HERO MADALA TJ BURIED
Some of the family members hold the coffin of TshiololiPhoto by Silas Nduvheni.
Speaker after speaker described the late Tshimangadzo Tshiololi (75), better known as TJ, as a giant tree that had fallen.
They said many people still need his shade for a better life.
Tshiololi was the chairman of the Vhembe Concerned Pensioners, a group that is fighting to retain the pension of the former Venda government employees, also called “Dabalorivhuwa”.
He was buried in his village of Mulenzhe, outside Thohoyandou, on Saturday.
His memorial service was held on Friday under strict Covid-19 regulations, where only family members and close relatives were allowed to bid him farewell.