The bodies of Zimbabwean national Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her two daughters, Natalie and Nala, who were allegedly murdered in the United Kingdom, are expected to arrive in Zimbabwe on Sunday afternoon.
In a statement, the Tshuma family said the three will arrive in Bulawayo on Sunday, 2 August 2026.
“The family wishes to officially inform relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and the wider community that our beloved Nothabo, Natalie and Nala Tshuma will arrive in Bulawayo on the afternoon of Sunday, 2 August 2026,” the statement reads.
The family said they will receive the bodies at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo, after which they will be accompanied to Nyaradzo Funeral Services.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday, 4 August 2026. A church service will take place in the morning at Lobengula Brethren in Christ Church, followed by burial at Luveve Cemetery, where Nothabo and her two daughters will be laid to rest together.
“This has been an unbearably painful journey for our family. We sincerely thank everyone who has stood with us throughout this difficult time, including Nothabo’s workmates and colleagues, our relatives, friends, family friends, church members and the wider Bulawayo community,” the family said.
Further details regarding the arrival and the full funeral programme will be communicated by the family through spokesperson Leon Khumalo.
Nothabo, 42, and her daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5, were found dead at their home in Great Denham, Bedfordshire, north of London, in early July.
British prosecutors authorised police to charge her husband, 45-year-old Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage, with three counts of murder.
According to UK and South African authorities, Tshuma left the UK through Heathrow Airport on a British passport on 4 July and entered South Africa legally through OR Tambo International Airport on 5 July, 2026.
He was arrested on 10 July by the South African Police Service, working with Interpol, in the Johannesburg suburb of Kensington in what police described as an intensive operation involving the SAPS Interpol National Central Bureau, Crime Intelligence and the Organised Crime Investigation Unit.
British authorities want him extradited to face charges linked to the alleged murder of his wife and their two children.
The bodies were discovered at their home near Bedford after he had fled Britain days before.
At the time of his arrest in Kensington, Johannesburg, Tshuma was allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm firearm. South African police said he may have bought the gun in a township to kill himself.
In South Africa, he has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, which carries a potential 15-year prison sentence for first-time offenders.
When he first appeared in a Johannesburg magistrate’s court, he was remanded in custody to 22 July for authorities to establish whether he is in South Africa legally, while the court also considered whether he should be extradited to Britain.
In subsequent appearances before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, Tshuma abandoned any attempt to apply for bail after the court heard that he is unlawfully in South Africa following his alleged flight from the UK.
The matter was postponed to 27 August 2026 to allow the state to finalise outstanding investigations, including witness statements and a ballistic report. He remains in custody while both the firearm case and the extradition proceedings continue.
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