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Family demands 40 beasts before burial
16 Jun 2017 at 09:40hrs | Views
The family of a 21-year-old gold panner from Zvishavane who was murdered by five illegal panners in a gold war has demanded 40 beasts from the murderers before burying their son.
The family was, however, given only seven head of cattle and was promised it would receive the remaining beasts after the burial of Brian Bushe.
It is alleged that Bushe whose body was found in South Devon Dam at Sabi Gold Mine last month was murdered by Bothwell Moyo (30), Omega Ziwa (20), Godknows Sibanda (22), Munashe Mtetwa (22) and Alpha Shava (21) all from Sikandiwe Village, Mazvihwa.
Before the burial, the Bushe family took Brian's body and dumped it in Shava's homestead in Sikandiwe.
The body stayed there for about three days before Bushe's mother Florence Majambire begged the Bushe family and other relatives to give her son a proper and respectable burial.
The families then engaged in talks and they ended up agreeing that the Bushe family had to be given seven beasts upfront before the burial and the remaining would be paid after the funeral.
Chief Mazvihwa confirmed the incident saying the Bushe family flatly refused to bury their son before they were paid a number of cattle.
"The family was refusing to bury their son demanding 40 cattle from the murderers' families. After the postmortem the body was brought to the village but the Bushe family took it to the murderers' homestead in Sikandiwe. What shocked us is the fact that the body never showed signs of decomposition after three days out of the mortuary."
Many families are forced to pay up with beasts in cases where their relatives are accused of murder for fear of avenging spirits.
The family was, however, given only seven head of cattle and was promised it would receive the remaining beasts after the burial of Brian Bushe.
It is alleged that Bushe whose body was found in South Devon Dam at Sabi Gold Mine last month was murdered by Bothwell Moyo (30), Omega Ziwa (20), Godknows Sibanda (22), Munashe Mtetwa (22) and Alpha Shava (21) all from Sikandiwe Village, Mazvihwa.
Before the burial, the Bushe family took Brian's body and dumped it in Shava's homestead in Sikandiwe.
The body stayed there for about three days before Bushe's mother Florence Majambire begged the Bushe family and other relatives to give her son a proper and respectable burial.
The families then engaged in talks and they ended up agreeing that the Bushe family had to be given seven beasts upfront before the burial and the remaining would be paid after the funeral.
Chief Mazvihwa confirmed the incident saying the Bushe family flatly refused to bury their son before they were paid a number of cattle.
"The family was refusing to bury their son demanding 40 cattle from the murderers' families. After the postmortem the body was brought to the village but the Bushe family took it to the murderers' homestead in Sikandiwe. What shocked us is the fact that the body never showed signs of decomposition after three days out of the mortuary."
Many families are forced to pay up with beasts in cases where their relatives are accused of murder for fear of avenging spirits.
Source - bmetro
