(London)The late Ret General Solomon Mujuru’s customary wife, Simbiso Chisirimunhu, has died in the United Kingdom.
She was 38.
Ms Chisirimunhu died on Tuesday evening after a long ilness although relatives reported she died of stress.
She was mother to Tawanda and Tsitsi Mujuru and her son, Tawanda, seen by ZimEye has a sharp facial resemblance of Zimbabwe’s most feared army general.
General Mujuru married the woman 18 years ago in Chikomba, Sadza district, witnesses claim. She was second wife customarily married to the general who until his death was legally married to Vice President Joice Mujuru.
Ms Chisirimunhu’s relatives Wednesday said that she died of stress. She succumbed to “mental health relapse as a result of stress,” a relative said.
Her brother, Christian Mahachi said “she died on Tuesday evening. We are still consulting as a family so that we can start working on burial arrangements,”
A friend of Simbiso who declined being named alleged to ZimEye that the deceased struggled and was once threatened by Vice president Joice Mujuru, which resulted in her opting to relocate to the United Kingdom”.