BULAWAYO – Highlanders chief government officer Sihlangu Dlodlo was discovered useless at his Bulawayo residence on Monday.
Friends mentioned he was final seen alive on Saturday.
He was 60.
Police have been known as to the previous Innscor advertising government’s Nketa 9 residence after family and friends broke down his gate and noticed his lifeless physique by way of a window.
A Facebook publish he wrote on October 16 is now being learn as a potential suicide observe.
Dlodlo wrote in Ndebele: “A pleasant solution to finish the drama and nonsense that occurs at funerals is to die alone at residence and decay for every week or so till the neighbours see inexperienced flies by the home windows; and the police arrive to recuperate your stays in a zinc coffin and open truck and take you, hopefully to Kings and Queens.
“That way there will be no body viewing. It’s straight to Luveve Cemetery. By the way, please don’t bring flowers sweethearts.”
Dlodlo was a consummate jester, and plenty of didn’t assume a lot of his publish till his loss of life – alone at residence.
His ultimate publish on Facebook, simply after 3PM native time on Saturday, learn: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini, uNkulunkulu kadakwa shem [Verily, verily I say unto you, God is never drunk. For real].”
Allan “Ripper” Mpofu, a pal, instructed reporters whereas preventing again tears: “It seems he handed on over the weekend. He was alone at his place. After the alarm was raised that he had gone lacking, with the assistance of his family we needed to drive open the gate at his place to achieve entry.
“After peeping through a window, I couldn’t believe it. I saw the lifeless body of my close friend. This is so disheartening, it’s really sad. We discovered this around 6:45PM.”
Mpofu mentioned he couldn’t communicate additional “because I have to respect his family.”
Dlodlo, remembered by buddies and ex-workmates as an affable man, labored as a senior advertising government for Innscor and Lobel’s.
He additionally had a stint as basic supervisor of Kings and Queens Funeral Services earlier than becoming a member of Highlanders in April this 12 months as CEO.
In a September 2024 interview, he was requested by a reporter how he wished to be remembered “when it’s said and done.”
“I want to be remembered as a fat ugly man who tried to do the best that he could in the time that he was given. In the bulk of my life I have tried to uplift people around me; I have tried to do things that have a positive impact on my society and I hope that the Lord will give me a bit more years so that I can continue doing this because when everything is said and done, we cannot be great unless the people around us achieve the greatness,” he answered.
Dlodlo’s spouse and youngsters reside within the United Kingdom.
Police mentioned they have been investigating circumstances of his loss of life. His physique was taken to a neighborhood hospital for postmortem.
