David Mnangagwa, the Deputy Minister of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion, is grieving the unexpected loss of his driver, Ishmael Maburisa. Maburisa was discovered deceased in his hotel room on Sunday, October 27, shortly after the ZANU PF annual conference concluded in Bulawayo.
Authorities were summoned to the Greys Inn Hotel in the early hours of Sunday, where they confirmed that Maburisa had already passed away. Hotel staff suggested that he might have succumbed to diabetic shock.
Prior to his death, witnesses reported seeing Maburisa at the hotel reception urgently pleading, “Please, I need food.”
It is suspected that he was experiencing hypoglycemia, a condition marked by dangerously low blood sugar levels, which can often be treated by eating carbohydrates.
A government insider revealed, “They provided him with porridge, the only option available. He returned to his room but soon began twitching and convulsing as if he were having an epileptic seizure, and tragically, he died.”
It is still uncertain whether Mnangagwa remained in Bulawayo during the time of Maburisa’s passing or if he had already traveled back to Harare after the conference ended on Saturday.
The police have declined to provide further information on the incident.
