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King Mzilikazi’s lonely, derelict grave continues to deteriorate

THE grave of King Mzilikazi continues to deteriorate rapidly, with caretakers saying the last resting place of the founding Ndebele monarch is now shunned by local and foreign tourists alike because of its unkempt state. Located a few kilometres from the popular grave of colonial founding father Cecil John Rhodes, King Mzilikazi’s place of rest, called Entumbani, lies in the heart of an untamed wilderness in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province. The grave site, however, does not fall under the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe. Historian, Pathisa Nyathi is on record as saying the place was not a tourist attraction per se, but was in the private domain of traditional dictates of the Khumalo descendants. When a Sunday News crew got to the homestead that is charged with directing visitors and safeguarding the grave, they were greeted by Gogo MaKhumalo, the stand-in custodian. At a time when the Mzilikazi grave is in its most dire state, the usual custodian, Gogo Masuku, has seen her own health also deteriorate, with Gogo MaKhumalo taking up the caretaker role on a temporary basis.