwadzana Extension, Harare, and Innocent Makoni (24) of 673 Marimba Park, Harare.

Other passengers were Norman Makaripe, his wife Tinotenda Mukuka and their two-year-old son of 3501 Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, and another passenger only identified as Monalisa Mutemachana.

The driver of the haulage truck, Nicholas Nyamadzawo, was not injured.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the horrific accident occurred on the 75-kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway, resulting in the death of the six on the spot.

“I can confirm that six people died on the spot when their Nissan Bluebird Sylphy Reg No ADJ 6886 rammed into a Freightliner haulage truck Reg No AES 5455 on Friday afternoon,” he said.

Chonzi, who was driving the Nissan Sylphy travelling to Chinhoyi, saw a vehicle which was about to overtake the haulage truck and in a bid to avoid a head on collision drove to the far left side of the road.

“After the vehicle, which was trying to overtake the haulage truck had passed, he tried to control his vehicle and get back to the road, but failed, resulting in a head-on collision with the truck,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.

“Their vehicle was trapped under the haulage truck, killing all the six occupants on the spot.”

The fourth-year students were on vacation and had decided to drive to Chinhoyi to collect their belongings where they used to lodge last semester after hearing that universities were no longer reopening.

Last year, CUT lost some other students in separate road accidents, with one of the incidents seeing two learners being hit by a car, which was being driven by a fellow student in one of Chinhoyi’s high density suburb.

The accident occurred a few days after an accounting student was run-over by the institution’s shuttle-bus, as the students were jostling to board the bus on their way home. The Herald

Kaitano reveals why Zim footballers shine in Supa Diski

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Supersport United's Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo is making waves in South Africa
Supersport United's Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo is making waves in South Africa

SuperSport United coach, Kaitano Tembo, says the burning hunger to succeed, and sheer determination, has made Zimbabwean footballers standout in South Africa.

Supersport United's Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo is making waves in South Africa
Supersport United’s Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo is making waves in South Africa

Twelve of the 16 South African Premier Soccer League clubs have on their books, players from the neighbouring country across the Limpopo River.

One of the best footballers produced in Zimbabwe, George Shaya, and the late Shadreck Ngwenya turned out for Moroka Swallows in the 1970s.

Ebson “Sugar” Muguyo signed and starred for Kaizer Chiefs in November 1975.

This opened the way for a wave of Zimbabwean players in South Africa.

They include Wilfred Mugeyi, former Jomo Cosmos forward Benjani Mwaruwari, Tinashe Nengomasha and Khama Billiat who have all been crowned PSL Player of the Season.

Mugeyi, Gilbert Mushangazhike and Knowledge Musona went on to win the PSL top goalscorer award.

“I think, sometimes, when you get into a foreign land you have to bring something different,’’ said Kaitano.

‘’I think Zimbabwean players bring something different, in terms of hunger and determination, to do well.

“I think that has been the difference, you know all these years, it has been about the hunger and desire to succeed and finding this league as a stepping stone to get into bigger things.”

Benjani, Mushangazhike, Musona, and ex-Kaizer Chiefs defender, Teenage Hadebe and former Orlando Pirates midfielder Marshall Munetsi, have made breakthroughs in Europe’s top leagues from the South African PSL.

Former Manchester City forward Benjani went on to play for four Premier League clubs while Musona tasted Bundesliga football straight from Kaizer Chiefs and Munetsi is in Ligue 1.

“You can talk about Benjani, who went to play in Europe, as well as Knowledge Musona,’’ said Kaitano.

‘’I can count a lot of them and it has all been about that; the hunger and desire to succeed and that is one thing we have brought into the PSL.’’

Kaitano has been in South Africa since 1998 and has interestingly spent 21 years at SuperSport, first as a player and now coach.

Regarded as a future heavyweight tactician, he recently completed a Spanish La Liga Masterclass coaching course.

He is currently in charge of four Zimbabweans Onismor Bhasera, Kudakwashe Mahachi, Evans Rusike and goalkeeper Washington Arubi at Matsatsantsa.

One of the greatest footballers to emerge from Zimbabwe, Peter Nldovu, has also played in the South African PSL with Mamelodi Sundowns although he came back to Africa in the twilight of his career.

