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Kawa died on Tuesday morning at Chitungwiza Central Hospital after having been sick for quite sometime.
He was 46.
Kawa will be buried today at 11am at Granville Cemetery (Kumbudzi) in Harare.

Mourners are gathered at No. 84 Vito Street in Mbare. According to his sister, Ronia, Kawa was admitted at Chitungwiza Hospital on Monday last week with swollen legs.
His condition deteriorated during the week and he later died on Tuesday morning at the hospital, leaving behind a 12-year-old daughter Magdalene Chibayiso.
Popularly known as “Hwezha” in the local soccer circles, Kawa burst into local top-flight football in the mid-1980s when he joined Darryn T which was under the guidance of Francis “Zijembi” Zimunya before Polish coach Wieslaw Grabowski took over the hot seat at the Chitungwiza-based side. Born and bred in Harare’s high-density suburb of Mbare where he did his primary school education at

Chitsere, Kawa was part of the talented Darryn T side that won the 1994 Castle Cup after humiliating CAPS United 4-1 in a replayed final at Rufaro.
In that Darryn T side, he rubbed shoulders with the likes of the late Forbes Ndaba, Alois Bunjira, Stewart “Shutto” Murisa, Japhet M’parutsa, Lloyd Chitembwe, Fanuel Ariberto, Manzini Siwela (late), Usman

“Huchi” Misi (late), Wonder Timothy (late), John Phiri, George Nechironga and Felix “Kunyado” Antonio (late).
Warriors coach Norman Mapeza was the captain of that side. Kevin “Sporadic” Chidanyika, who was the Darryn T manager during the side’s “golden era”, yesterday described Kawa as a disciplined player “who just loved his football”. He said Kawa played for Darryn T from 1987 up until 1994 and was part of the team that won the Castle Cup in 1994 after they beat CAPS United in the final.

“In that final, we first played out a 1-1 draw at the National Sports Stadium before we thrashed CAPS United 4-1 in the replay at Rufaro and Kawa played in both matches,” Chidanyika said.