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Cyclone Idai Survivor Receives Death Certificates For 7 Family Members

8 months agoMon, 15 Jul 2024 13:48:11 GMT
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Cyclone Idai Survivor Receives Death Certificates For 7 Family Members

In a sombre ceremony on Thursday, 11 July 2024, Enick Makaza, a Cyclone Idai survivor from Chimanimani, collected seven death certificates for his family members who perished in the devastating disaster in March 2019.

According to The Manica Post, the event was held at Ndima High School in Chimanimani East constituency, where about 30 relatives of the 279 victims received civil documents during the handover ceremony.

Out of the 279 people who lost their lives in Cyclone Idai, 133 were male and 146 were female.

The death certificates were handed over by Benjamin Kabikira, the deputy to the Local Government and Public Works Minister, Daniel Garwe, who represented the ministry at the event.

Makaza, who resides in the Kopa area of Rusitu in Chimanimani, was among the worst-affected survivors of the tragedy.

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He collected death certificates for his two wives, Shylet Sabona and Letwin Jambaya, as well as his children – Ernest, Enrich, Silma, Shalom, and Enia Makaza.

They were all swept away without a trace by the floods from their Madhomeni residential area. Said Makaza:

Yes, this somehow consoles me and brings closure to this problem. I have been trying to get these civil documents so that I can know, and accept the fact that they are all dead and will never locate them.

I would have loved to see all their remains, but as it stands, together with others who were affected in the same way, we just have to accept the fact that they are all gone and we will never see them again.

Makaza recounted the harrowing events of the fateful day when his entire family was swept away by the raging floodwaters, describing how he managed to survive by climbing and clinging to a tree for at least seven gruelling hours. He said:

I had tried to rescue them from the house since a strong tide of water was almost covering the whole area.

When I had instructed them to go uphill, they met a police officer who ordered them to go back, saying the water would subside.

Unfortunately, the tide increased in force, and our house was struck by rock boulders, resulting in the whole family being swept away.

Chimanimani and Chipinge districts in Manicaland Province were among the worst affected by Cyclone Idai.

The cyclone caused extensive damage to homes, roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure across the affected areas.

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20 Comments

Keds · 8 months ago
Akomana musazoti munenhamo kufirwa nemhuri yese iyo. How do you survive. Kuda kakatoroora vamwe 2 . Haaa zvandiremera.
Keda · 8 months ago
Chimanimani disaster foretells what's to come.
Proudly Zimbabwean · 8 months ago
@mr JP can mamwe mashoko ngatitaure tichi safer. I come in peace hangu
Out Of Topic · 8 months ago
Is the Flue we are experiencing ordinary Flue or something else because the way its manifesting itself is very strange as it is uncurable and keeps reccuring.
iphone 12 pro max · 8 months ago
what's the use of that death certificate 🙊
Registrar General · 8 months ago
Its used to claim properties or monies that could have been left behind by the deceased.
. · 8 months ago
pindula nyaya iyi takainzwa last week boe ere iwe mfana
fugu pfeee · 8 months ago
apa kamwe kamunhu kakainda kunokwira zvako ngoro kachirowa mombe dzaka rarama nguva yakaoma iyoyi. Chamisa mwari awe newe
Mdara Odza · 8 months ago
Mnangagwa akaenda wani ne sofa akasvika akatamba kuvhairira vanhu achiti ndapihwa 2 million na Donald Trump iye Mnangagwa achingosimudza zimusoro rinenge shamba
Mr JP van · 8 months ago
akafigwa nemadzimai maviri yaiva shasha yemadrez chero kuchikoro aitonetsa murume iyeye haana respect kupfeka kep pavakuru nema airfoni akakanda vana mumvura achitya sapoti
SirMjoe · 8 months ago
because it was not you who lost his children
dhima · 8 months ago
izvi zvinorwadza izvi
mnangagwa · 8 months ago
ndinoda200 MPs vakaita saJoshua nyika inganake.corruption take ishoma.uye aneDevelopment
Scud · 8 months ago
Ingoti ndinoda varungu nekuti havana huwori se vatema vebato reZanupf
HiLLBiLLIES VOLkSWAGEN 0774857233 · 8 months ago
TINOTENDA MP JOSHUA SACCO NEKUSHANDA MUDUNHU RAVO ZVINESIMBA
𝕞𝕦𝕛𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠 · 8 months ago
ummm marwadzo
ICBM · 8 months ago
So sad 😭😭😭MTDSRIEP
Leo · 8 months ago
Apa dzakaisa zvadzo maearphones

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