Ndlovu is now the team manager at defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

However, in the past two seasons, players like Prince Dube (SuperSport United), Thomas Chideu (Ajax Cape Town and Golden Arrows), Gerald Takwara (Ajax Cape Town), Dominic Chungwa (Polokwane City), Clive Augusto, Gabriel Nyoni, Junior Zindoga (all Maritzburg United), Rodwell Chinyengetere (Baroka FC) as well as Frai Madhanhanga and McClive Phiri (both Bidvest Wits) have found the going tough.

A number of Zimbabwean coaches have also worked in South Africa and performed well.

They include the likes of the late Peter Nyama, Roy Barreto and Sunday Chidzambwa. — Goal.com

Armed robbers raid city medical centre

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Trauma Centre Borrowdale
Trauma Centre Borrowdale

Armed robbers raided Trauma Centre medical facility in Borrowdale early Saturday morning and got away with a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash and several cellphones.

Trauma Centre Borrowdale
Trauma Centre Borrowdale

The incident occurred between 2am and 4am and it is believed that the armed robbers were between eight and 12.

Police have since launched a manhunt for the armed robbers who are still at large.

This picture collage shows the aftermath of the robbery scene at the Borrowdale Trauma Centre on Saturday morning, a hammer used during the break in and an abandoned Toyota Fortuner that was involved in an accident

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“We are carrying out investigations in which armed robbers raided the Trauma Centre and got away with a safe containing undisclosed amount of cash and various cellphones yesterday (Saturday) between 2 and 4am,” he said.

“The armed robbers first attacked a security guard before attacking a doctor and some staff. They were travelling in a Toyota Fortuner and another unidentified smaller car.”

The gang took the safe and various cellphones.

This picture collage shows the aftermath of the robbery scene at the Borrowdale Trauma Centre on Saturday morning, a hammer used during the break in and an abandoned Toyota Fortuner that was involved in an accident

It is alleged that a senior official at the centre was informed and when he went to the scene he came across the robbers and chased them with his vehicle.

The robbers dumped the Toyota Fortuner after it was involved in an accident in the Borrowdale area and escaped using the other getaway vehicle. A report was then made to the police, who are still investigating the case.

CCTV footage circulating on social media taken around 3:18am shows one of the armed robbers entering the reception area before pointing what appears to be a gun at a woman manning the area.

The woman was wearing a red uniform, while the robbers had their faces covered with masks, woollen hats and caps.

Three other robbers joined before they tied the woman’s hands with a white cable tie. They then started to ransack the reception area while some of their colleagues went to the offices at the back of the premise.

Meanwhile, police last Wednesday arrested three men in Plumtree on allegations of smuggling two vehicles and an assortment of goods in a container.

Police arrested the trio after their truck broke down due to a tyre puncture at Hebron residential area.

Investigations are still in progress.

Three other men were also arrested for violating Covid-19 lockdown measures last Wednesday along Limpopo River, Beitbridge after they smuggled 175 litres of petrol from South Africa. They were charged with importing hazardous substances without a licence. The Herald

Covid-19 scare at Avenues Clinic

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A health worker screens a motorist entering Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare yesterday. The hospital has reportedly recorded several positive cases of Covid-19 among both patients and staff. — Picture: John Manzongo
A health worker screens a motorist entering Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare. The hospital has reportedly recorded several positive cases of Covid-19 among both patients and staff. — Picture: John Manzongo

Avenues Clinic in Harare was not admitting patients yesterday after the hospital announced that a nurse in the casualty department tested positive for Covid-19 after handling an infected patient.

A health worker screens a motorist entering Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare yesterday. The hospital has reportedly recorded several positive cases of Covid-19 among both patients and staff. — Picture: John Manzongo
A health worker screens a motorist entering Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare yesterday. The hospital has reportedly recorded several positive cases of Covid-19 among both patients and staff. — Picture: John Manzongo

There were social media reports yesterday that another seven members of staff may have tested positive, although these reports could not be verified at the time of going to print last night and did not say whether the tests were the rapid screening tests, which can generate false positives, or the diagnostic PCR tests used to confirm infection.

Although the matron at the private hospital declined to answer questions last night, security staff said they were not allowing new admissions.

Almost all weekend admissions would be for the casualty or maternity sections, with visitors being allowed into the maternity section last night, as a man with a wife at the maternity ward was allowed into the building.

There are unconfirmed reports that country’s largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare recently recorded 70 staff members who tested positive to Covid-19, again without any information about whether these were screening tests or diagnostic tests.

It was said 64 staff were from non-Covid-19 sections, while six were from the Covid-19 Centre.

