Granny Kuku Ndou (120) passes away

Date: 03 October 2008 By: Mashudu Netsianda

Kuku Nyamafushe Ndou, who was believed to be aged at least 120, has died, following a long battle with illness, Mirror has established.

Family spokesperson Ms Sylvia Mbedzi told Mirror that Kuku Ndou died at her rural home in the Tshigomele area, outside Beit Bridge town, on Friday, September 26. She was buried the following day at her village.

At the time of her death, Kuku Ndou could hardly walk and she spent the greatest part of her day in the hut alone. She was born in the Thohoyandou area in the late 1890s.

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Mashudu Netsianda

Mashudu Netsianda is our correspondent in Beit Bridge, Zimbabwe. He joined us in 2006, writing both local and international stories. He had worked for several Zimbabwean publications, as well as the Times of Swaziland. Mashudu received his training at the School of Mass Communication in Harare.

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