August 1 Shooting Victim Sylvia Maposa Remembered
29 September 2018
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By Own Correspondent| One of the six people who were shot by soldiers on August 1 following the violence over Presidential results in Harare, Sylvia Matambo Maposa’ s memorial service has been held.

Maposa’s memorial service was held at her Waterfalls home in Harare.

Speaker after speaker spoke of how the late Maposa was a very religious, peaceful and humble person who loved to pray and fellowship.

However, no one out of the more than 10 speakers talked about the circumstances behind the death of their late relative.

Matambo was brutally shot by soldiers who opened fire indiscriminately on civilians following a fake protest in the capital. She was shot on her way from work.

Her son spoke of how the death of his mother affects him daily.

“I pass through Zororo cemetery where my mother is buried everyday and hardly a day passes by without thinking about her. I am comforted by the word of God and i pray for strength to go on.”

However, Maposa’s husband Robert refused to speak to the media revealing that his family and his late wife’s families could not give a comment on any issue relating to Maposa’s death.

“No. I cannot speak to you. And no. He (uncle) can’t. No one can,” he said dismissing journalists before walking away.

He is however on record revealing that his wife did not deserve to die the way she did.