The Zaoga church members in Mucheke surbub  of Masvingo were left shell shocked when their elder a married man, was found dead at one of the sex workers’ houses.
It is alleged that Gifford Mudondo  67 was found dead a few minutes after the two had been intimate.
Acting spokesperson of Masvingo police Assistant Nkululeko Nduna confirmed that the incident took place on Monday. “Gifford Mudondo (67) was found dead in Maida Chin’anga’s bedroom on her bed with his trousers on the floor,” he said. 
The police attended the scene after they were notified about the incident and when they arrived, they collected Mudondo’s body from the woman’s bedroom. This was a shock especially to his family and church members.
An elder has the same status and rank as that of a pastor.
His close relatives believed that Mudondo had gone to the woman’s house to place orders as the woman is a tailor, but could not explain how he ended up dead and naked in her bedroom.
Close sources said Mudondo who works as a driver went to Mucheke Bus Terminus after work and parked his vehicle before proceeding to Chin’anga’s house in the same suburb.
“Mudondo left his vehicle parked at the terminus apparently to avoid being seen by other congregants. The next thing we heard that he is dead and his body was found on the woman’s bed while naked with his trousers on the floor,” said one resident.
He went on to say it was a lie that Mudondo had gone to place orders since the woman is a tailor.
Instead he saidMudondo was Chin’anga’s well-known client and their secret was known and some congregants were fully aware of it.
“What we got pertaining to this incident is that Mudondo and Chin’anga were intimate. The two were seen on several occasions together despite the fact that the man is a church elder at Zaoga and the woman, a known sex worker in the location,” he said.
After the incident, Chin’anga confided in her friends within the same location about what had happened and one of them advised her to alert the police.
The police attended the scene and removed the body from the bedroom .The body was taken to Masvingo General Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem. – State Media