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Essex dead man is Air Zimbabwe engineer
10 July 2012
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London(ZimEye)A man found with head injuries in a road in Essex on Saturday and died in hospital within hours of being discovered, has been identified as a former Air Zimbabwe engineer, one Mr Simon Makombe, ZimEye can exclusively reveal.
The local BBC news service had earlier reported that: a passerby discovered the man, aged in his 50s, in Wharf Road, Grays, at about 01:15 BST.
He was taken to Basildon Hospital, where he died shortly after 04:00 BST. He has been described by police as black and about 6ft (1.83m) tall.
In an update on Saturday afternoon, police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
They believe the man was in Grays town centre, near the railway and bus station in Crown Road, shortly before he was found.
“Medical evidence is consistent with witness statements that the events which led to his death are not suspicious,” a police spokesman said.
His identity at the time was still not known
ZimEye can now reliably inform our valued readers that the deceased man is Mr Simon Makombe.
Police managed to contact his wife by using document particulars which had her name in Makombe’s pockets leading to the final verification.
While the full official post mortem was not declared at the time of writing, his wife told ZimEye the man was suffering from stress and severe depression due to hardships he was experiencing from failing to obtain employment in his job of choice. The head injuries were caused by falling repeated down after a few drinks, ZimEye was told Monday afternoon.
 
Appeal for funds.
The late Simon Makombe’s widow told ZimEye his death has left a gap in the family being widowed with two children, she may struggle to send his body to Zimbabwe for burial.
“For me to understand where he was passing through actually , I cannot.
“He was just walking and collapsed on his own as he was struggling to walk,” she told ZimEye.
She also revealed that he died of internal bleeding.
“He died of internal bleeding,” she added.
Anyone wishing to donate to funeral expenses is requested to telephone Mrs Makombe at: 07729025723
 (ZIMBABWE, ZimEye)

16 Replies to “Essex dead man is Air Zimbabwe engineer”

  3. Mrs. Makombe, my sincere condolences to you and your family. Please see your Ambassador in the U.K. and ask for help. This office exists for such service as well kwete kuswera vachinwa hobvu ine majarini newhiskey pasina basa ririkubatwa. Check Home Office numbers and telephone them for help or go there in person. This is your right! If the Embassy is for real then this is the time to prove what they stand for.Make it a test case!

  5. Hakusisina chinonzi Air Zimbabwe. Mugabe ndiye chete client yanga yasara, but haabhadhare manje.

  6. Cde Bla Miki musadaro! Wafa wanaka as they say in our culture. Chero chiuupfu (chitsotsi) chino batsira kufambisa ndima. I am just amazed at how our ppl are opting to remain in those far foreign lands and suffer from such things as stress isu tichingo gocha everyday. That is stupid pride because most of them have nothing to show for their long treasonous stay out there after forging lies about their home country. But I will donate my $2 toll gate fees (to and fro) and walk to work tomorrow. I could also forfeit my friday braai pack and be a caring citizen. Inga wani bhun Smith rakaregererwa. But first they should also donate the money they wanted to use to purchase jewellery in India. (Van T and his latest)

  7. An aircraft engineer without a job and is so stressed to drink himself recklessly!! Ahh things shld be so tough to make these economic refugees so desperate muchunyika chinotonhora, chinyika chaana John Terry who toss bannanas at black pple whnever sighted. Dzokai kumusha, there is less stress. Even vana whindi, magweja nema cross border (vana Xolani) will not commit suicide muZim. Home is best.

  8. There is a great element of foul play in the matter above. HEAD INJURIES on a dead body cannot be taken lightly under a normal investigation. To claim that this Makombe constantly fell down due to drunkeness and thus sustained those head injuries, my foot, and the British Police bought that story? The woman goes on to support her statement by calling her late husband a stressed person? In Zimbabwe, this would have been the easiest case to investigate, his wife would have been the prime suspect and l beit CID-Homicide is the best. Anyway, rest in peace and to the wife, talk to your relatives first, they can assist you to bring back the body. Otherwise isu hatinawo mari dzacho dzekukupai, try vigil, mdc or mavambo

  9. R.I.P. Simon. You contributed immensely to the country as you helped keep AirZim in the skies.

  10. I would naturally expect Zimbabweans to respect the dead just as any nationals would do. R.I.P Mr Makombe.

  11. Got back home, i can facilitate for you guys to get farms and do something for your families instead of you dying destitutes.MDC has messed a lot of people’s lives, at least they should assist to repatriate bodies of their members back home.

  12. I am also baffled by these deaths reports of Zimbabweans in the UK. Death now, death then, death later and death afterwards. Ha satsha!

  13. If only these miserable zanu muppets had not run down Air Zimbabwe into the ground such tragedies and heart break would have been easily avoided. RIP mizha wendege.

  14. I think the wife had an input to the man’s death. It appears she knew that he was going to commit suicide. I think she was frustrating because he didnot have a proper job. RIP. Simon

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