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LINDIFA’S WIFE SICK, DAUGHTER HELD UP IN SA, MISS FUNERAL

14/12/2020 06:50:00 BY MELISA MSWELI

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NGUDZENI – The late Lindifa Mamba’s wife Zolile (nee Ndlovu) and his second-born child were not in attendance at the funeral of the senior lawyer as he was laid to rest yesterday.

The lawyer was buried at Ngudzeni yesterday morning and about 500 people attended the funeral.

It was stated that the wife could not attend because she was sick and had been hospitalised.

The announcement was made just before the end of the morning service, by Bhekimpi Mamba, who spoke on behalf of the family.

Bhekimpi did not reveal further details on the sickness of the deceased lawyer’s wife.

“We feel it is important that we announce that the deceased’s wife is not in attendance because she is in hospital. We are doing this in order to avoid false information or rumours of her whereabouts from circulating and tarnishing our family’s image,” he said.

It should be noted that Zolile was in attendance on Saturday during a memorial service held in honour of her late husband, at the Mbabane Worship Centre.

Reason

Regarding the absence of the second-born daughter, the deceased’s sister, Qinisile Mamba, stated that the reason she could not make it was because she was in neighbouring South Africa (SA) and had been waiting for the process of COVID-19 testing and quarantine which, by the time of the funeral , had not been complete.

On the other hand, Ben Ndlovu, who spoke on behalf of the deceased’s in-laws, also apologised on behalf of family members (Ndlovus), whom he said could not come because of challenges he did not divulge, adding that they sent him and a few others to represent them.

“Even though they are not here, they are sad about the demise of Mamba because he was hands-on in activities happening at the Ndlovu homestead,” narrated Ben. Noted was that the firstborn daughter was livestreaming the proceedings of the funeral from the arrival of the remains at the Mamba homestead until the casket was lowered into the grave and she further uploaded it on Zoom.

Also noted was that the home was constantly fumigated. The fumigation was conducted on door handles, walls and where people were sitting, like doorsteps.

Also, when the remains of the deceased arrived, the casket was fumigated as well as the flowers.

Present during the funeral were his friends and colleagues in the law fratenity, including veteran lawyer Sidumo Mdladla, who looked sombre throughout the event.

Also present was former Minister of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Dumisani Ndlangamandla.

Speaking during the morning service, Mdladla, who spoke on behalf of the deceased’s friends, said they did not have it in mind that they would be burying him so soon.

He described the deceased as someone who was a straight talker, who would prefer to correct someone if they did something wrong after which they would laugh and be happy. Mdladla said they were going to miss how he was friendly with everyone. He narrated that Mamba’s office was a meeting point where people from all walks of life would meet and be happy even those who had challenges.

“The country has lost a great asset in him,” he said. He further sent condolences to the children as he stated that the deceased loved them a lot, adding that he would always talk about them.

Administrator at L.R Mamba and Associates, Nolwazi Dlamini, said they lost a great leader in Mamba.

She said Mamba treated all of his employees equally and that he played a father role to all of them.

“I recall one time we attended a funeral at Mankayane and along the way was a man who was sleeping next to the road crying. He stopped the car, stating that this was a human being. He went to him, asked what was wrong and the man narrated that he was chased from home, after which he gave him E1 000 and told him to find a place to sleep,” narrated Dlamini. Mamba’s sister, Qinisile, said they lost a friend and a loving brother, while stating that they were hoping God had a better plan for the family.

Mourners broke down in tears when the casket was lowered while George, the deceased’s father, stood next to one of the picture frames as he bade farewell to his son.