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Top hotelier, Magret Mpoperi Mapepeta dies

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Top hotelier, Magret Mpoperi Mapepeta dies

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SIMBARASHE MTEMBO

MIRROR REPORTER

MASVINGO – Margret Mapepeta nee Mpoperi (48), a former manager at Nyuni Mountain Lodge before she headed Great Zimbabwe Publicity Association (GZPA) as the manager for 22 years is no more.

She died of cancer at Noraz Surgery at 5am on Monday.

The news shocked the hospitality industry in Masvingo as Maggie was running around and doing business including taking stakeholders on a tour of tourism facilities in the province only a few weeks back.

Some hoteliers told The Mirror that she was actively contributing on their WhatsApp groups just two days before she passed on.

A family member Mavis Mpoperi confirmed the death in an interview with The Mirror today.

Today mourners were gathered at her parents’ house at number 10 Acacia Street in Rhodhene Masvingo and tomorrow the funeral wake will move to her house at 6518 Batsire Cresent in Mucheke D.

The body will be taken from Farley Funeral Parlour at 3pm tomorrow to Batsire Crescent where she will lie in state. Burial has been delayed until Thursday 10am at the Lawn Cemetery to allow two of her siblings coming from Mozambique and a third from Dubai to arrive in Masvingo tomorrow afternoon.

There will be a church service at her house at 730am on Thursday before burial at 10am.

Margret was rushed to Noraz surgery at around 11pm on Sunday. She battled cancer for close to a year.

GZPA is a marketing arm for the hotel and tourism industry in Masvingo. She was manager at Nyuni from 1998-2000 when she joined GZPA.

Margret was born at Sakubva District Hospital in Mutare on November 18, 1974. She attended Vic Junior School from 1981-1987. She then proceeded to Victoria High School for her O’ Level from 1988-1991 before enrolling at Mashoko Mission High School from 1992-1993.

Margret did a tourism and hospitality diploma with Speciss College between 1995 and 1996.

Margret is survived by her husband Benias Mapepeta and three children.https://masvingomirror.com

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