CIU Zim student dies in bus crash

A student of the Cyprus International University, CIU who was involved in a bus accident in Polokwane, south Africa last Friday has been laid to rest.

Tafadzwa Nyatsine, 22 was among the nine who died in a bus accident in Polokwane on Friday 21 September.

Among the victims, is a one-year-and-three-months-old baby, who were killed when the driver of an Inter Cape bus they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle which veered off the road around the Westenburg area along the N1 Road, a few kilometres outside the City of Polokwane. 

The bus was on its way from Harare to Johannesburg with 61 passengers.

The deceased are Memory Masara (25), Tafadzwa Nyatsine (22), Nokuthula Tiny Maarah (22), Tanaka Nhundu (22), Asichile Liwawanya (38) and Anenyasha Choga (a one-year-and-three-months-old baby girl), Peter Sithole (48), Joyce Chapingidza (58) and Aloise Tapiwa Chani (18).

The Cyprus International University in a condolence message on it's website wrote;

We are sorry to hear of the loss of our student Tafadzwa Nyatsine from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing. May god rest his soul. We would like to express our condolences to his family, friends and all the CIU family.

A church service was held in his honor at St Peters on September, 29.

What they had to say about him...

Seke South pastor-in-charge, the Rev Tendai Makono said;

He will not leave you no matter what your situation is like. He will be your friend and fight your battles.

Circuit layleader, Michael Dengwani, said Nyatsine was a humble and loving hero.

He knelt in the church as the pastor was praying for him during the last service he attended two weeks ago. He gave away all his clothes to his friends when he was preparing to depart for the Netherlands. If the country had more people like Tafadzwa, it would surely be a better place.

May his soul rest in peace.