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Murdered in cold blood, set on fire, and enduring one of the most painful deaths by ruthless and overzealous Diepsloot South African vigilante residents, Elvis Nyathi has been accorded a state-funded funeral by the government.
Nyathi (43) was killed and burnt by vigilantes in Diepsloot who were moving from door to door looking for undocumented foreign nationals following a spate of armed robberies and murders in the area.
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Caught up in the mix as he had been knocked off from work, Nyathi was viciously beaten by the blood-thirsty mob before being soaked with a flammable liquid and set on fire.
In honoring the late Nyathi and his family, Dr Misheck Sibanda who is the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet confirmed that Nyathi’s funeral will be State assisted.
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“The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr. MJM Sibanda wishes to announce that His Excellency the President,Dr. E.D. Munangagwa, has granted a State-assisted funeral to the late Elvis Nyathi who was slain in South Africa last week . The remains of the late departed are expected in the country at the weekend” said Sibanda.
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The gruesome murder of the Zimbabwean national sparked an outburst on social media from other pressure groups and influential people condemning the behavior.
Meanwhile Nyathi’s brother Godknows, confirmed the father of four will be laid to rest in Zimbabwe this weekend. He said:
“All the paperwork has been completed, we will be holding a memorial service on Thursday afternoon and we will then leave for Zimbabwe,”
My brother, his wife, and others hid behind their shack and the group found them and started chasing them because they thought they were criminals,” said Nyathi’s brother Godknows. “He wasn’t a violent man, he was a very good person,” he said.
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