Caroline Gombakomba

Caroline Netsai Gombakomba (April 7, 1968 – December 18, 2008) was a Zimbabwean radio journalist. After a career at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Gombakomba left her home country due to political repression and eventually settled in the United States, where she worked for Voice of America's Studio 7.

Biography Caroline Gombakomba was born in 1968 in what is now Harare, Zimbabwe. She obtained a bachelor's in sociology from the University of Zimbabwe, which was then the only institute of higher learning in the country, in 1990. Later, fearing for her life as state media became increasingly politicized, she left her country in 2001, settling first in Toronto, Canada, and later in the United States.

Gombakomba was a devoted Christian throughout her life. She was buried nearby in Washington, as the Zimbabwean government allegedly would not allow for the return of her body to her home country.