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Injiva commits suicide for being HIV positive
11 Feb 2012 at 09:37hrs | Views
AN injiva who was suspected to be HIV positive reportedly committed suicide after allegedly accusing his family members of neglecting him because he had become broke.
His nine-year-old brother reportedly discovered his body hanging from a bedroom hut last week.
The man, identified as Busani Moyo (29), is from Lupane area, under Chief Mabhikwa.
Villagers said the man came from South Africa last year when he was already ill.
"He used to be a flamboyant figure in the village. He often hosted memorable Christmas parties in the area. I think he could not stomach being reduced to an ordinary villager. He had stopped working and seemed to be struggling financially. People used to say that he had contracted HIV," said a villager who asked not to be named.
The villager said Moyo used to complain bitterly that he had been reduced to a nobody at his home.
"He would talk about 'the good old days' when everyone would sit up and take notice every time he visited from South Africa. He once said he was unhappy that people had stopped visiting him when he fell ill. He said villagers liked him only when he had money," said the villager.
Villagers said on Tuesday last week, Moyo told his wife that he had a running tummy and had started vomiting.
"Maybe she did not take him seriously because she left him alone and went to work in their vegetable garden," said a villager.
"A few hours after she left, his younger brother who had been playing outside found him hanging from the roof of their bedroom hut. He seemed not to understand what he was seeing. Nevertheless he notified neighbours who rushed to the scene and found Moyo dead," said the villager.
The villager said Moyo's wife nearly collapsed when she came back from her chores and found people gathered at her homestead. "She was shocked and elderly women from the village had to calm her down. A report was made and police came to collect the body," said the villager.
Contacted for comment, the officer commanding Lupane Police District, Chief Superintendent Johannes Govo confirmed the suspected suicide yesterday.
"We are treating it as sudden death by hanging. At the moment, no foul play is suspected. The deceased was suffering from an undisclosed illness at the time of his death," said Chief Supt Govo.
He advised people to seek medication as well as counselling when they fell ill.
His nine-year-old brother reportedly discovered his body hanging from a bedroom hut last week.
The man, identified as Busani Moyo (29), is from Lupane area, under Chief Mabhikwa.
Villagers said the man came from South Africa last year when he was already ill.
"He used to be a flamboyant figure in the village. He often hosted memorable Christmas parties in the area. I think he could not stomach being reduced to an ordinary villager. He had stopped working and seemed to be struggling financially. People used to say that he had contracted HIV," said a villager who asked not to be named.
The villager said Moyo used to complain bitterly that he had been reduced to a nobody at his home.
"He would talk about 'the good old days' when everyone would sit up and take notice every time he visited from South Africa. He once said he was unhappy that people had stopped visiting him when he fell ill. He said villagers liked him only when he had money," said the villager.
Villagers said on Tuesday last week, Moyo told his wife that he had a running tummy and had started vomiting.
"Maybe she did not take him seriously because she left him alone and went to work in their vegetable garden," said a villager.
"A few hours after she left, his younger brother who had been playing outside found him hanging from the roof of their bedroom hut. He seemed not to understand what he was seeing. Nevertheless he notified neighbours who rushed to the scene and found Moyo dead," said the villager.
The villager said Moyo's wife nearly collapsed when she came back from her chores and found people gathered at her homestead. "She was shocked and elderly women from the village had to calm her down. A report was made and police came to collect the body," said the villager.
Contacted for comment, the officer commanding Lupane Police District, Chief Superintendent Johannes Govo confirmed the suspected suicide yesterday.
"We are treating it as sudden death by hanging. At the moment, no foul play is suspected. The deceased was suffering from an undisclosed illness at the time of his death," said Chief Supt Govo.
He advised people to seek medication as well as counselling when they fell ill.
Source - tc
