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THE family of Cadwell Mashininga who died in the UK last month is asking well-wishers to help raise £2,500 to send his body to Zimbabwe for burial.
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Mashinginga died at St Helier Hospital in Surrey on April 27 after a short illness and his body has been stranded at CJ Reilly Funeral Director Services in London since. He was 44.
An emotional appeal for assistance circulated through social media by a member of the family reads, in part: “I appeal to you my brothers and sisters to put our heads together and help.“I know it’s not that easy to help someone you don’t know but let’s do it for the mother out there in Zimbabwe whose heart is bleeding for her deceased son and the son is not yet buried a month after his death.“Moreover, the body is still in a foreign land; just imagine what she is going through.”
A friend, Walter Zaranyika, said they believed Cadwell would have liked to be buried in Zimbabwe since he repeatedly talked about wanting to go home a few days before his death.
"When his health was clearly failing him, Cadwell consistently expressed his wish to go back to Zimbabwe as soon as he was discharged from hospital so that he could recover there, it was obviously never to be,” said Zaranyika.
Mashininga is survived by his London-based wife and four children who are all in Zimbabwe. He worked for the ZRP between 1987 and 2001 when he moved to England.
Diaspora deaths have, in some cases, added to the grief of families as they struggle to raise funds to repatriate the remains of their loved ones back home to Zimbabwe.
Musician Fortune Mupurutsa’s body was stranded in the UK for over nine months in 2009 as family and friends battled to raise funds for his repatriation in one the more high profile cases.
Those keen to help Mashininga’s family can get contact Moses Nhambuko on +44 7863 699966 and Walter Zaranyika on +44 7946 827802 for further information. |
