By A Correspondent | ZimEye | The family of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Admire Sibanda (Chief Hwenje) has gone against govt spokesman Nick Mangwana in their insistence that he has died.
The ZANU PF government is operating in secrecy due of the embarrassment it faces since Hwenje’s family blame the party for failing to take care of the singer, a loyal propaganda man’s medical needs until too late, as a doctor has said.
Hwenje was last week reported to have been diagnosed with cancer and later ZANU PF announced that they are flying him to South Africa for treatment.
Days later family members speaking with ZimEye are telling a sad story by these same next of kins who a week earlier had called in to speak against the government over their loved one’s welfare.
At 10.07pm on Thursday they called in and then forwarded the below picture annotated with an announcement that he has died.
Efforts were taken to verify with other relatives and friends.
It was revealed among other things that ZanuPf had flown him to Pretoria and then banned his family from reaching him. So secretive has ZANU PF been over their own loved one that the family members believe Hwenje’s reported death is the result of internal conflict against the Mnangagwa family.
A man who was first to deny the reports while announcing that he is the brother turned out to be a govt broadcaster ZBC producer.
Now on Friday the family tells ZimEye their son is no more despite the ZBC man’s refutals. “They are delaying announcements because they want to cook a new story that absolves them of blame,” a male senior, Albert Sibanda tells ZimEye.
”They want to transport the body to Harare so that they can say he died in Harare but now after you’ve published it, what will they say?,” he adds.
Last night family members from Hwenje’s father’s side spoke in variously communicating in Shona, while asking for anonymity protection, as they said:
“Situation pairi pakaipa hama dzachivharirwa [ku] ona munhu apa vakamusiya muchipatara pasina follow up.
Zvirikungovharwa pane paida kuita video kuti ataure problems aarikusangana nawo asi vakamutorera ma-phone saka apa vanga vasiri kubudisa paari.