Efforts to get a comment from the referral hospital’s spokesperson last night were fruitless. The Herald

Corruption: Zesa boss under probe

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Sydney Gata
Sydney Gata

Zesa Holdings board will be conducting a thorough investigation into its executive chairman, Dr Sydney Gata, after allegations surfaced that he may have allocated for his personal use five company vehicles, scuttled the disciplinary hearing of a top executive, spent $10 million on Christmas parties, sent four consultants to South Africa, and set up a trust to mine gold.

Sydney Gata
Sydney Gata

Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi described the corruption allegations as “indeed egregious and very worrying” and called for a thorough board investigation.

The Zesa boss — who has had an on-off romance with the company — yesterday denied the allegations.

“We have received the allegations and it’s not true. I am not involved in any of those issues.”

But Adv Chasi said the accusations deserved a thorough investigation.

“This case will be good test case as to the spinefullness of the (Zesa) board. Government expects no less than adequate action that is in line with the seriousness of the matter in question. The board’s speed of action must reflect the urgency and seriousness of the matter.”

Adv Chasi said the Government’s attitude towards corruption was clear as pronounced by President Mnangagwa that any corrupt activities must be investigated and dealt with decisively.

“Additionally, we expect that a proper investigation be carried out and that the outcomes of such investigation shall inform the requisite action by the board. The importance, actual or imagined, of an alleged perpetrator is completely irrelevant to the inquiry and the corrective action to be taken in the circumstances,” he said.

It is alleged that on 14 January 2020 Dr Gata usurped powers of a disciplinary committee investigating Zesa acting group chief executive officer Mrs Norah Tsomondo.

She had been brought before the disciplinary authority to answer allegations of unauthorised expenditure of US$20 million in 2018.

On January 14 2020, Dr Gata allegedly wrote to the disciplinary authority secretary Mr Garikai Churu directing the committee to withdraw action against Mrs Tsomondo. In part the alleged letter reads:

“Reference is made to the above matter and to the meeting held on January 14, 2020, in my office attended by the acting group chief executive officer, Mrs Tsomondo, and which you were later on invited to attend.

“I am directing you to discontinue the disciplinary hearing of Mrs N Tsomondo with immediate effect. Kindly advise the disciplinary authority members accordingly.”

On vehicles, it is alleged that after Dr Gata was allocated his official car, a Mercedes Benz (ADY 9279), he also personalised two Toyota Fortuner vehicles and three Madza BT50s. It is alleged that the parastatal splashed over $10 million in December parties in Hwange and Kariba.

Dr Gata denied hosting any lavish party, saying it was the public relations department that organised the end of year events in December last year.

There are also questions surrounding the engagement of Mr Peter Mutsinya, Mr Shumani Mhlanga, Mr Muvengwa Zinyuku and Mr Johatt Sithole who were flown to South Africa for a study tour at Eskom at Zesa’s cost.

Dr Gata wrote to Energy and Power Development Permanent Secretary Dr Gloria Magorimbo on March 11, 2020, seeking Cabinet authority for the clearance of the four consultants to travel to South Africa.

Consequently, for the four-day trip, Zesa paid $107 913, the equivalent of US$5 876, for the consultants’ airfares and allowances.

Questions were also raised over the creation of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Industry Trust (ZESIT), which is set to undertake several projects including the Tuli Mining Project and gold mining at Munyati. Dr Gata explained that ZESIT will be officially launched this week and there was nothing sinister about the entity.

The Herald understands that an investigation will be conducted into Zesa’s proposed partnerships with Korean firms for manufacturing concrete poles for electrification.

The Zesa boss was appointed as the executive chairman in November 2019 but labour experts have questioned why Dr Gata had been given an executive post as the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act did not provide for an executive chair of a parastatal but has board members separate from executive management.

Dr Gata was once the Zesa Holdings executive and left in 2006 amid several allegations, chief among them being a 2003 fight with trustees of the Zesa pension fund over an alleged illegal withdrawal of $1,6 billion from the fund to finance the payment of retrenchment costs. Dr Gata denied the allegations.

There were also concerns around Zesa’s unbundling under his watch and alleged failure to ring fence finances of subsidiaries. One of his duties in his present term is to rebundle Zesa.

