The Sunday Mail
Prince Mushawevato
VETERAN sungura musician Tedious Muchapedza Matsito has died. He was 48.
The musician passed on at Parirenyatwa Hospital Thursday morning. His 17-year-old son, Tedious Muchapedza Matsito Jnr, who has been taking care of the family and band while his father was sick, confirmed the death of the “Gede Mwana” hit-maker.
“He has rested. He passed on just after midnight at Parirenyatwa where he was admitted. He had been in and out of hospital for a while now. We will be announcing funeral arrangements shortly,” said Matsito Jnr.
Sungura king Alick Macheso, who adopted Matsito Jnr for both music and academic purposes is on the ground assisting with funeral arrangements.
Matsito had been unwell for a long time prompting Macheso to assist the boy keep the band intact and the family fed. Matsito’s predicament started when he sustained injuries in a road accident in 2008 coming from a gig in Mozambique.
The accident claimed some of his band members and cost him a limb after he developed gangrene in 2012. In 2016 he suffered a mild stroke that affected his facial nerve system while at a show in South Africa. The stroke intensified the following year putting him in hospital almost permanently. Matsito was undergoing speech and general physio-therapy at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and five children.
Mourners are gathered at his family home in Kuwadzana 5, Harare.
