The decapitated body of a woman found in a refuse bag in northern Johannesburg, is that of a Zimbabwean woman, Mrs Naume Garusa (41), who has become another casualty of South Africa’s xenophobic killings.
Garusa is the second Zimbabwean to be decapitated in the latest xenophobic attacks.
The police’s Lungelo Dlamini said a case of murder had been opened when they discovered for body last Tuesday at a time they said they could not verify her identity.
“We don’t know who the victim is, and we are appealing to the members of the public who reported the missing person to come forward as she might be one of the people who were reported missing,” Dlamini said at the time.
But a report released Sunday revealed she was Mrs Garusa who has since become the latest victim of horrific xenophobic attacks.
Speaking at her funeral wake at a relative’s home in Mufakose, Harare, her son Brain Garusa, who is a student at the University of Zimbabwe, said he was shocked to receive reports of his mother’s death just two days after talking to her on her mobile phone.
“I am still in a state of shock because just a few days before her disappearance I had spoken to her. She had promised to send some money the following day.
“I asked her about the xenophobic attacks and she said the situation was tense but calm,” said Brian.
Mr Emmanuel Mhondiwa, who is brother to the deceased, said the family was devastated with the manner in which Mrs Garusa lost her life after working in South Africa for more than 12 years.
“She was the sole breadwinner to her children following the death of her husband and she had done so well as to be able to send one of them to university. When we started seeing images of xenophobic attacks on television we never imagined that our own flesh and blood could soon be a victim,” said Mr Mhondiwa.
He said his sister was reported missing on Thursday after some xenophobic disturbances in Johannesburg and the following day her body was found by police in a nearby bushy area with her head decapitated. Mr Mhondiwa said relatives in South Africa confirmed that his sister had been attacked by marauding xenophobic elements who targeted her as she came from her workplace.
“She has been working in South Africa since 2002 and her papers, including a work permit, were in order. We just don’t understand how fellow Africans could do this to another human being. We urge our Government to urgently deal with this matter as most deaths are not being reported,” Mr Mhondiwa said.
University of Zimbabwe Student Executive Council secretary-general Valentine Masaiti, who was part of a large contingent of students who visited the Mhondiwa family in Mufakose to commiserate with their fellow student, appealed to Government to liaise with the South African government to ensure that peace prevailed and reduce the loss lives. Mr Mhondiwa said Mrs Garusa’s body is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow and will be buried in Chikombedzi, Chiredzi, on Wednesday.
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may your soul rest in peace my sister, for us you have died and your blood has not been shed in vain but one day your children will rule in this nation SA for the sacrifice you have made is so dear to go without a blessing to your children in the land you perished and a curse to the people who took your life. we cry with you we your brothers who are alive up to this moment. RIP dear sister
may your soul rest in peace my sister, for us you have died and your blood has not been shed in vain but one day your children will rule in this nation SA for the sacrifice you have made is so dear to go without a blessing to your children in the land you perished and a curse to the people who took your life. we cry with you we your brothers who are alive up to this moment. RIP dear sister
may your soul rest in peace my sister, for us you have died and your blood has not been shed in vain but one day your children will rule in this nation SA for the sacrifice you have made is so dear to go without a blessing to your children in the land you perished and a curse to the people who took your life. we cry with you we your brothers who are alive up to this moment. RIP dear sister
This is a national tragedy!
This is a national tragedy!
How terribly sad. Rest in peace pretty lady.
How terribly sad. Rest in peace pretty lady.
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Rest in peace my sister, God will make his judgement when the time comes, Christ is comming back to judge the work, we have seen the lamb on the cross but the Lion of Judah is coming to rule, the weeds, masora achatsva, kuchava nekugedageda kwemeno, mwari ndiye anoziva, ndabaiwa pachipfuva changu nepfumo, radzika zvakanyanya, zorora murugare, mumaoko amwari.
Rest in peace my sister, God will make his judgement when the time comes, Christ is comming back to judge the work, we have seen the lamb on the cross but the Lion of Judah is coming to rule, the weeds, masora achatsva, kuchava nekugedageda kwemeno, mwari ndiye anoziva, ndabaiwa pachipfuva changu nepfumo, radzika zvakanyanya, zorora murugare, mumaoko amwari.
Naume Garusa, may your soul rest in peace. I am sorry you lost your life this way. If the powers that be have a conscience, they should all resign and commit suicide in shame. Your death is more painful than what we suffered in the war of liberation. Then, we were fighting a declared war. Now you’ve been a victim. I am pained hanzvadzi. I want the government to accept responsibility for all the deaths due to xenophobia. That’s why the government ought to resign. It is not our government. It is nobody’s government. I am hurt Naume. Our own government has taken your right to life just as they have taken away our right to dignity and self worth.
God, the bible says that you annoint and appoint leaders. What sin have we committed to deserve this purposeless leadership that let’s us die in the hands of foreigners? Look at our country Lord. Redeem us from this slavery oh God. Even the children of Israel had a better life than this, yet you redeemed them from their captors.
Naume Garusa, may your soul rest in peace. I am sorry you lost your life this way. If the powers that be have a conscience, they should all resign and commit suicide in shame. Your death is more painful than what we suffered in the war of liberation. Then, we were fighting a declared war. Now you’ve been a victim. I am pained hanzvadzi. I want the government to accept responsibility for all the deaths due to xenophobia. That’s why the government ought to resign. It is not our government. It is nobody’s government. I am hurt Naume. Our own government has taken your right to life just as they have taken away our right to dignity and self worth.
God, the bible says that you annoint and appoint leaders. What sin have we committed to deserve this purposeless leadership that let’s us die in the hands of foreigners? Look at our country Lord. Redeem us from this slavery oh God. Even the children of Israel had a better life than this, yet you redeemed them from their captors.
Naume Garusa, may your soul rest in peace. I am sorry you lost your life this way. If the powers that be have a conscience, they should all resign and commit suicide in shame. Your death is more painful than what we suffered in the war of liberation. Then, we were fighting a declared war. Now you’ve been a victim. I am pained hanzvadzi. I want the government to accept responsibility for all the deaths due to xenophobia. That’s why the government ought to resign. It is not our government. It is nobody’s government. I am hurt Naume. Our own government has taken your right to life just as they have taken away our right to dignity and self worth.
God, the bible says that you annoint and appoint leaders. What sin have we committed to deserve this purposeless leadership that let’s us die in the hands of foreigners? Look at our country Lord. Redeem us from this slavery oh God. Even the children of Israel had a better life than this, yet you redeemed them from their captors.