It is also during Dr Gata’s tenure at Zesa that the power utility signed several power deals with several companies, including one from Iran, but little was delivered on that front. The Chronicle

‘The Khama of Sundowns and Chiefs one are different’

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Khama Billiat’s former teammate Lizo Mjempu has discussed the progress of the Kaizer Chiefs star.

Khama Billiat
Khama Billiat

Mjempu is a big admirer of Billiat and is backing the star to rediscover the form that made him the best player in Mzansi’s topflight.

The former Orlando Pirates player believes that the difference in how Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns play has affected the progress of the Zimbabwean, who has appeared to struggle for game time under coach Ernst Middendorp.

“I think the Khama of Sundowns and the one for Chiefs are different. At Sundowns there were ball players; the likes of (Sibusiso) Vilakazi and (Keagan) Dolly. There were good players around him. There wasn’t too much pressure on him like it has been at Chiefs, and I am saying there are no good players at Chiefs,” said Mjempu.

“But at Chiefs they expect him to perform the way he did at Sundowns. At Sundowns he didn’t have the same kind of workload. At Sundowns you wouldn’t target only Billiat and end there.

“You had to mark Billiat and still have to worry about Percy (Tau), Themba (Zwane) and others. I think they were playing to Billiat’s strengths, because he is more dangerous with his speed on counter-attacks. I know him and his technique was good, as well as on dead ball situations.

“He’s the same Khama but with added pressure, while injuries have also played a part in disrupting him,” he added. — soccerladuma

Mugeyi plays up Chiefs scoring record

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Wilfred Mugeyi
Wilfred Mugeyi

One of the most feared strikers in PSL history Wilfred Mugeyi almost never made the move from Zimbabwe to South Africa in the early 1990s.

Wilfred Mugeyi
Wilfred Mugeyi

Mugeyi is now a household name in local football circles having played for Bush Bucks, Ajax Cape Town and Free State Stars.

‘Silver Fox’ top-scored with 23 goals in the 1996/97 season and scored 91 times in the PSL era, plundering a total of 113 goals for Bush Bucks including goals scored before 1996.

Being such a prolific marksman, Mugeyi was naturally approached by all of Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns, but never joined any of the big three, and recently explained why.

Mugeyi says he enjoyed playing against Chiefs, against whom he scored four goals between 1996-2007 when he retired.

However, his goal statistics between 1993-1996 were unavailable at the time of publishing.

“Not sure with the number (of goals), but I scored more goals against Chiefs than any other team,” Mugeyi told KickOff.com, although this claim is unverified.

Since 2012 the 51-year-old has also coached at Ajax, Chippa United and AmaZulu and remains involved in the local game.

Yet Mugeyi reveals that he almost never came to South Africa due to fears over apartheid after being scouted while playing for Zimbabwean side Black Aces.

“When I was at Aces we came to South Africa for pre-season and we were invited by Bush Bucks. We had a pre-season friendly game with Bush Bucks, so that’s when they spotted me because I gave them a torrid time.

“Yes we lost 2-1, but I had a very, very good game. But that time they wanted me to stay, but I didn’t want to because that time it was still apartheid, around ‘93. So I was very scared, so I refused to stay behind.

“Then six months later the owner of the club Sturu Pasiya’s father Dan Pasiya flew to Zimbabwe and he came to fetch me. So that’s how they convinced me to come. Otherwise I wasn’t going to join them. So they were wise to fly to Zimbabwe.”

Mugeyi did not make millions from his football career, but was well looked-after at Bucks considering the era.

“My first football salary was 1 200 Zimbabwean dollars at a time when it was still equivalent to the rand, then my first salary at Bush Bucks was R5 000 back in 1993,” he reveals.

“It was very difficult for us to save money because we were not earning a lot of money. In that R5 000 you’ve got a family that you are looking after. So there was no money to save. You can’t save when you’ve got no food on the table.

“Things started to change a little bit later, I managed to buy properties. Me and my brother (William) have now opened an academy; one in East London, one here in Cape Town. I have got properties I’m renting out. So that’s where my income comes from.”

Mugeyi, whose favourite team in South Africa is Ajax Cape Town, has free advice for current players regarding the secret to his longevity in the game.

“You just need to work hard if you want to stay in this game for a long time, because number one you are not doing it for anyone, you’re doing it for yourself,” he says.

“Throughout my career, I’ve used the three Ds, Determination, Dedication and Discipline. You have never read about Wilfred Mugeyi sleeping late or was seen in the nightclub or girls were fighting for Wilfred. Never! The only thing you read about me is football. That’s discipline.

