THE family of the late local tourist Mr Roy George Tinashe Dikinya who died after slipping on a Victoria Falls gorge on New Year’s Day, has thanked the Government for retrieving his remains.
Mr Dikinya (40), a fitness instructor, was buried yesterday at Glen Forest Cemetery in Harare with the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr John Mangwiro, among those who attended the burial ceremony.
In his remarks to mourners, Dr Mangwiro said it was painful to lose a loved one, but thanked the Government for successfully recovering Mr Dikinya’s remains.
“It is sad to lose him in such a way. But we want to thank the Government, all the departments and everyone involved for retrieving his remains so that we can come and pay our last respects,” said Dr Mangwiro.
Precarious… Last picture of George Tinashe Dikinya, 40, before he slipped and tumbled into the deep Vic Falls gorge on New Year’s day. (Pic credit: The News Hawks)
The remains of a local tourist who slipped and fell into the Victoria Falls Gorge on New Year’s Day have been retrieved.
Mr Terrence Dikinya – Brother
What was supposed to be a memorable holiday in the country’s tourism capital ended in tragedy for a local tourist who slipped and fell 108 metres into the Victoria Falls gorge.
After struggling to recover the body parts which were trapped at the foot of the gorge, the rescue team on Tuesday managed to execute one of the most difficult and dangerous rescue missions ever witnessed in the resort town.
A haunting photo shows a tourist stepping up to the edge of Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls just moments before he plunged more than 350 feet to his death, according to local media.
Roy George Tinashe Dikinya, 40, was taking turns with his family to take photos from the top of the huge waterfall when he tumbled over the edge, witnesses told Zimbabwe’s Newsday.
“We were alerted by the woman’s scream and she told us that he had slipped and fallen,” one told the paper of Dikinya, who was wearing sandals and was clutching several things in his left hand in the photo.