The bodies of Nothabo Zandile Khumalo and her two daughters, Natalie and Nala, who were found murdered at their home in Great Denham, Bedfordshire, in the United Kingdom on 3 July, are expected to arrive in Bulawayo on Saturday 1 August.
Their burials have tentatively been set for Monday 3 August 2026.
The Chronicle quoted a source familiar with the repatriation process as saying the post-mortem examination, police investigations and processing of repatriation documents were completed more quickly than initially anticipated.
“The bodies are expected to arrive on Saturday, while the burial is tentatively set for Monday, pending confirmation by the family,” said the source.
Nothabo was 42, Natalie was 15, and Nala was five. A forensic post-mortem examination conducted in the United Kingdom confirmed that all three died from blunt force trauma.
Nothabo’s husband and the father of the two children, Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma (45), a Zimbabwean-born British citizen, was arrested in Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 10 July in a joint operation by the South African Police Service and Interpol after leaving the UK following the killings.
The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised three counts of murder against Tshuma, while South African authorities are processing the UK’s provisional extradition request.
Tshuma has appeared twice before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on a separate South African charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.
During his second appearance, he abandoned his bail application and the matter was remanded to 27 August for further investigation and ballistic testing.
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