An unnamed police source confirmed to The Herald that Mr Ngonidzashe Makanyire (61) who was a History and Development Studies lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) collapsed and died while presenting his PhD thesis at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) in Bulawayo.
Makanyire’s nephew Mr Peter Madzivanyika who had accompanied him to the PhD presentation also confirmed the incident. Narrating the incident Madzivanyika said:
He did not show any signs of distress before his death. We are shocked and we didn’t expect this. I had left him at the ZOU campus, at around 3:30pm. He later phoned saying ‘Ndiri kunzwa kuzarirwa mudumbu’ (I have a stomach problem) and I’m feeling dizzy.
When Madzivanyika rushed to the ZOU campus Makanyire said it wasn’t serious and asked him to take his laptop and go. He however decided to wait for his uncle. While waiting an official from ZOU told him his uncle had collapsed. He rushed upstairs to the conference room and found Makanyire frothing and he died a few minutes later. Makanyire’s body was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals for post-mortem.
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