Community members paid their last respects to well-known Lutheran Church veteran and community leader Nathaniel Siphugu, who was laid to rest at Murunwa on Saturday, 14 January.
Siphugu died at the age of 82 on 10 January, following a long illness. He had been admitted to the Zoutpansberg Private Hospital at the time of his passing.
Siphugu was described as a pioneer, a born leader and a man of vision. According to community member Mr Oupa Makhoshi, Siphugu had been a good man who had helped everyone, no matter what the circumstances. He said the family and church members had lost someone who had been close to their hearts.
"The family's grief also touches us deeply. We will always remember him because he had done so many good things for this community. We are greatly saddened by his death, but we will have to accept it, because God's will has been done," Makhoshi said.
Siphugu's son, Edzisani Siphugu, said his father had been a very solemn, restrained and dignified man. "For so many years, he served selflessly and faithfully in parishes throughout the country, and in those dark days he made himself available day and night to all who needed him. We will miss him every day," he said.