Death is one of those painful inevitabilities of life. And while the cruel pain of separation can be great, it becomes even heavier when economic circumstances contrive to worsen the situation. Death in a foreign land is cruel as it not only elongates the pain through the process of repatriation, but also comes with a huge cost to the family especially when the deceased had no funeral plan.
In the African culture, Zimbabwe included, it is an obligation for those remaining behind to honour the wishes of the dead.
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