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France Shirinda.

“Death took him away so suddenly...”

 

The business fraternity, mostly street hawkers in Thohoyandou, are mourning the passing away of one their longest-serving hawkers in town, France Shirinda (43).

The mysterious death of the well-known Shirinda caused shockwaves among friends and relatives. He worked as a street hawker for years in the Thohoyandou CBD but fell and died at his stall last Thursday afternoon at about closing time. Popularly known as Chicco, he hails from Maniini but was of Mozambican origin.

He was described as a good, cheerful person who was always cracking jokes with customers, and that helped him to amass a big clientele around the Thohoyandou area.“We were just about to close for the day at around 16:00 when Chicco collapsed and gasped for air. We rushed to assist him while, at the same time, calling the ambulance people,” said a woman who has a stall next to him.

She said while they were trying to resuscitate him, the ambulance people arrived and administered first aid. “After a short while, they stopped what they were doing, and I could sense that something was wrong. I later learnt that he was dead."

After a while, relatives of the dead man came and the mood became more sombre when they cried uncontrollably. A woman, believed to be his wife, nearly fainted at the scene.

News - Date: 15 August 2014

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Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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