Zimbabwean man dies while attempting to emulate Jesus by fasting for 40 Days & 40 Nights

Khulu Reinfirst Manyuka, a 73 year old Zimbabwean man who tried to imitate Jesus Christ by embarking on a 40 day and night fasting, slumped and died on the
30th day states reports My Zimbabwe.

He reportedly left home on June 15, and headed for the bush to carry out the dry fast, promising his relatives that he would be back on the 40th day just like the Son of God but died in the process.


Manyuka was known by his family and the entire community as a very spiritual person whose faith could move mountains.

A close relative broke the news to the online platform thus:

“He was a very spiritual man. It’s unfortunate he had to die this way. We got news of his death a month after he undertook the fasting. He was a healthy and
religious old man who did not even look his age.”

Manyuka was allegedly driven to the ‘wilderness’ by the urge to emulate Christ but sadly, he did not equal or break Christ’s record.

I have seen people perform this exercise successfully but not in bushes so probably that contributed to his death.