Zimkhitha Gaga was mauled and killed by pit bulls.
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- The family of an Eastern Cape woman who was mauled to death by three pit bulls don’t want the attack to erase the memories of her life.
- Nomhle Gaga told News24 that her sister, Zimkhitha, was independent and ambitious.
- Zimkhitha was attacked by three pit bulls on her way to work on Sunday morning.
“We want people who knew Zimkhitha to remember her for her life well lived and the beautiful person she was, and those who never knew her to know that she was a beautiful person. She was independent, loved education and loved her children.”
These were the words of Nomhle Gaga, the sister of Zimkhitha Gaga, the Eastern Cape woman who was mauled by three pit bulls on Sunday.
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Gaga told News24 that a family member had identified her sister and they were aware of the severity of the injuries to her face and upper body.
Gaga said Zimkhitha’s death came as a shock to the family.
She told News24 that the family had not spoken to the pitbull’s owner because they were awaiting autopsy results from police.
She said:
His death was too sudden. She wasn’t sick. Life was normal and suddenly we lost a family member. We suffer as a family.
The funeral is scheduled for Sunday or next week.
Zimkhitha was attacked on Sunday morning on her way to work at Judy’s Kitchen, where she was the head chef.
He earned his degree in hotel management from Stenden University South Africa in Port Alfred.
Eastern Cape police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the owner of the pit bulls lived nearby.
She said the dogs allegedly escaped the secured property by jumping over the perimeter fence.
Zimkhitha died before he could receive medical attention.
Since then, the SPCA had taken the dogs away.