“Then the second one is to listen to your coaches. Listen to your coach like you listen to your father.” — KickOff

Dead granny (99) in graveyard ‘resurrection’

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A 99-year-old granny from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North left villagers shocked after she moved her body just as she was about to be buried.

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Mrs Nkazanyana Ncube from Kwine village under Chief Gampu who was buried yesterday, ‘resurrected’ twice as villagers attemped to bury her.

She died at her homestead and was not certified dead by a doctor.

Mrs Ncube is said to have died on Saturday at about 3AM and resurrected as fellow villagers were about to bury her the same day forcing them to take her back into the house.

Villagers who had taken her ‘body’ which was wrapped in a blanket to the grave, noticed movements as they prepared to lower the body into the grave and immediately suspended the burial.

At about 1AM yesterday, they discovered her body was ‘cold again’ and when they resumed burial preparations, she started moving her body again.

She finally passed on at around 6AM yesterday leading to her burial at around 11AM.

Relatives said they did not panic as they believed that as a traditionalist her ‘resurrection’ was being triggered by ancestors.

A Chronicle news crew visited Kwine village yesterday and villagers spoke of their shock saying nothing like that had been experienced before.

Family spokesperson Mr Thabson Ndlovu said his aunt died and ‘resurrected’ twice.

“She has been unwell for quite a long time. Besides old age, she suffered a stroke that affected her right side. The situation deteriorated a few days ago as she could no longer speak. On Saturday at about 3AM she died.

“We started burial arrangements, we informed the village head and burial preparations started as villagers gathered and started digging her grave. As we were about to bury her, we noticed movements of the blanket she was wrapped in.

“The ‘body’ had been removed from the house and placed just near the grave. That is when one of the villagers said there was movement in the blanket. She seemed breathing,” said Mr Ndlovu.

He said the body was taken into the house where she died again at about 1AM and when they resumed burial preparations, they again noticed movements of the blanket confirming she was alive.

Mr Ndlovu said at 6am they were planning to take her to the local clinic.

“We were very worried as we didn’t know what was happening. We were planning to take her to the clinic and we had even hired a car to take her to hospital from the clinic.

“Normally, it’s elderly women who assess and make pronouncements on deaths but following those two episodes even us men entered the house to check for ourselves.

“When she was pronounced dead, her body was really cold, but later you would feel that it was warm, confirming that she was alive. So, we really got puzzled,” said Mr Ndlovu.

He however said villagers did not panic when Mrs Ncube rose from the dead.

“We did not panic partly because we believe her resurrection was triggered by amadlozi as it happened when we were conducting rituals. She was a traditionalist possessed by ancestral spirits,” he said.

A villager Mrs Tede Moyo said it was her first time to hear of someone dying before rising again.

“This is really worrying. I can imagine if she was in a coffin, she could have been buried alive. This left most us shocked that someone can be confirmed dead when he or she is alive.

“We’ve never heard of such a miracle before. If it wasn’t for some minor works that had to be carried out at the grave before burial, she could have been buried alive,” said Mrs Ncube.

Kwine village head Mr Elijah Vundla said he was convinced that Mrs Ncube died and rose from the dead.

“We were even planning to consult sangomas because this is not something that we are accustomed to. We thought that since she was traditionalist, there were things that needed to be done. But she then died peacefully this morning but we had to delay burial just to be sure,” said Mr Vundla.

Acting Mpilo Central Hospital clinical director Dr Xolani Ndlovu, said it was difficult to express a medical opinion on such a matter because the body was not taken to a health facility.

He said medically, the person was not dead but added that in old age there may be fluctuations that may result in one not being conscious.

“So, in medical terms, we can’t say the person was dead. There is no proof. Clinically if someone is dead, there is no brain activity. Unlike the heart, if the brain stops working, it can’t be restarted,” said Dr Ndlovu.

It’s quite normal in old people and those people who suffer from liver failure or liver cirrhosis. Even people who are diabetic can suffer from the same problem due to the fluctuating sugar levels which may leave one unconscious. So, when sugar levels fluctuate, a person can easily drift into unconsciousness and consciousness.

“In this case probably she lost consciousness and had a very low heart beat which made her relatives and villagers believe that she was dead and then bury her. This is why we encourage that qualified doctors should be the only ones to certify deaths.” The Chronicle

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