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The late Mimi Sophia Sharuko

Herald Reporter
ZIMPAPERS group chief executive Mr Pikirayi Deketeke yesterday joined scores of people who gathered at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare to pay their last respects to Mimi Sophia Sharuko, the eldest child of The Herald Senior Sports Editor Robson Sharuko.

Mimi, the only daughter of Robson and his wife Florence died last Friday after a short illness.

She was 21.

Mr Deketeke said it was sad for any parent to lose a child.

The Zimpapers group chief executive said every parent toils at work to try and create good upbringing for their children and it is always devastating when the child dies first.

“You might be famous as a writer but we all do that for our children, so that tomorrow we have something to show.

“It is a great loss to you Robson and your wife but it is God’s will and we cannot find the right words to comfort you. Only God will comfort you.

“You did your part to try and have your daughter get better.

“At work, we will stand by you during this trying time and I encourage all his colleagues at work and from the sporting fraternity to be with him so that he is able to recover,” said Mr Deketeke.

Mr Deketeke also thanked everyone who supported and assisted Sharuko during this difficult time.

Mimi was Robson’s “apple of the eye’’ and very close to her father’s heart.

Speaker-after-speaker described Mimi, who was now in tertiary college, as a child who was loving, sweet and full of life and had blossomed into a fine young lady.

Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association life president Eddie “Mboma” Nyatanga, who is a close family friend said he was saddened as Mimi was more like a daughter to him.

Former ZIFA chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya also described Mimi as an intelligent girl who was close to her father.

The late Mimi, was Sharuko and his wife Florence’ first born child in a family of two children, her sibling being Kalusha.

A number of personalities from the sporting fraternity such as soccer legends Stanford “Stix’’ Mtizwa, Moses Chunga, former ZIFA board member Edzai Kasinauyo, ex- Dynamos secretary-general Webster Chikengezha Northern Region Division One board members Martin Kweza, Willard Manyengavana and Sweeney Mushonga attended the burial.

Also present were Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa, Daily News Editor Stanley Gama and The Herald Managing Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo.

The Herald Editor Caesar Zvayi, ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa, CAPS United president Farai Jere, Dynamos president Kenny Mubaiwa, musician First Farai and Warriors coach Callisto Pasuwa as well as members of the local media industry also visited the Sharuko family in Chitungwiza to pay their condolences.