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PRIME MINISTER Morgan Tsvangirai travelled to Norton Tuesday night to personally convey his condolences to Oliver Mtukudzi and his family following the tragic death of their son Sam in the early hours of Monday morning.
“I wish to convey my heartfelt condolences to Oliver, his wife Daisy and the rest of the Mtukudzi family following the sad passing of Sam,” the Prime Minister said last night.
Sam, the 21 year old son of Zimbabwe’s legendary singer and icon, died together with his friend Owen Chimhare when the car they were travelling in crashed into a bridge along the Bulawayo- Harare highway early Monday morning.
Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe had been robbed of its musical future while the Mtukudzi family had “lost a beacon of hope and the music industry is all poorer”.
The two are due to be buried at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare on Wednesday.
Sam Mtukudzi (21), the son of music legend Oliver Mtukudzi and Owen Chimhare (22) a sound engineer perished in an accident early on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, Robert Mugabe has sent a rare condolence message to the Mtukudzi and Chimhare families on the lose of their in a traffic accident.
In a condolence message to the Mtukudzi and Chimhare families yesterday, Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe must value artistes’ contributions to defining “the soul of the nation”.
“This particular accident dramatises yet again the hazards always stalking our road users, more so the youthful ones. Our nation has been robbed of two youngsters of great promise and future in the music industry.
“For me personally, it has always been delightful to follow the musical career of the Mtukudzi family, a career which, through Sam and his sister Selma, appeared set to broaden and branch out in its graceful flourish.
“Alas this was not to be. Today, a vital shoot of that great musical tree stands broken, stumped and wilting.
“On behalf of the inclusive Government, my family and on my own behalf, I wish to express heartfelt condolences to the Mtukudzi family, especially Baba naAmai Mtukudzi and the Chimhare family on this very sad and heart-wrenching loss.
“Our nation joins them in mourning the departure of these two budding stars,” he said.
Mugabe added: “As we mourn their demise, we must, as a nation, take a moment to reflect and acknowledge the demanding role fulfilled by all artists — both living and departed — often with very limited means and prospects.
“They define the soul of our nation, inspiring it to greater personality and accomplishments.
“Today, they stand stricken for losing two of their own in this one tragic incident.”
The pair will be buried side by side at Warren Hills at 2pm on Wednesday
From Harare to Bulawayo there is a first bridge just after the roundabout in Kuwadzana. The bridge was built by the Chinese and the setting out was done wrongly such that the bridge parappets are on the cariageway. It is a hazard. Did the accident happen at this bridge?
Nematambudziko.
Is this the Bridge Dzimai? (Ed)
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I have been out of Zimbabwe for a long time but it looks like this is the bridge. On the North side the parapet is on the carriageway such that it is not possible to mark the yellow-line. There is a conflict when all the lanes are occupied as those in the dangerous lane will be driven to the parapet. This is a typical example where a road causes an accident though scientists always believe that human error cannot be ruled out.
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Yes that’s the bridge. I remember Caps United players died at that spot. Its the bridge near where those selling fish were once beaten by Mugabe soldiers after raising their fish to Mugabe’s passing motorcade. I recognize this place very well
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President’s Mercedes Benz was crafted very well by Germans such that it breaks automatically when it approaches a barricade otherwise he would have been another accident statistic at this bridge. He uses this bridge so often when going to his rural home in Kutama.
I am worried about Chinese investments in Africa. On this bridge it was reported that the Chinese nationals who were building were prisoners in China. They were doing their prison hard labour at this bridge. The women who came to sell “freezits” had to talk via a Chinese interpretor meaning that most of the guys could not speak English. If they could not understand a simple term like “bitumen” then it would be very difficult to understand an “offset”. Our Chinese friends got it wrong. I know Abel will argue but before you argue could you go to this bridge with a properly trained surveyor. It is a naked fact that the parapet is on the carriageway and it is a hazard to the nation.
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Why would I argue with you Dzimai? I know some of the shody jobs that the chinese have done in the past.That national stadium is a hazard also.I have banned my family from going to watch football there because one day cross bhururu.
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hahahah……u banned your family from attending matches there? thats deep man i like that!
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