Former Kaizer Chiefs and Cape Town City forward Matthew Rusike was overwhelmed with emotions after learning the death of a close friend who succumbed to the coronavirus on Monday.
Zororo Makamba, a former radio and television show host, died aged 30 in Harare after testing positive for coronavirus last Saturday as per BBC, before his condition rapidly deteriorated leading to his demise.
Makamba attended the same private school, Saint George's College in Harare as Rusike where the Zimbabwe international played rugby before becoming a professional footballer later on.
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The pair had known each other since the age of four and a devastated Rusike wrote on social media, “I have struggled to believe the news I read on Twitter and contacted many people trying to disprove the information to no success.