Cont memorial service set for Amphitheatre

In a statement, Mr Moyo said due to public interest, Mhlanga’s family has decided to move the memorial from Amakhosi Township Square.However, there will be a family service done at Amakhosi Township Square in the morning on Friday,” said Mr Moyo.” Mr Moyo said preparations for taking Mhlanga to his final resting place are going on smoothly led by an organising team comprising family members, artistes, Bulawayo City Council and Government.Mr Moyo said the family thanked President Mnangagwa for according Mhlanga a State-assisted funeral as this has gone a long way in addressing some of the key costs of services associated with a funeral of this magnitude.

“Zimbabwe has lost a great son and a national asset, the creative and cultural industry has remained poorer by the departure of such an illustrious creative,” said Mr Moyo.Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter THE memorial service for the late arts doyen Cont Mhlanga will be held tomorrow at the Amphitheatre in Bulawayo before his burial in Lupane on Saturday.